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Simon Kuper selects 11 footballers whose lives have been touched by the politics of their time to join his Political Football First XI.

Teddy Sheringham (Credit: Reuters)

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all against the idea of a UK football team at the 2012 Olympics. Ex-England star Teddy Sheringham says most of their players wouldn't make the side.


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French full-back Lilian Thuram is a passionate advocate for the rights of ethnic groups. He becomes the final selection in Simon Kuper's Political Football XI.

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