Bursaspor (
Bursaspor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is a turkish football team who some of you may know have drawn R*ngers, united and valencia in the champions league group phase.
I have heard from a reliable source and there was talk of it on another forum that the IRA was a great influence in their formation in 1963. Apparently at the time the IRA were in turkey creating support for the cause, with another turkish movement. 5 teams were in trouble so the IRA persuaded them to form into one club and to form a football team, which would create a 'front' for republicanism in Turkey. The IRA funded this team to start them off. The team wear green and white hoops and are nicknamed the 'green crocodiles'.
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