Celtic Moment

I bought the Sun today, and as I turned to the back pages I noticed that 5 pages had been donated to coverage of the England vs Trinidad and Tobago friendly tomorrow.

On the same night Wales are playing against the mighty Holland in another friendly. Yet there isn’t a single word in the paper on that match.

Let’s compare the two matches:

England are playing against a minor team in world football in a match that doesn’t matter. They will probably field half a team, and the result will not matter unless T&T actually beat them.

On the other hand Wales are playing against a team that qualified for Euro 2008. Wales will play one of their youngest teams in their history against these giants of world football. Yet again the result won’t matter, unless Wales win!

If anything there is a bit more significance to the Welsh match!

How then does England get so much coverage in the media whilst Wales getts nothing? Aren’t we both meant to be equal members of the UK? English bias?

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an he did at the end of the 20th century?Is this a sign of things to come,or a sign of things that have already happened,or is it a political appeal,and if so,who is it aimed at?

Here’s a few things I’ve heard Americans say about the UK while I’ve been over there:

“The Beatles come from there, right?”
“You guys still have a queen, right?”
“The English, they live in castles, right?”
“Tony Blair’s like a buddy of Bush’s, right?”

And one very specific one, when I told these three girls I was not British, but instead came from Ireland.

“Ireland? That’s so cool! That’s near London, right?”

Surely the good ol’ US of A knows more than the above about this land, right?

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Well maybe a bottle of Wine to go as well !

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Does anybody know of music, other than celtic, that irish step works well with like pop, hip hop, rock, not country……if you have song titles that would help also. Thanks a bunch!

or will her album top the charts?

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Most often, I see the claddagh symbol or ring with two hands encompassing the heart: “With my two hands I give you my heart and crown it with my love.” Is there a different meaning when there are no hands, just knots on either side of the heart?