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Wales Has Disappeared, According to FIFA ‘09 - World Cup Blog - Euro 2008
Wales Has Disappeared, According to FIFA ‘09 - World Cup Blog - Euro 2008
Wales Has Disappeared, According to FIFA ‘09 Welsh video gamers are pretty unhappy right now, because their national team has ceased to exist. Not in the real world - John Toshack’s team are still sitting third in World Cup 2010 European qualifying Group 4 , and still won the recent ...
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worldcupbuzz.com — (from World Cup Buzz.com) Part II of our FIFA Club World Cup preview features the heavy hitters... of this tournament. They represent the regions most familiar to the footballing world, Especially to those of us in the west. They include two continental powers and one big surprise. (more) FIFA Club WORLD CUP Preview - Part II
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  • mookie mookie
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    I always find it hilarious when computer games (primarily EA by default) mess up international teams in games. It's the best way to alienate an entire country from buying your stuff!!

     

    Posted 12/3/2008 respond (flag)
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Wales has no nat'l team according to FIFA '09
The Beautiful Game — Great find by The Offside on this one. Simply put. The makers of the FIFA '09 video game didn't include a national team for Wales. Needless to say, Welsh people aren't too happy. As mentioned in the linked post, Wales is third in its qualifying group and beat Denmark in a friendly recently. But there is some hope: ...you can help cheer them up by signing this petition to have Wales reinstated on FIFA ‘09...Nice.

FIFA 09 Has Severed Diplomatic Ties with Wales
The Run of Play — ... Or at least, as Daryl has noticed, inexplicably removed their national team from the game. Why Wales? What did Wales ever do to EA Sports? I watched How Green Was My Valley just two nights ago, and I'm taking this very personally. Please ...

Wales? Do they have a team?
Unprofessional Foul — ... Welshmen who have been playing FIFA 09, the top-selling EA sports video game, are not happy at all. Wales doesn't have a team! Well you can just imagine the fuss on the other side of the Severn bridge. ...

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