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Uncertainty Yugoslavia in 1990 - It all seemed like the once great union of southern Slavs was reaching its demise, following ethnic conflict between its people. The Kosovo crisis that has been going on for almost four years now had opened the Pandora's box, with massive riots breaking out all...

Using ice hockey as a point of reference: Olympic Ice Hockey is the most prestigious international ice hockey tournament. Achieving gold there is typically considered to be a much greater achievement than winning the IIHF's World Championship. Further, with the exception of instances like last...

What if FIFA took away Qatar's rights to host the World Cup after they used slave workers to build their stadiums? It's not likely to have been possible, but still, just think about it. Scenario 1: All other countries (except Iran) host three or four home games. Eligible countries in Groups A...

@Atzyn has a superb TL that examines how the history of the World Cup would have been if it began back in 1906 instead of 1930. Highly recommended. However, after reading it I couldn't help but ponder: What if it had begun even earlier? After all, the first international association football...

Fully Seeded: A (Men's Football) World Cup Timelime Prologue In 2018, Michel Platini gave an interview in which he admitted that the draw for the World Cup of twenty years earlier had been slightly rigged. The disgraced ex-UEFA president admitted that ‘a little trickery’ had been employed to...

What if a FIFA World Cup ended up consisting of teams that normally have to be kept apart in World Cup qualifiers for political reasons? In Asia the 'problem team' is Israel. In Europe its Armenia, Azerbajian, Georgia, and Kosovo. Fifa are lucky that these smaller nations don't normally...

The year is 2018. The World Cup has been underway for the past few weeks, and it's been a very exciting tournament for all involved. Hosts Sweden are entering their home field, the Friends Arena, to face off against first-time finalists Wallonia. During the first few minutes of the match...

Somewhat a sequel idea to this one I did sometime ago regarding had Scotland won that Euro Play-off match with England. Nice to have have a football question prior before the Euros coming up! :p After that tie until now, Scotland have never made back to a major tournament and the first WC to...

Written by QTXAdsy The Beginning: Early History and the 1950 World Cup Qualification Situated across a set of islands north of the European continent there lie a race of different nationalities known as either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish though if you check their passports, most...

Imagine a world where Australia and the United States are formidable powers in international football. Imagine a world where the United Kingdom isn’t the only country with multiple teams in FIFA. Imagine a world where football is the dominant sport in India, Canada and the Caribbean. Imagine a...

After the USSR split up in the 1990s, the former states played for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team at Euro 92 and after the Velvet divorce which saw Czechoslovakia split into two in 1993, the Czechoslovak team played under the banner Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS)...

A TRUE WORLD CUP An Early World Cup Expansion By QTXAdsy Prior to qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, FIFA found itself in the middle of a controversy and a headache. In 1964, 31 African nations threatened to boycotted the tournament to protest a 1964 FIFA ruling that required...

Like the tin says, find a way to make the English National Football team an international powerhouse with an after 1974 (the year they didn't qualify for the World Cup) date.

I've seen a few topics regarding WI TL's regarding England making it to the 1994 World Cup and the odd topic too of Wales making it as well, but oddly I haven't seen one regarding What if Scotland actually making it to the USA in 1994. I am making a similar idea for my TL, but it would be...

After yesterday with Croatia being in the final, I did get thinking about the former Yugoslavia team had the country not gone to war and the team was still together. I'm not asking about how to butterfly away the war as that has already been done, I'm curious as for what would be the butterfly...

So after tonight's display against Croatia tonight, I've been thinking back to 4 years ago when Messi and co. Came so close to winning it in Rio, could've all been so different. So if let's say Messi led Argentina to glory in their rival's backyard, what would be the after effects and would...

Chapter 1: Stubbornness “Nope, not happening in a million years and that's final!” That’s was all what George Graham, Secretary of the SFA, would say to anyone when questioned if Scotland were going to play in the World Cup in Brazil later that year. He then says other various excuses why they...

All To Play for The Home Nations' Football Adventures Written By QTXAdsy Chapter 1: Fancy Seeing You Here The 26th June 1954, a corridor of two teams line up as the prepare to head out to play a game of Football. One team is dressed with white shirts, navy blue shorts and white socks, the...

Chapter 1: Stubbornness “Nope, not happening in a million years!” That’s was all what George Graham, SFA Secretary, would say to anyone when questioned if Scotland were going to play in the World Cup in Brazil. He then says other various excuses why they team won’t go from reasons such as...

In 2002, We have seen the shock: South Korea winning the world cup against brazil at Yokohama by 1:0. Many people thought This to be impossible, or as we put it, ASB, but When South korea reached the Semifinals, We were shocked, not to mentioned they won that match 1:0 against germany and...