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cabinfever

Cabinfever's blue and white army
May 14, 2004
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There is also a lot of Irish and Scottish ancestry in Argentina from the mid 1800's.

To far back for any passport malarkey though.

In fact there was a native Irish speaking community in Argentina well into the 1900s!!
 

Teemu

Pretty fly for a Tanguy
Jan 12, 2006
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Being at the Euros last summer and seeing groups of fucking mongs with a combined IQ of 3 standing in French town squares singing anti-Europe/pro-Leave songs actually made me feel nauseous. Fuck them all.

What's worse is that all this went on even though it was common knowledge that Kevin Wimmer wouldn't be eligible for a work permit if we were to leave the EU.

We need a second referendum.

#wimmain
 

HildoSpur

Likes Erik Lamela, deal with it.
Oct 1, 2005
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Not sure if this has been discussed before but I assume Brexit will have a huge effect on incoming players, from South America for instance, who at present manage to get into the UK via EU passports.

Any thoughts?

It's possible that any player coming to play in the UK who is not a UK national will require a visa - that would include Irish players, Spanish, etc. as well as the current requirements for South American players. It would be no problem for established players but could make signing young players a bit tricky.
 

Dinghy

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Jun 22, 2005
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It's possible that any player coming to play in the UK who is not a UK national will require a visa - that would include Irish players, Spanish, etc. as well as the current requirements for South American players. It would be no problem for established players but could make signing young players a bit tricky.
Wouldn't include Irish players. The CTA between Ireland and the UK predates the EU.
 

Saoirse

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Aug 20, 2013
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Wouldn't include Irish players. The CTA between Ireland and the UK predates the EU.
Hopefully
Even if the principles of the CTA are endangered by e.g. extensive border controls to prevent non-Irish citizens travelling from there to the UK or mainland GB, it would seem massively unlikely that we wouldn't continue to give Irish citizens the freedom to live and work in the UK. That would cause absolute chaos around Northern Ireland which nobody has an appetite for.
 

HildoSpur

Likes Erik Lamela, deal with it.
Oct 1, 2005
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Even if the principles of the CTA are endangered by e.g. extensive border controls to prevent non-Irish citizens travelling from there to the UK or mainland GB, it would seem massively unlikely that we wouldn't continue to give Irish citizens the freedom to live and work in the UK. That would cause absolute chaos around Northern Ireland which nobody has an appetite for.

I agree but can any of us say with any certainty how BREXIT will actually work out? We may want certain things to be in place however whether they will actually be able to be is a different matter. Speaking as an Ulsterman I know only too well what a disaster BREXIT could be for us here.
 

Saoirse

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Aug 20, 2013
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I agree but can any of us say with any certainty how BREXIT will actually work out? We may want certain things to be in place however whether they will actually be able to be is a different matter. Speaking as an Ulsterman I know only too well what a disaster BREXIT could be for us here.

As an Ulsterwoman I 100% agree, but there's absolutely jack the EU can do to stop us and Ireland letting in each other's citizens and no reason I can see for anyone wanting to. There's going to be a huge mess in a whole lot of other ways, potentially even the return of a hard border, but this is one thing I really can't see happening.
 
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