[HPforGrownups] Re: Quidditch World Cup - Irish vs English

[Lita Beck]

No: HPFGUIDX 97586

> Alshain responded:
> 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."

Ah! I knew there were references to other national teams
from the British isles. :) Thanks.

I think that if there were a Northern Irish team, it's fate
also would have been mentioned. Since one wasn't mentioned,
I think there is no Northern Irish team, just an Irish one.

> Alshain also said:
> Though we don't know about Northern Ireland, the British isles field
> four teams at least.
>
> Carol:
> That's not counting numerous local teams, for example the Wimborne
> Wasps, for whom Ludo Bagman was a beater, IIRC the position correctly.
> (I definitely remember the black and yellow Quidditch robes and the
> bludgers to the head!)

Actually, I think we're talking about different things. :)
Club play would be separate from international play. Clubs
from the British league (the Wasps, Puddlemere United, the
Cannons, etc.) wouldn't play in the World Cup.

But I am beginning to think that the British isles only has
four national teams, similar in concept to British football
(soccer).

Lita