Room For One More? Ireland Seeks 33rd Spot

December 1, 2009

"Let us in! We'll be 33rd!"

FIFA President Sepp Blatter revealed today that Ireland has asked to enter the World Cup as the 33rd team after Thierry Henry’s hand ball effectively ended their dreams of playing at the finals in South Africa. FIFA will be hosting an executive meeting on Wednesday, two days prior to the World Cup draw, to discuss this matter.

My guess is that FIFA agreed to talk about the incident and consider instating Ireland as #33 with the sole purpose of getting the Irish off their backs.

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