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No Kamikazee, a world cup happens once every four years. Something like a school level cup happens multiple times a year probably. I am sure British win more of that and since that happens more often, it just shows the cinsistency british sportsmen show.
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Ah , I said club football kamakase , of course we have won the World Cup as well , unlike Australia
We’re good at everything |
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edy British teams were more successful in Europe before they had any foreign players
They won more European trophies than any other country And they had more different teams that won them than any other nation Much greater strength in depth you see, like all sports Never heard of Real Madrid?Wonv Europe's premier trophy the same number of times as all the British clubs put together. |
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lol
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I think Gareth Southgate should be made the new Queen. Took a team with about one truly good player very far in the latest world cup.
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I think jml I said European trophies , British football teams have won more than any other country , thanks
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Can fully understand a Liverpool fan being stuck on past glories to be fair. It was the only way for them to feel good before the German arrived.
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What you guys aren't getting is that you have to sink low enough to the British level to talk about their greatness. As lfc does, he has to count the number of European cups to prove how great British football is. If you sink low enough, you might not be able to beat the Brits. MMakes sense. Explains the Murray and his Davis cup as well.
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I think jml I said European trophies , British football teams have won more than any other country , thanks
They haven't won more than Spanish clubs. |
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nonsense detraveller , you’ve managed to name shumaker so far for Germany , I could name Hamilton and at least 5 other British world champions
And of course people like McRae in other motor sports or Mike Hailwood as great in his field as shumacker , greater really That sthe difference between Germany and Britain We’re better |
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I'm not taking the bait.
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But you being better was exactly my point. I was expecting best, not better. Read my post.
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But thanks for making my day. You've posted some real gems today. The football one obviously takes the biscuit. Have a nice Sunday.
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Nonsense jml , there have historically been 3 main European club competitions , Britain has won more of them than any other country
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I thought the Andy Murray thing was a joke initially. I assumed that people would come up with loads of names of British sportsmen that have achieved more than Murray. Surely Johnny Wilkinson and Ian Botham are better rugby and cricket players than Murray is a tennis player?
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I'm most surprised people even give Murray three majors. I had always been under the impression that the tennis season was only 4 (or now 5) weeks long for the average British mind and the rest was treated as exhibitions on unworthy surfaces.
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But OP did restrict us to indiv. sports.
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We could easily , if we wish say that Steven Hendry has more world championships than any other player in the world
As shumacker has more formula 1 titles ( although Hamilton is close ) There are many more examples |
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Nonsense jml , there have historically been 3 main European club competitions , Britain has won more of them than any other country
Spain have won 36---Britain have won only 31. |
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Had to google Hendry...snooker ffs!
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Yes but Britain has won more World Cups than any other nation that hasn't won a World Cup yet.
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ok jml , I hope you aren’t telling fibs : )
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How many football teams fall under Britain by the way? I am sure more than one? That must be another thing no one else can compete in
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^ csnt make head nor tail of that
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* can’t
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Look the record is there in black and white
Britain is the greatest sporting nation , countries such as Germany don’t even come close |
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Spain ? No sorry despite their prowess in football , they don’t come close
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France ? Not worth a mention sorry
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Kamikazee can’t get over roger bannister beating the Ozzie Laveryto the 4 min mile
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You just mentioned France
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No other country in the world has produced anything as beautiful as the rivalry between Coe and Ovett as they swapped world records in those glorious few years in the 70s
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Gosh, you must be ancient.
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Only England can produce sportsmen like that , how glorious !
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Please, Marita Koch!
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Now that was a properly produced athlete.
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It’s ok edy , we’re still good at athletics , unlike Germany thanks
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If Britain is so good at sport how come countries with much smaller populations can regularly beat them at sports such as cricket and rugby?
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Australia are very good at rugby and cricket , so is England
We’re good at everything |
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You just spent about a trillion quid more on athletics when it became time to prepare for the 2012 olympic games. Before 2008, Great Britain was nowhere to be found on the medal tables.
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