tc football clubs to play in cypriot football

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 13:17

http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=10666198

kenny



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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 13:21

unification at last, one step at a time

arrry



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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 13:27

That's brilliant news . Cannot wait for the first " Derby " game !!!



God help the referee !!



Send for Pierluigi Collina !!!

JimmyG


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:00

I'll believe it when it happens. I think that the ROC officials will still try to throw a few spanners in the works first, but I hope that I'm wrong.

WAZ-24-7



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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:05

Very pleased to hear this news.



Sporting competition has the ability to defuse tensions and promote settlement.



This is another small step on the road to continued peace and settlement.

iceman


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 14:37

The article in the link does not reflect the truth..

After consulting the political parties in the north the TC FA has been instructed by the officials not to accept such a proposal.

CJtill


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 15:38

You cannot be serious this is the WORST possible news.

It will give all the hotheads a chance to cause problems between the communities.

Think back to all the football violence in England during the 70s and then add in the ethnic problems that exist in Cyprus.

You may remember that El Salvidor and Honduras went to war over a game of football.

gibson335


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 16:02

Jimmy g



Totally correct. It will never happen same as the talks will not achieve anything.If there were to be a match I guarantee it would descend into fighting both on and off the pitch

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
31/12/2008 20:45

msge 6



"After consulting the political parties in the north the TC FA has been instructed by the officials not to accept such a proposal. "



Iceman, did they give more details as to why?

fire starter


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Message Posted:
01/01/2009 12:45

iceman

this is what i thought, conflicting stories.

at first sounded like it was all on, then someone put a spanner in the works.

iceman


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Message Posted:
01/01/2009 15:24

Re : msg 6

The reason for refusing UEFA's proposal was that it would mean reckognizing ROC..

TC FA wants to be reckognized independently by UEFA (which is no different than requesting TRNC's international reckognition)



Turkish Cypriot clubs broke away to form their own Cyprus Turkish Football Federation when communal violence erupted on the Mediterranean island in 1955 while it was still under British colonial rule.



When the island won independence in 1960, it was the Greek Cypriots clubs still in the Cyprus FA that won recognition as members of UEFA and FIFA and Turkish Cypriot clubs have since been excluded from all international competition.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
01/01/2009 17:28

msge 11



Thats interesting Iceman. What are your thoughts on the decision?