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The other World Cup via Skin Flicks May 24th, 2008 at 13:26

No, not the egg-chasers World Cup.Not the Women's World Cup.Not the 'homeless' World Cup either.(Which is a total swizz, because of course all the people playing in it have a roof over their heads. It should be called the 'Formerly Homeless' World Cup. But if they called it that, then I could enter. After all, I spent a night in a skip once. But that's another story.)This is the World Cup for countries that FIFA refuse to recognise.Now, let's be honest here. FIFA's concept of what constitutes a sovereign nation is odd enough to begin with. According to FIFA, Northern Ireland is a nation. According to FIFA, Kazakhstan is a European country. According to FIFA, so is Israel, although they used to be an Australasian country.The 22 nations that take part in the Non-Fifa World Cup include...