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    #1

    Expansive Football.

    Based on historical boundaries and the current pool of players in the world, which historical empire could put out the strongest team?

    I can't think past Spain circa 1600; even better if I cheat and include the Iberian Union as a whole.

    The Roman Empire around the end of the 1st century AD would be alright too.

    Britain would be fucked.

    I should probably do some work.
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    #2
    Expansive Football.

    Ha!

    I was thinking of exactly this, last week!

    The thing is, you'd have to take the empires at their furthest expansion, in which case there'd be a whole lot of 'overlap'.

    Holland, Portugal, Spain would all be in with a good shout. Britain, ancient Mongolia, China would be a little way behind. What about the Scandinavians and the (various) Mexicans? Interesting outsiders, there, I think.

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      #3
      Expansive Football.

      Britain could have a bloke riding an elephant down the left wing.

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        #4
        Expansive Football.

        Let's not forget Germany (1938-1943). They'd be able to give anyone a good game.

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          #5
          Expansive Football.

          Austria-Hungary would have pick of a good crop, as would a reconvened USSR/CIS.

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            #6
            Expansive Football.

            I reckon the Ottomans circa 15th-16th century would be good as an outside bet, they'd include all of the former Yugoslav area and other parts of East Europe / former Russian states as well as part of North Africa.

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              #7
              Expansive Football.

              If contrast with current fortunes counts for anything, it has to be Macedonia.

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                #8
                Expansive Football.

                Let's not forget Germany (1938-1943). They'd be able to give anyone a good game.
                Yeah, but they often needed a bent ref to win, like that game in Paris in 1943. Very lucky to draw that one 4-4.

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                  #9
                  Expansive Football.

                  Hopefully Macedonia will never qualify for a World Cup or European Championships.

                  Poland used to be about three times the size of its current borders. Its commonwealth with Lithuania (1569-1795) made it the largest country in Europe, and included all of present-day Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus, as well as huge chunks of Estonia and Ukraine and a fair bit of Russia's western flank.

                  So with that lot at their disposal, you'd imagine they'd at least be able to fare a bit better than relying on Artur Boruc to keep the score down against Austria.

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                    #10
                    Expansive Football.

                    Napoleon's French Empire at its height would be good.

                    Portugal with Brazil and a few others sounds good.

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