Should the England football team only have English players?

Pundits are fighting over who should be allowed to join the national football team. No foreign players should play for England, says midfielder Jack Wilshere – but who counts as foreign?

Wilshere in fresh row over England comments

BBC Sport articles:

Jack Wilshere

Arsene Wenger

FA attitude shift

The Telegraph - Wilshere is wrong

The Telegraph - Stick to your guns Wilshere

QUESTIONS:

• Should footballers always play for the country where they were born?
• Does your national football team deserve your support?  Why?

TASKS:

• How do we define geographical identity?  Which is most important: neighbourhood, town or city, region, nation, continent or planet?

• Write a definition of the term 'English', being as precise as you can.