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    Macedonia's football team could do worse than turn to the nation's two most famous heroes for a little help.

    Neither Alexander the Great nor Mother Teresa of Calcutta would have gone near a football pitch but both could provide inspiration to the players of Macedonia.

    Macedonians bristle at any suggestion that the conqueror of the ancient world was a Greek, while Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia of Albanian stock.

    Alexander knew a thing or two about attacking formations, and his defensive ploys held off the best in their day.

    And what's the use of having what amounts to your own personal national saint if you cannot ask her for a favour or two?

    Although an ancient and proud kingdom, Macedonia only became an independent state again following the break-up of Yugoslavia.


    well, well, well, BBC Sport says that Alexander was a FYROMian then i guess all discussions should stop now
    and someone please send a note to Firaxis. they need to find a new Greek leader
    and above all what the phrase "your own personal national saint" mean???

    seriously, i cant start to comprehend what kind of idiot wrote this article....
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    He wasn't Greek he wasn't FYR either, not in the sense we know today.

    He was from that region geographicaly, The country he headed bears no relation to either incarnation today.
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    • #3
      If you read the part you quoted again Markos, I think you'll find it says in the third paragraph that it's the Macedonians who think Alexander was a countryman of theirs - not the BBC...

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      • #4
        From what I understand he was Macedonian but the bit of Macedonia he was from, Pella, is currently part of modern Greece not modern Macedonia.

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        • #5
          Ah victors write history, so it seems FYROM won , Tito was a smart a$$
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          • #6
            Paiktis is gonna go ape when he sees this
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            • #7
              Macedonia isn't in Greece..it's a separate country.
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              • #8
                Re: BBC Sport rapes history

                Originally posted by MarkG
                i cant start to comprehend what kind of idiot wrote this article
                Probably a sports journalist - not a historian or a regional correspondent.
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                • #9
                  The FYROM seems to be located in the area the Romans called 'Dardania', not Macedonia (which is around Pella).
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Winston
                    If you read the part you quoted again Markos, I think you'll find it says in the third paragraph that it's the Macedonians who think Alexander was a countryman of theirs - not the BBC...
                    when you write that he is their national hero without any comment on actual history then i take it that he is accepting their position
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                    • #11
                      If the people who live there want him to be ther national hero i don't see what the problem is
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TheStinger
                        He was from that region geographicaly, The country he headed bears no relation to either incarnation today.
                        less than 20% of FYROM is inside the geographical region of ancient macedonia


                        the capital Scopje (anient Scoupi) was never inside Macedonia except from the period that Philip II conquered the Dardanians....
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by TheStinger
                          If the people who live there want him to be ther national hero i don't see what the problem is
                          Exactly, I would never want Margaret Tatcher to be my heroine
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by TheStinger
                            If the people who live there want him to be ther national hero i don't see what the problem is
                            the issue is not FYROMians having Alexander as a hero. the issue is BBC reports not knowing how to write about serious issues....
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                            • #15
                              and again, how can a "national saint" be also "personal"??
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