Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have a shared rugby team. Due to the divisive politics, instead of a national flag they play under this flag featuring the four provinces of Ireland.
Why does Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland have separate national football teams, but a combined national Rugby team?
I was wondering if any more knowledgable redditors could explain this anomaly?
Statement from the Football Association of Ireland - The FAI and the Republic of Ireland Senior Womenβs National Team have reached agreement, following mediation talks. fai.ie/ireland/news/stateβ¦
Freestaters : The Republic of Ireland Soccer Team 1921-1939 : Football Book by Author Donal Cullen soccer-ireland.com/footbaβ¦
"Wales win but Republic of Ireland beaten" reads BBC Sport. Last I checked the Irish football team wasn't one of ours.
Last I checked the Irish were supposed to be one of our mortal rivals in sport, by singling them out like this it almost sounds like they are supposed to be one of the teams British people should be rooting for.
TIL that despite being 2 different countries on a single island, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland play in the same rugby team : Ireland national rugby union. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireβ¦
Top 10 Young Prospects For Republic of Ireland National Team youtube.com/watch?v=TdjiGβ¦
Republic of Ireland women's football team threaten strike over FAI treatment bbc.co.uk/sport/football/β¦
Highs & Lows of Republic of Ireland National Team 2018 | Part 2 youtu.be/a4nCZtPZ3Ws
Why do the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have combined teams for rugby and cricket, but not for football?
Sorry if this doesn't belong, I just thought I might get a good answer here.
TIL The Irish national rugby team is made up of players from the whole island of Ireland, not just the Republic, unlike eg Soccer, Olympics teams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireβ¦
Olamide Shodipo makes Under-21 debut for Republic of Ireland qpr.co.uk/news/article/20β¦
Highs and lows of the Republic of Ireland National Team 2018 Part 1 youtu.be/lv25LwwOxJw
Diego GonzΓ‘lez's Spain national under-21 football team loses (1-0) against Germany at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final βΉοΈ (In Spanish) elmundo.es/deportes/futboβ¦
This Friday, Spain national under-21 football team will face Germany at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final! lavanguardia.com/deportesβ¦
July 1982 - Members of the Italian national football team (Causio, midfielder and Zoff, legendary goalkeeper) play cards with the president of the Italian republic and former partisan Sandro Pertini and the coach Bearzot, during the return trip from Spain where they have just won the world Cup.
Belfast reception for Northern Ireland and Republic football teams may spark massive loyalist protest, warns PUP. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/neβ¦
Irish National Football team becoming less reliant on players who qualify through Granny rule. Also more players coming from League of Ireland to national team twitter.com/seidodge/statβ¦
2020/21 UEFA Nations League B: Wales grouped with Republic of Ireland, Finland and Bulgaria. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/β¦
[Czech Football Team] @FCDallas striker ZdenΔk OndrΓ‘Ε‘ek was additionally called up to the Czech national team for the upcoming matches against England and Northern Ireland as he won his first-ever national team call-up. twitter.com/ceskarepre_enβ¦
I have a vision of the USSR Eurasia turning into a Communist-Fascist Democracy under Serov (Union of Soviet National-Democratic Republics), then when he resigns in 1980 and Eurasia has its first elections. reddit.com/gallery/qqs6ic
No player currently aged under-21 has played more competitive minutes of club football for a Premier League team than Marcus Rashford (7280) since his debut in February 2016. twitter.com/OptaJoe/statuβ¦
TIL With a population of under 1000, Vatican City has a national football team consisting entirely from employees of the Vatican. In 2011 they faced Palestine where they fielded an entire squad of Catholic priests, Palestine beat them 9-1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatβ¦
Voria Ghafouri, member of Iran's national football team, has been summoned by authorities because of sharing this post criticising Zarif after he claimed to be proud of the fact that Iran is under pressure for supporting Palestinian groups.
After being accused of systematic sexual harassment (and more), the Colombian FA disbands the senior women's national football team. Instead, they "refocus" on the Under 20's, U17 and U15 women's team translate.google.com/tranβ¦
Robbie Keane retires from playing football and has been appointed Republic of Ireland assistant coach twitter.com/SkySportsNewsβ¦
All Ireland football team?
So wondering what people's views would be on an all Ireland football team, working the same really as rugby. As we can see, the rugby is very successful. I know an all island football team wouldn't be winning any world cups in a hurry but I reckon by pooling the two talents together we would at least qualify. Watching the Nationals has been very depressing lately and I would personally prefer to see one team compete. What are your thoughts? (Sorry if it's been done too much before)
Why is our football national teams logo basically the same logo as Irelands?
Am I missing something?
[Ives Galarcep] Another American teenager on his way to Germany is Quincy Butler. Iβm told the Sacramento Republic and U.S. Under-18 national team forward is finalizing a move to Hoffenheim this summer, would start out with their U-19 team. twitter.com/SoccerByIves/β¦
crosspost from r/todayilearned: Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 Y.O survivor of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. He was found 21 days after the disaster, alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. He grew up to be a football player for Sporting Lisbon. reddit.com/r/todayilearneβ¦
Lads can we give a shout out to our under 17 womenβs football team, played 3 won 3 scored 21 conceded 0, a massive bualadh bos to the girls In green
On this day 10 years ago in a World Cup playoff match between France and Republic of Ireland, Thierry Henry handled the ball inside the box to help his team score and end Ireland's chances of qualifying for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. youtu.be/jxw1-Id91lQ
Oscar Rodriguez, one of our boys on loan to Leganes has been called up to the Spanish Under 21 National Team. Hala Madrid! sefutbol.com/oficial-estoβ¦
