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I saw the to and fro here category-wise. He is clearly an England player - but is he actually English by any reasonable definition? I don't have much to do with sports-related articles, but for example Mark Lawrenson is in the categories "Republic of Ireland international footballers" and "English footballers", which seems about right. Should MacRae not be in Category:Scottish footballers - or perhaps both this and Category:English footballers? BenMacDui17:12, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Again, forgive my lack of sport-related experience, but in my world, that is in and off itself evidence of Scottishness. Both his forename and surname also more than hint at a Scottish connection. It is evident that he played football in England - beyond that is there any evidence he was English? There is a blog report claiming that he played rugby for Edinburgh Academy. BenMacDui18:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply