Fulltext search not returning results on specific keyword

[Tim Bradley]

Hi all!

To begin, I am new to MySQL/SQL in general...so please excuse any silly questions or misnomers!

So the issue is this...I have the following query:

SELECT * FROM $mainsection WHERE MATCH(MAKER,ORIGIN,DEV_1,DEV_2,DEV_3,DEV_4,DEV_5) AGAINST ('%$search_term%')

The problem is related to the ORIGIN field. This field represents country of origin, and obviously has a number of different possible values. A significant proportion of the table has 'England' as it's ORIGIN value, yet if I search for 'England' or 'england' the search returns no results. The strange thing is that if I search for any other ORIGIN value present in the table, the results are returned correctly. The fields being searched all have fulltext index, and any other relevant search queries work perfectly well.

It's starting to appear to me that the fulltext index may be anti-england :)

Any help or suggestions would be immensely appreciated!

A few tech details:
DB Engine: MyISAM
MySQL Version: 5.1.47-community

Thanks in advance

Tim