>>Why is it that the UK participates in the Olympics as "Great Britian and Northern Ireland" but in the World cup as England? That freaky St. George's cross makes me nervous like Richard the Lionhearted is about to attack. Why not field "United Kingdom" teams for both? Or is Gibralter holding out?
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>Been thinking about this. I figure that it's NATIONS that compete in the olympics AOT countries. Sure, a country CAN be a nation but although I'm English (though I haven't a drop of English blood in my body) my NATION is Britain

Maybe, but Canada is a country not a nation. We have the french-canadians and the native peoples (first nations). So I guess we are a collection of nations.