north v south

[mandie73]

northerners are best?

[PAWSABELLE]

North West is best!

[Quizmonster]

My opening response to this thread was meant to be ironic. That is, I was pretty sure Mandie did not mean Scotland at all and nor - from the bulk of the other responses - did most other people!
I just think it's amusing when - in a British context such as AnswerBank - English people refer to 'The North' without adding �of England' and use the word �Northerners' to mean people from Yorkshire, Lancashire etc. They appear oblivious to the fact that there is a lot more of the British Isles to the north of their north than there is to the south of it!
I imagine Leeds/Bradford folks consider themselves to be that sort of �Northerner', so they really should become aware of the fact that the southern tip of Jersey - the most southerly point in the British Isles - is only about 325 miles away from them whereas Out Stack in Shetland - the most northerly point in the British Isles - is about 500 miles away. That's some 825 miles point to point.
On that basis, at less than 412 miles (mid-point) from the southern tip, Yorkshiremen are effectively southerners!

[Jaf]

Northerners are best (North Londoners)

[bellasasha]

quizmonster-so right yet again!!

to answer the question-northeners!!!!

[bellasasha]

i.e scotland!!!

[ugly_bob]

it's grim up north

[sunflower68]

what about us in the middle? To southerners we are northern, to northerners we are southern. We just like a quiet life! I like both, by the way.

[mandie73]

im sorry quizmonster,should of stated 'england'. but lets take your lead and extend the question-england v scotland-whos the best? and not at footy,we know the answer to that one!

[Quizmonster]

Ah! 'Footie', as you call it, Mandie! As best I can discover, England and Scotland have played 94 international football matches. Of those, England have won 41, Scotland 33 and 20 have been drawn. So, yes, England have won more matches.
But I wonder whether you have considered this...the current population of Britain is about 60 million, of whom about 55 million are English and only about 5 million are Scottish. The proportions have always been about the same throughout the years 1872 - 1999, the years of the matches referred to. That means for every one player available for the Scottish selectors to pick, the English selectors had ten. Surely, therefore, England should have won about 85 of the matches rather than just 41. In fact, in the circumstances, 41 victories is rather a pathetic result.
PS Who won the Scotland v England match in the recent Six Nations rugby international?
(I'm offering all this in a jokey spirit, you understand, ma'am!)