The Masters 2013

[Dave Cooper please]

Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

[lovejoy]

John McEnroe's German?

[Chris Jameson]

Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

The cricket and athletics teams would be well and truly fucked if that were the case.

[eastie]

Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

Not all all, i am just asking a question.

[Dave Cooper please]

Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

Not all all, i am just asking a question.

Okay, the answer is yes, we certainly can claim him as an English winner.

[eastie]

Fair enough !

[usav]

Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

My kids were born in Virginia.  Their passports and their certificates of birth most definitely say they are British.