Ewan8472 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: That's a relief. Berwick is at peace ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red23 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 the OP has more issues than that wee bully bloke. Utter clown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 18 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Leaving everything else aside, who the f**k is Jerry Yates? Blackpool striker that is bagging goals in the English championship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, General dissaray said: Blackpool striker that is bagging goals in the English championship Any relation to Maxwell? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 25 minutes ago, LiviLion said: Any relation to Maxwell? Joint top scorer in the championship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Technically any player with a British passport who hasn't already played a senior game for another association can play for us. FIFA rules simply state that players must be citizens. It's up to individual associations if they wish place additional criteria on top of that to make it fit their idea of representation. the UK home nations are in a somewhat unique position as there's no legal way of defining who is a Scot or Englishman so we have our granny rules to draw lines on who qualifies. worth noting that many other countries don't give a f**k, you've got naturalized players who often came to that country to play for a club turning out for the national team after a fast tracked application for citizenship. some have family connections like Jorginho others have nothing at all like Brazilian Eduardo da silva playing for Croatia The short answer however, is no they can't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 What are our naturalisation rules for footballers these days anyway? In Championship Manager 01/02, I remember Rolando Zarate would usually become eligible to play for Scotland not long after the game started, which was a bit weird considering he'd only just arrived in the country IRL. Programming glitch, I assume. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Technically any player with a British passport who hasn't already played a senior game for another association can play for us. FIFA rules simply state that players must be citizens. It's up to individual associations if they wish place additional criteria on top of that to make it fit their idea of representation. the UK home nations are in a somewhat unique position as there's no legal way of defining who is a Scot or Englishman so we have our granny rules to draw lines on who qualifies. worth noting that many other countries don't give a f**k, you've got naturalized players who often came to that country to play for a club turning out for the national team after a fast tracked application for citizenship. some have family connections like Jorginho others have nothing at all like Brazilian Eduardo da silva playing for Croatia The short answer however, is no they can'tNone of this is correct. The FIFA rules have a specific distinction for the UK nations which require players to have been born in the country, or have a parent or grandparent born in the country, or have been educated in the country for at least 5 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 8 hours ago, craigkillie said: None of this is correct. The FIFA rules have a specific distinction for the UK nations which require players to have been born in the country, or have a parent or grandparent born in the country, or have been educated in the country for at least 5 years. That’s a bit crap for us. Other countries benefit from residency rules and we do not. I wonder if Scottish independence would negate the need for the so called gentleman’s agreement that’s now an actual rule 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Yes, that's the whole point of the rule. Scottish (or English or Welsh) citizenship doesn't exist, so there needs to be a specific rule. If Scotland became a normal country then the normal country rules would apply to us just as they do with, for example, Ireland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 27 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Yes, that's the whole point of the rule. Scottish (or English or Welsh) citizenship doesn't exist, so there needs to be a specific rule. If Scotland became a normal country then the normal country rules would apply to us just as they do with, for example, Ireland. Ireland gets special rules where they get to pick n.Irish players too. Independent Scotland should try to get a similar agreement with someone like Brazil or Argentina. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, parsforlife said: Ireland gets special rules where they get to pick n.Irish players too. I’m assuming that’s to do with anyone born on the island of Ireland being eligible for Irish citizenship, rather than some FIFA loophole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, eez-eh said: I’m assuming that’s to do with anyone born on the island of Ireland being eligible for Irish citizenship, rather than some FIFA loophole. Yes. That's it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) Yeah I seem to remember the rules changing that allowed Andy Driver to play for Scotland as he educated up here for 5 years Edited October 27, 2022 by Clown Job 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 26/10/2022 at 22:22, craigkillie said: None of this is correct. The FIFA rules have a specific distinction for the UK nations which require players to have been born in the country, or have a parent or grandparent born in the country, or have been educated in the country for at least 5 years. And my point is that Doncaster is still part off Scotland as my link shows anybody that can be bothered to watch it So these players may indeed be eligible to play for Scotland and more importantly anybody with Dincaster born parents or Grand parents which opens the net up even further -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I see Louis Tomlinson is from Doncaster. Worth a callup maybe? He has considerable experience with Doncaster reserves and has played in several charity matches. Would bring good publicity and increase shirt sales too. Kevin Keegan too perhaps? A bit past his best but surely Scotland can't turn down a striker of that quality, a two time Ballon d'Or winner at that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin Macca Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 what in the name of the wee man is happening here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 22 hours ago, Elgin Macca said: what in the name of the wee man is happening here? A shite trolling attempt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Dryhorce gonna dryhorce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 27/10/2022 at 09:03, parsforlife said: Ireland gets special rules where they get to pick n.Irish players too. Independent Scotland should try to get a similar agreement with someone like Brazil or Argentina. Weren't all the boomers supposed to have bred a new generation of Scottish-Argentinian talent during the 1978 World Cup? So much for the attractiveness/fertility of Scotland's men. Also: fuckin' Dryhorce, man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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