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Been reading a lot about Gibraltar (don't ask) and came across this. This is complete bullshit...

 

On 12 April 1999 the GFA applied for membership in UEFA (Union of European Football Associations).[4] This would have allowed them to join the qualifiers for the European Football Championships and enter teams in European club competition. This immediately drew a hostile reception from the Royal Spanish Football Federation, whose government strongly opposes any suggestion that Gibraltar is in fact a separate territory and not part of Spain.[5] Spanish authorities waged a campaign of virulent opposition to their application, causing it to be rejected by officials on the grounds that it did not meet their criteria.[4] In 2002 UEFA had stipulated that future members would have to be sovereign nations, despite a number of their existing members failing to meet this requirement.[6][7]

 

After a legal challenge, a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2006 insisted that UEFA had to accept the GFA as any other member, as the application had come before the new criteria had been put in place and the rejection had political overtones, which are strongly discouraged in sport. UEFA awarded the GFA associate member status along with Montenegro and deferred the matter to the 2007 Congress in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4]

 

Spanish delegates had for some months, by attempting to secure support for their position, even been threatening to withdraw Spanish teams from UEFA competitions if Gibraltar was approved.[8] This tactic was successful - winning the vote 45 to 3, with 5 abstentions.[4] Gibraltar's application was at this point thrown out, while Montenegro was unanimously granted membership.

 

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Been reading a lot about Gibraltar (don't ask) and came across this. This is complete bullshit...

 

On 12 April 1999 the GFA applied for membership in UEFA (Union of European Football Associations).[4] This would have allowed them to join the qualifiers for the European Football Championships and enter teams in European club competition. This immediately drew a hostile reception from the Royal Spanish Football Federation, whose government strongly opposes any suggestion that Gibraltar is in fact a separate territory and not part of Spain.[5] Spanish authorities waged a campaign of virulent opposition to their application, causing it to be rejected by officials on the grounds that it did not meet their criteria.[4] In 2002 UEFA had stipulated that future members would have to be sovereign nations, despite a number of their existing members failing to meet this requirement.[6][7]

 

After a legal challenge, a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2006 insisted that UEFA had to accept the GFA as any other member, as the application had come before the new criteria had been put in place and the rejection had political overtones, which are strongly discouraged in sport. UEFA awarded the GFA associate member status along with Montenegro and deferred the matter to the 2007 Congress in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4]

 

Spanish delegates had for some months, by attempting to secure support for their position, even been threatening to withdraw Spanish teams from UEFA competitions if Gibraltar was approved.[8] This tactic was successful - winning the vote 45 to 3, with 5 abstentions.[4] Gibraltar's application was at this point thrown out, while Montenegro was unanimously granted membership.

 

 

Why do we the British have Gibraltar still?  Just trying to cling to last of our Empire.....

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Been reading a lot about Gibraltar (don't ask) and came across this. This is complete bullshit...

 

On 12 April 1999 the GFA applied for membership in UEFA (Union of European Football Associations).[4] This would have allowed them to join the qualifiers for the European Football Championships and enter teams in European club competition. This immediately drew a hostile reception from the Royal Spanish Football Federation, whose government strongly opposes any suggestion that Gibraltar is in fact a separate territory and not part of Spain.[5] Spanish authorities waged a campaign of virulent opposition to their application, causing it to be rejected by officials on the grounds that it did not meet their criteria.[4] In 2002 UEFA had stipulated that future members would have to be sovereign nations, despite a number of their existing members failing to meet this requirement.[6][7]

 

After a legal challenge, a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2006 insisted that UEFA had to accept the GFA as any other member, as the application had come before the new criteria had been put in place and the rejection had political overtones, which are strongly discouraged in sport. UEFA awarded the GFA associate member status along with Montenegro and deferred the matter to the 2007 Congress in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4]

 

Spanish delegates had for some months, by attempting to secure support for their position, even been threatening to withdraw Spanish teams from UEFA competitions if Gibraltar was approved.[8] This tactic was successful - winning the vote 45 to 3, with 5 abstentions.[4] Gibraltar's application was at this point thrown out, while Montenegro was unanimously granted membership.

 

 

Why do we the British have Gibraltar still?  Just trying to cling to last of our Empire.....

Why not, why do Spain want it so badly?
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Cardiff Rebrand goes ahead - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18324804

Disgusting really. Money from new fans on the other side of the world who will probably never see the team play is more important than money from the fans who go to matches week in and week out and have been doing so for generations.

 

Aye. Don't particularly like Cardiff but can't help but feel sorry to their fans. They've been shat on from a great height in the name of ££££ by owners who've not a clue about football tradition.

 

What's the thinking behind the change to red anyways? Is it something to do with the fact that they're a Welsh club?

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Cardiff Rebrand goes ahead - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18324804

Disgusting really. Money from new fans on the other side of the world who will probably never see the team play is more important than money from the fans who go to matches week in and week out and have been doing so for generations.

 

Aye. Don't particularly like Cardiff but can't help but feel sorry to their fans. They've been shat on from a great height in the name of ££££ by owners who've not a clue about football tradition.

 

What's the thinking behind the change to red anyways? Is it something to do with the fact that they're a Welsh club?

Red is a colour of power and luck in Asia. Also they want to implement a Dragon which are national icons of both China and Wales.
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Does anyone still believe it couldn't happen to us?

Not even Ashley is that stupid. He knows that finally, finally that would be the last straw.

He is in the club to run it well now, despite selling the stadium name he done it for the money. I don't think their is any money in us changing our colours, no disrespect to Cardiff but we are more known that them around the world and the whole world knows we play in black and white, we don't need to do what Cardiff have done.

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