Country:
Bramble Republic (BRR)
Territory: Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands
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Football federation:
Brambleite Football League (BFL), composed of two clubs, the national team and a club made up entirely of babies. The purpose of the BFL is to get the national team to set scoring records.
History: In January of 1960, William Bramble became Chief Minister of Montserrat. His first year was rather uneventful, but in February 1961, he unexpected declared Montserrat "the Bramble Republic", of which he was President for Life. Little is understood about Bramble's motives for doing this, but many suspec dissatisfaction with British rule, mental illness, boredom, or some combination of the three. The former British Virgin Islands were incorporated into the Bramble Republic in 1977. Bramble's most controversial move, however, came in 1990, when he officially changed the surnames of all Bramble Republic citizens to Bramble to match his own. Bramble put large amounts of money into two things: the football program and the nuclear program. The former turned out much better than the latter. During the Soufriere Hills volcano eruption in 1995, Brambleite scientists scrambled to get a nuclear bomb built for the purposes of stopping the eruption. The bomb was dropped into the volcano on October 8, 1996 (Bramble's 95th birthday) but did not detonate. All Brambleite citizens living on Montserrat were evacuated shortly thereafter. According to the Bramble Republic, William Bramble is still alive and leading the country at age 112. According to just about everyone else, he died in 1988 and the current man using that name and running the country is somebody else entirely.
The Bramble Republic football team uses a 4-3-3 formation, and due to the common surname, the players are denoted by first name (i.e. Bradley (90') instead of B. Bramble (90'). The Bramble Republic's qualification for the World Cup came as quite a surprise, but controversy surrounds the team. Are they plucky underdogs eager to try and win it all, or a corrupt bunch with a knack for bribing referees? Only time will tell.
The Bramble republic roster: (
Bold denotes the starting lineup)
GK Dean Bramble (OTL Dean Byfield)
GK Jermaine Bramble (OTL Jermaine Sweeney)
GK Vesquever Bramble (OTL Vesquever Frett)
DF Andy Bramble (OTL Andy Davis)
DF Clifford Bramble (OTL Clifford Newby-Harris)
DF Errol Bramble (OTL Errol Wellington)
DF Javier Bramble (OTL Javier Smith)
DF Marlon Bramble (OTL Marlon Campbell)
DF Nyron Bramble (OTL Nyron Dyer)
DF Vanquever Bramble (OTL Vanquever Frett)
MF Alexander Bramble (OTL Alexander Bramble)
MF Carlos Bramble (OTL Carlos Septus)
MF Darryl Bramble (OTL Darryl Roach)
MF Jevon Bramble (OTL Jevon Demming)
MF Leovan Bramble (OTL Leovan O'Garro)
MF Troy Bramble (OTL Troy Caesar)
MF Wayne Bramble (OTL Wayne Dyer)
FW Bradley Bramble (OTL Bradley Woods-Garness)
FW Chevron Bramble (OTL Chevron Russell)
FW Christopher Bramble (OTL Christopher Telemaque)
FW Ellis Bramble (OTL Ellis Remy)
FW Jaylee Bramble (OTL Jaylee Hodgson)
FW Trevor Bramble (OTL Trevor Peters)
EDIT: The rules have changed again, but now I won't abandon Majeerteenia! Go Majeerteenia!
