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Great article, loved it!
Just to answer the question from the previous writer asking about why GB compete in the Olympics, but England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland participate separately in FIFA/UEFA sanctioned competition...
I had wondered about that too, but then I took a job in England and learned the horrible truth.
In order to secure British participation in events such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championships back in the day, and in view of Britain's heritage as the "Home of Football", FIFA and UEFA agreed to separate fooballing identities for each of the four countries.
The ironic upshot of all of this is that Britain has never entered a soccer team in the Summer Olympics...a directly causal side-effect of the ruling that allows them to keep separate footballing identities.
Anyway, roll on the Olymiade Invernale!.../Taras (one of the Canadians who regularly beats you up for not writing more about the CFL!)
