for me Ireland is non-british although considered part of the British Isles

it's citizens are first and foremost Irish and wouldn't describe themselves as British. I assumed shoddy was going by that.

Posted By: Brandonio on June 17th 2011 at 18:54:20

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So, how many non british players have we got in our squad now then? (NCFC) - shoddy, Jun 17, 18:39:02
- too many (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 18:46:58
- Wes, De Laet, Whitbread and Jackson (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:46:28
  - wes wtf (n/m) (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 18:47:49
    - for me Ireland is non-british although considered part of the British Isles (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:54:20
      - Britain being England, Scotland and Wales it is a lower case fact that Ireland is not Brit (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 17, 19:43:03
        
        I was just trying to make SCC look less of a fuckwit by putting that (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:49:08
        
        absolutely, and we should all be charitable to those that are less fortunate (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 17, 19:54:28
        
        give us 50 quid then (n/m) (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 19:56:11
        
        Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lif (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 17, 20:01:42
        
        fwiw i appreciate your apology (n/m) (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 19:50:05
        
        what did i say?! (n/m) (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 19:47:20
      - i have an irish passport and i'm british (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 17, 18:58:33
        
        me too, though my dad conversely had a British passport and considered himself Irish (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 17, 19:23:56
        
        ah I guess some people would, I don't think Wes does (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:00:29
        
        lots of irish people claiming benefit are very pleased to be british as well (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 17, 19:04:06
        
        not really relevant to the case of Wesley Hoolahan (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:08:15
        
        agreed but you pronounced that "it's citizens are first and foremost Irish and wouldn't de (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 17, 19:11:36
        
        I need to go get some lunch (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:13:56
        
        LOL (n/m) (NCFC) - 1 5CC, Jun 17, 19:05:14
      - in football it's definitely UEFA does not see Ireland as British (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:57:07
        
        oops...well point stands anyway (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:58:11
        
        good stuff brandy! chairs! (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Jun 17, 19:04:20
    - he's italian (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 17, 18:53:16

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