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[Mausoleum Alty]

I'll repeat the last bit of what I said again.....

"you would expect countries with bigger populations to more regularly appear in finals.

Croatia?

[Mausoleum Alty]

The World Cup may not be coming home.....but football has come home...to the place that invented it.

The England team has once again reached the semi final of a world cup, a cup they won in 1966, a cup we regularly qualify for and reach the quarters or last 16 at the very least....... they have restored hope and pride to a nation........we were a professional 45 mins of football from reaching a final we had half a chance of winning....
......can't say anything like that about Scotland can we?

Not from Scotland or a Scotland supporter, but it's hardly comparing like for like is it? England has a population over ten times larger than Scotland. For countries with an established history of playing football, you would expect countries with bigger populations to more regularly appear in finals.

Croatia?

Even iceland have made the past 2 tournaments and there population is a little larger than alty

Iceland's population is seven times larger than Alty's. However, I reckon if we were allowed to pick a team from everyone who lived in Altrincham we'd beat them.

Is that based on the fact that a lot of Premier League footballers have chosen the Altrincham area as their home? 

[Jimmy Hill]

The World Cup may not be coming home.....but football has come home...to the place that invented it.

The England team has once again reached the semi final of a world cup, a cup they won in 1966, a cup we regularly qualify for and reach the quarters or last 16 at the very least....... they have restored hope and pride to a nation........we were a professional 45 mins of football from reaching a final we had half a chance of winning....
......can't say anything like that about Scotland can we?

Not from Scotland or a Scotland supporter, but it's hardly comparing like for like is it? England has a population over ten times larger than Scotland. For countries with an established history of playing football, you would expect countries with bigger populations to more regularly appear in finals.

Croatia?

Even iceland have made the past 2 tournaments and there population is a little larger than alty

Iceland's population is seven times larger than Alty's. However, I reckon if we were allowed to pick a team from everyone who lived in Altrincham we'd beat them.

Is that based on the fact that a lot of Premier League footballers have chosen the Altrincham area as their home? 

Exactly! Pretty handy squad I'd imagine, might even take on England!