George Best has called for an all-Ireland soccer team.
"I’ve always thought that at any given time both the Republic and Northern Ireland have had some great world-class players.
"I just believe in trying something. If it doesn’t work, at least you’ve tried. I still hope that in my lifetime it happens.
"Why not have a go at it? See what it’s like."
Hat-tip to Gareth at the CEP blog for the spot.
I remember reading something about why they are seperate tems, unlike the rugby.
Wasn’t it something to do with the Irish soccer clubs themselves, setting up two federations after partition?
I think the history is something like that, although I’m not well up on it, to be honest.
An all-Ireland league would make a lot of sense, if the public order issues could be sorted.
There was an article recently in The Observer that illustrates some of the problems:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1426401,00.html
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