johnnyk 158 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Richard Gough believes Englishman George Boyd should not be given the chance to play for Scotland. The former Scotland skipper, capped 61 times, was born in Stockholm with a Scottish father and Swedish mother, then brought up in South Africa. But he said: "I think it should go back one generation. I think your grandfather is taking it a bit far." Peterborough winger Boyd, from Chatham in Kent, is eligible through his Motherwell-born grandfather. But the 23-year-old had not set foot in Scotland until Tuesday when he turned up to meet his Scotland team-mates ahead of the B international with Northern Ireland at Broadwood. "I'm a good one to ask about that seeing that I was born in Sweden," added Gough, who had spells with Dundee United, Tottenham and Rangers. "But my father would have shot me if I had played for Sweden. "I came to Scotland at 15 or 16, I grew up as a Rangers fan and the Scottish thing was ingrained in me. "If you go back more than one generation, you get into that Irish thing of having a pint of Guinness and you can play, like they did. "They did have a decent team when they did that but I think it is taking it too far. "It's not, 'I'm only playing for Scotland because England hasn't picked me' sort of thing - I don't think that's right." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8036587.stm I agree here, one generation it should be. I like his Guinness quote 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,325 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 The RoI are a joke team and they nicked two of our players - McGreedy and McCarthy - under that dubious rule. So we really play into their hands if we do the same. The SFA should make sure that never again can plastic paddies do the dirty on us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 The RoI are a joke team and they nicked two of our players - McGreedy and McCarthy - under that dubious rule. So we really play into their hands if we do the same. The SFA should make sure that never again can plastic paddies do the dirty on us. The SFA are also a joke so unless we have changes there it will keep happening!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Suprised the BBC printed his Guiness quote. THe plastics over at Torbett Towers will be going mental. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I read that this morning and burst out laughing....Is he making it up about Guinness or is there a past joke to this?? Quality stuff by Gough 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I read that this morning and burst out laughing....Is he making it up about Guinness or is there a past joke to this?? Quality stuff by Gough The pint of guinness thing is an old-standing joke about representing RoI 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlock 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Scotland B 3-0 Northern ireland B Apparently George Boyd has a great performance, scored a 20 yarder and set up another. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 So Gough comes over to Scotland when he was 15 or 16 and that makes him more Scottish than George Boyd? Don't think so Richard. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 So Gough comes over to Scotland when he was 15 or 16 and that makes him more Scottish than George Boyd? Don't think so Richard. Aye George Boyd didn't come to Scotland til about age 24. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,325 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Aye George Boyd didn't come to Scotland til about age 24. And wasn't Gough of Scots parentage, not grandparentage - that makes a BIG difference? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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