in 1979, these 147 nations affiliated to FIFA ... (my conjecture)

[w-inds.]

in 1979, these 147 nations affiliated to FIFA ... (my conjecture)

http://news.google.co.uk/archivesearch?q=147th+%22FIFA%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=100&ned=uk&lr=&as_user_ldate=10.1979&as_user_hdate=10.1979
China Is Added, Taiwan Stays
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver - Oct 14, 1979
ZURICH, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- China has been elected the 147th member of FIFA and will take part in the qualifying competition for soccer's 1982 world cup, ...

Afghanistan
Australia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Macau
Malaysia
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
South Yemen
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam


Algeria
Benin
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Rhodesia
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Upper Volta
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia


Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States


Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela


Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea


Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
East Germany
England
Finland
France
Greece
Holland
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Romania
Scotland
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Wales
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Note:
South Vietnam was conquered by North Vietnam in 1975
South Africa was expelled by FIFA in 1976
Rhodesia affiliated to FIFA in 1965, from fedefutbol.net
South Yemen affiliated to FIFA in 1967

[JLSA]

Okay, I'll bite.

What is this? Why is it "my conjecture"?

Why are nations grouped by current confederations rather than confederations at the time (other than because some of those confederations didn't exist - especially in 1964)?

Where is this going?

J

[Bread Bin]

Okay, I'll bite.

What is this? Why is it "my conjecture"?

Why are nations grouped by current confederations rather than confederations at the time (other than because some of those confederations didn't exist - especially in 1964)?

Where is this going?

J


Very brave, i just didnt have the gutts to question it :rolleyes::p

[Gold is the Colour]

Very brave, i just didnt have the gutts to question it :rolleyes::p
I noticed something about "Christian Science" on the 1964 thread and figured we had a nutter on our hands.