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Louis

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  1. Weir was great. It's even more incredible that he studied in USA for 3 years on engineering and played in the NCAA before opting to become a football player.
  2. BIll Hicks? A hero? Seriously? WHat did you think of SJM's ventures into baseball Rube? I don't think I have a hero
  3. Probably will be in the game.. some clubs act quicker than others to get the images to developers.
  4. What happens here is a company called the Press Association write the stories and they sell them to major news outlets. Generally the media outlet don't check and that's why things get out of hand. Didn't know that, I thought it was a free for all over there. Didn't realise it was all one way traffic. Education was brought in so that Scotland could claim Andrew Driver as a Scot It's also allowed youth team player Aristote Nsiala to play for Wales somehow.
  5. Speak to our licensing department about that. Sure. Could be fun
  6. Turns out.. the "gentleman's agreement" we were talking about isn't actually a gentleman's agreement but it is in fact a clause submitted to FIFA. "FIFA Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes". and item (d) (that is "deleted completely" for the home nations) is the; In July, a statement from the Scottish FA said: Essentially.. no non-UK player who has not been educated for five years in UK before turning 18 can represent a UK nation. Obviously there are exceptions - Good Friday Agreement springs to mind which allows for Norn Iron and ROI to share the same player pool. No doubt Noddy or Ian C will come and bite my head off for using UK when it should have been Britain or somesuch.
  7. This Is the original rule preventing Arteta playing for England: That was the original but in 2009 it was amended: So in reality it is this: Arteta played for Spain at different levels in the following competitions: U-16 - U16 European Championships - winner U-17 - U17 FIFA World Cup U-17 - Meridian Cup - winner U-21 - U21 European Championships - qualifiers Sweden knocked Spain out in the qualification playoffs It comes down to what FIFA mean by "full or partial appearance", that's the deciding factor. Judging by the October 2003 ruling, it seems to imply that it means all age groups: Ironically, it's the same rule that allows Cahill to play for Australia and yet the official site still published a story about Arteta interested in England
  8. http://www.evertonfc...ble-for-england
  9. The arrogance: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Fabio-Capello-has-been-left-red-faced-after-Mikel-Arteta-is-ruled-out-of-playing-for-England-by-FIFA-rule-article570087.html It only went so far because no one in the press checked their facts before publishing what was a shock-jock topic on TalkSport in the first place.
  10. http://www.autoblog....-gets-laid-out/ http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/9/11198.html Will F1 be well received in the US'?
  11. My local club is Newton FC but they wear red and are not semi-pro Nearest one is Prescot according to the map on the nonleagueday site..
  12. http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/index.html Not bad!
  13. That's why I thought it was strange that FIFA remove the age limit last year. It was 21 years and younger that a player had to decide their 'FIFA nationality'. Also something to consider.. Gary Bailey was born in Ipswich. Moved to South Africa as a young boy and lived their during his childhood (until the age of 20) and later played for England.
  14. There's no guarantee that they want to buy him next year. It's a "if you still want him, the price is agreed". He'll take more wages home now anyway due to the lax tax laws in Turkey. It was probably a major factor in his decision.
  15. He's played in 17 FIFA recognised games (excluding friendlies) in the past two calendar years.. when we tried for him he had played 6.
  16. 31 year old Brazilian international said to have had a work permit application rejected He was supposedly coming on loan from Wolfsburg.
  17. Leaving today according to rumours.. don't know whether it's a loan or permanent move. Sad to see him go.
  18. Would it really have hurt for someone to check out the facts and the gentleman's agreement before putting a story together? Especially on the official site.
  19. Not played them since 1954! http://www.evertonresults.com/brentford.htm
  20. 3mins in.. http://www.megavideo.com/?v=CJ3MEBL2
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