Gareth Bale - best British player ever?

comment by it'sonlyagame - in Springfield they're eating the dogs (U6426)
posted 13 minutes ago
The best blind British footballer ever was Gareth Braille.

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Honestly, you couldn’t write this stuff

comment by Glen Bulb (U1449)
posted 48 seconds ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - in Springfield they're eating the dogs (U6426)
posted 13 minutes ago
The best blind British footballer ever was Gareth Braille.

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Honestly, you couldn’t write this stuff
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Reading of the game was second to none

Think he had a bumpy time at Madrid

comment by rooney_hernandez (U7012)
posted 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
It’s absolutely not British and it would be ill-advised to call anyone from NI British.

“Britain” refers to the geographic landmass of Great Britain, which is an island comprising the nations of England, Wales, and Scotland. Annoyingly, there’s no landmass named ‘Little Britain’ or just ‘Britain’, as the addition of “Great” implies.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland refers to England, Wales, Scotland, and NI.

NI is situated on the geographic landmass Ireland, which is an island comprising of both ROI and NI.

In essence, Britain =/= the UK and folk from NI would be (quite rightly) very cheesed off to be referred to as British as it’s both geographically incorrect and very politically/religiously sensitive.

I buy that in colloquial terms, the vast majority of people who say “Britain/British” mean to include NI, but I was feeling quite pedantic and wanted to bring that up.
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I think you're a little confused. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in its own right. The people within it are British citizens. Of course due to the nature of Northern Ireland, people can choose to hold an Irish passport instead and call themselves Irish but George Best certainly wasn't of that mindset.

You're getting nationality confused with Geographic location. The citizens of the United Kingdom are British. There is no such country as Britain. Great Britain is an island. Perhaps you'd prefer people call themselves United Kingdomers?

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in its own right
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I simply refuse to be called Scottish, Irish or Welsh.
We are not the same thanks. I am not from the same country as those scoundrels

I take back what I said about Giggs and John Charles. I just checked Bales Honours on Wikipedia and he won a League Cup with Spurs in 2008.
And no player has done it since.

comment by Custardeyes (U4500)
posted 22 minutes ago
I take back what I said about Giggs and John Charles. I just checked Bales Honours on Wikipedia and he won a League Cup with Spurs in 2008.
And no player has done it since.
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He actually only played in one game during that run which was the first game against Boro in the second round I think.

comment by TheresOnlyOne7-0Reds (U1721)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by Custardeyes (U4500)
posted 22 minutes ago
I take back what I said about Giggs and John Charles. I just checked Bales Honours on Wikipedia and he won a League Cup with Spurs in 2008.
And no player has done it since.
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He actually only played in one game during that run which was the first game against Boro in the second round I think.
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It's nuts to think that a club like Spurs have not won a trophy since. They've had some fantastic players since 2008 too.

comment by Ali - 🇪🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (U1192)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in its own right
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I simply refuse to be called Scottish, Irish or Welsh.
We are not the same thanks. I am not from the same country as those scoundrels
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Why would anyone call you that? You’re English and British, who would call you Scottish, Welsh or Irish for you to be annoyed about it?

the greatest one trick pony in history.