Quidditch World Cup - Irish vs English

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 97076

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lita Beck <lita at s...> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, antoshachekhonte wrote:
> 
> If Ireland was a part of Wizarding Britain, it makes sense
> that it would field its own team (as would Wales, Scotland,
> etc.), especially since I seem to remember a mention (by
> Fred or George?) of how the English team lost on its way to
> the Quidditch World Cup. I seriously doubt that the English
> team is the only team to come from Wizarding Britain. As a
> soccer fan, it just wouldn't make sense to me. :)
> 
> Lita

It isn't.

"I wish England had got through, though."[said Charlie.]"That was 
embarrassing, that was.[---]Went down to Transylvania, three hundred 
and ninety to ten.[...] Shocking performance. And Wales lost to 
Uganda, and Scotland were slaughtered by Luxemburg."

Though we don't know about Northern Ireland, the British isles field 
four teams at least.

Alshain, wondering if England, Scotland, and Wales even made it to 
quarter finals.