From EPSN comes a fascinating story by Uli Hesse who writes about little known rules of international soccer:
It serves as a reminder that what we call national football teams do not all represent a nation. They don’t even represent a country. They are merely teams that represent an association.
That is why many countries have some sort of hidden football history, full of teams that few people know about even though they once were official sides playing official games.
Read the whole article: Saarland — the forgotten international team within Germany.