On Oct 8, 1:49*pm, Simon Mason wrote:
On Oct 8, 1:40*pm, Colin Reed wrote:



Really? *So these millions of British football fans can point out the
international success of British football? *Granted there have been some
successes in international competitions of British based clubs (with
increasingly fewer British players representing), but there really has
been a paucity of international success for the national teams of the
UK. *If you read the article, it is quite clear that it is referring to
the success in cycling as actual medals and competitions won
internationally, especially when compared to the money in the sport.
Popularity isn't the "success" being talked about here.

Colin

The England football team has won nothing at all for 45 years and last
night could not even beat a sixth part of what used to be Yugoslavia.
British cyclists are true world beaters, not a bunch of overpaid prima
donnas who fall down crying when they get a tap on the ankle. They are
a national disgrace.

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Simon Mason

And of course it is very difficult to find an English player at all in
many of the top Premier League clubs, so any success they have had is
more to do with overpaid foreigners anyway.

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Simon Mason