Talk:British Home Championship
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[edit] 1977 Pitch Invasion
although at the height of Football hooliganism, I was not aware that there were any deaths or injuries like Heysel, Hillsborough etc. mostly Scotland fans stealing souvenirs for themselves. Perhaps a policing nightmare, but i was not aware that this was considered a particularly heinous act of hooliganism?
From memory, it was of major significance in making football hooliganism a 'law and order' issue. First, it was broadcast live on TV, at tea-time on a Saturday afternoon, and got a lot of time on the TV news. Second, it happened in London, not in Scotland, or some Northern working class place. Third, the hooligans were identifiably outsiders (they had dark blue shirts on and wore kilts and spoke an unidentifable language). Fourth, it was violent and frightening, even if the violence was aimed mostly at the goalposts. It made for easy copy for the Sunday papers. Neil Leslie 10:29, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Total Wins - Ireland
Why is Ireland not included in the list of total wins? --Drgs100 17:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- Their wins are included in Northern Ireland's. Feel free to clarify it. Modest Genius talk 01:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ireland into Northern Ireland
This page implies that the IFA team became Northern Ireland from 1950 but Northern Ireland national football team says The IFA objected and in 1954 was permitted to continue using the name Ireland, and to select players from throughtout the island in the non-FIFA regulated British Home Championship. Is this correct and how long did it last for? Timrollpickering 16:45, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hmmm
- The name bit is true; the exact year it played as NI in the BHC I'm not sure of. See Talk:Ireland national football team (IFA)#Change of team name.
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- What year to mark the change from in this article's table? Dunno. I'd suggest 1953 till an exact ref for the end-date turns up.
- the player selection right might have been true in theory, but it never happened in practice. Discussed at Talk:Ireland national football team (IFA)#Current Status section deleted. There were subsequent eligibility restrictions from the 1960s,aimed mainly at Oriundi,which would perhaps have affected whatever residual rights the IFA had theoretically retained.
- I've changed the Northern Ireland national football team article, and I hope there won't be discrepancies between it and Ireland national football team (IFA); there is a danger of these two articles becoming a POV fork. jnestorius(talk) 17:42, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Would it be easier to treat this as a competition between associations? We know those for certain Fasach Nua (talk) 16:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
