19 nationalties?

[fork me]

Did Gus register himself as a player? Add Uruguay, surely.

 

[The Large One]

Can anyone imagine Simone Perrotta playing for England?

Just a thought, like.

 

[halbpro]

Just being born somewhere, doesn't automatically confer nationality. Of course anyone could qualify for a ninth, via residency rules (a la Arteta, etc)

Sorry, by register I meant register their birth there. Would that confer nationality?

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Just being born somewhere, doesn't automatically confer nationality. Of course anyone could qualify for a ninth, via residency rules (a la Arteta, etc)

the English on the Costa Del Sol ALL perform a mad dash to Gibralter when baby is due

 

[severnside gull]

So to clarify, it is actually 22 nationalities?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Surely that is true of ANY British person regardless of where they were born?
All Britons have a British passport and can live in any part of Britain so there is no distinction between Wales, Scotland, England etc.

No. A child born IN Britain, to 2 English parents, with 4 English grand-parents, qualifies only for ENGLAND. The same child, with the same ancestry, born outside of the UK, can qualify for any of the 4 Home Countries.

I may have this HOPELESSLY wrong, but that how I've always understood it, and is how the Eric Young playing for Wales scenario was explained.

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

loving it.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

well brendan rodgers is northern irish so anton would be able to play for them as well

he's as northern irish as el-abd is egyptian

 

[chucky1973]

No italians....shocking Gus. sack the board.

 

[leigull]

I remember the excitement when we signed the Frenchies - Frutos and Carole - that was continental flair right there

 

[severnside gull]

I remember the excitement when we signed the Frenchies - Frutos and Carole - that was continental flair right there

and what very good signings they were ............................... but only two? How things have moved on

 

[seagullondon]

I remember the excitement when we signed the Frenchies - Frutos and Carole - that was continental flair right there

those were the days

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The newly signed club doctor is German.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

I remember the fuss when we signed Sergei Gotsmanov and later on Stefan Iovan!

 

[Heffle Gull]

and to think, we used to be happy to have a Maltese International in the team.

 

[halbpro]

It makes my head hurt
So we are British in law but FIFA it is different?

Yes. Hence why if I had a French parent or grandparent I could quite easily not be French legally, but I could play for France.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I remember the excitement when we signed the Frenchies - Frutos and Carole - that was continental flair right there

we went through a spell of signing french players didn't we...along side frutos and carole we had chaigneau, martot and bertin in quite a short space of time

 

[willyfantastic]

we went through a spell of signing french players didn't we...along side frutos and carole we had chaigneau, martot and bertin in quite a short space of time

was that through our link with le havre? do we still have that link? only time i ever see anything about it is in FM

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I remember the fuss when we signed Sergei Gotsmanov and later on Stefan Iovan!

You've missed out IGOR GURINOVICH