Quidditch World Cup - Irish vs English

[Meredith]

No: HPFGUIDX 97628

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!)


Luckie:

Speaking of local Quidditch teams, does anyone find it interesting 
that major British cities don't have teams? Chudley Cannons, 
Puddlemere United, Wimbourne Wasps? No London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or 
Manchester teams. In the United States, and, I assume, in Britain, 
professional teams are located in major metropolitan areas/markets, 
since people in the metro areas are needed to buy tickets and support 
the teams! I suppose this could be explained in that it's hard to 
hide a Quidditch Pitch in London, and Wizards from all over can 
simply apparate (or sue a port key) to the game. But since Quidditch 
was formed several hundred years ago, I either think that there must 
tend to be large concentrations of wizarding populations in the areas 
that have teams, or, as we can assume from the lack of a Northern 
Ireland team, the Wizarding World pays little attention to muggle 
politics/geography. Although the MoM IS located in London, but that 
could be for practical purposes (so it's close to the Muggle 
government).


~Luckie, who used to live in the smallest market in the National 
Football Leauge (US), which was STILL about a million people.