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This timeline will deal with a world in which the British Football Associations do not break away from FIFA during the first World Cups, beginning with the first one held in Scotland in 1930. This timeline will have many other vital differences that will become blurred over the years, creating a...

Greetings dear readers, speculators and fellow football fans. As of writing this introduction, I am still in the process of working on the 2002 World Cup knockout stage in my Brotherhood and Unity timeline, but lately I have been thinking of introducing a thread that gives anyone who reads this...

The European Theatre An alternate history of european club football For decades, Europe has seen attempts by various bodies in football to bring forth clubs from different nations together in supposed regional compatitions. From the early days of the "World Championship" between the Scottish...

Part 1. World Cup 1974 Augusto Pinochet, one of the most controversial characters, if not world, then at least South American history, a tough dictator who killed many of his opponents, but imagine that if he somehow accidentally dies in an accident in the Chilean army. But the essence of this...

IOTL, the selection process for which country would host the 2006 FIFA World Cup was very close, with a 12-11 vote in favor of Germany. There were 24 electors, with Charlie Dempsey abstaining from voting (which he would for South Africa). Had the vote tied 12-12, the deciding vote would be given...

Uncertainty Yugoslavia in 1990 - It all seemed like the once great union of southern Slavs was reaching its demise, following ethnic conflict between its people. The Kosovo crisis that has been going on for almost four years now had opened the Pandora's box, with massive riots breaking out all...

Using ice hockey as a point of reference: Olympic Ice Hockey is the most prestigious international ice hockey tournament. Achieving gold there is typically considered to be a much greater achievement than winning the IIHF's World Championship. Further, with the exception of instances like last...

What if FIFA took away Qatar's rights to host the World Cup after they used slave workers to build their stadiums? It's not likely to have been possible, but still, just think about it. Scenario 1: All other countries (except Iran) host three or four home games. Eligible countries in Groups A...

@Atzyn has a superb TL that examines how the history of the World Cup would have been if it began back in 1906 instead of 1930. Highly recommended. However, after reading it I couldn't help but ponder: What if it had begun even earlier? After all, the first international association football...

Fully Seeded: A (Men's Football) World Cup Timelime Prologue In 2018, Michel Platini gave an interview in which he admitted that the draw for the World Cup of twenty years earlier had been slightly rigged. The disgraced ex-UEFA president admitted that ‘a little trickery’ had been employed to...

What if a FIFA World Cup ended up consisting of teams that normally have to be kept apart in World Cup qualifiers for political reasons? In Asia the 'problem team' is Israel. In Europe its Armenia, Azerbajian, Georgia, and Kosovo. Fifa are lucky that these smaller nations don't normally...

The year is 2018. The World Cup has been underway for the past few weeks, and it's been a very exciting tournament for all involved. Hosts Sweden are entering their home field, the Friends Arena, to face off against first-time finalists Wallonia. During the first few minutes of the match...

Somewhat a sequel idea to this one I did sometime ago regarding had Scotland won that Euro Play-off match with England. Nice to have have a football question prior before the Euros coming up! :p After that tie until now, Scotland have never made back to a major tournament and the first WC to...

Written by QTXAdsy The Beginning: Early History and the 1950 World Cup Qualification Situated across a set of islands north of the European continent there lie a race of different nationalities known as either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish though if you check their passports, most...

Imagine a world where Australia and the United States are formidable powers in international football. Imagine a world where the United Kingdom isn’t the only country with multiple teams in FIFA. Imagine a world where football is the dominant sport in India, Canada and the Caribbean. Imagine a...

After the USSR split up in the 1990s, the former states played for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team at Euro 92 and after the Velvet divorce which saw Czechoslovakia split into two in 1993, the Czechoslovak team played under the banner Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS)...

A TRUE WORLD CUP An Early World Cup Expansion By QTXAdsy Prior to qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, FIFA found itself in the middle of a controversy and a headache. In 1964, 31 African nations threatened to boycotted the tournament to protest a 1964 FIFA ruling that required...

Like the tin says, find a way to make the English National Football team an international powerhouse with an after 1974 (the year they didn't qualify for the World Cup) date.

I've seen a few topics regarding WI TL's regarding England making it to the 1994 World Cup and the odd topic too of Wales making it as well, but oddly I haven't seen one regarding What if Scotland actually making it to the USA in 1994. I am making a similar idea for my TL, but it would be...

After yesterday with Croatia being in the final, I did get thinking about the former Yugoslavia team had the country not gone to war and the team was still together. I'm not asking about how to butterfly away the war as that has already been done, I'm curious as for what would be the butterfly...