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Beckham, enough said.
Didsbury Dave said:de niro said:england are my second team, after city i always want england to win. england is my country.
Same here.
I cannot understand how you can not support your country. It's just instinctive to do so.
My love for City dwarfs any feelings I have for England, but I still want them to win and get excited during the tournaments.
My brother in law is English through and through and supports Forest. Yet he supports Scotland because his Dad (my father in law) was born in Scotland. His Dad doesn't even talk Scottish, he moved here when he has about 8. My brother in law even hates England and laughs at their cockups.
How can anyone not support their own country?
m27 said:Didsbury Dave said:Same here.
I cannot understand how you can not support your country. It's just instinctive to do so.
My love for City dwarfs any feelings I have for England, but I still want them to win and get excited during the tournaments.
My brother in law is English through and through and supports Forest. Yet he supports Scotland because his Dad (my father in law) was born in Scotland. His Dad doesn't even talk Scottish, he moved here when he has about 8. My brother in law even hates England and laughs at their cockups.
How can anyone not support their own country?
This is the strange thing with me, it just doesn't come naturally, I have to force it. I'd consider myself to quite a rational sort of chap when it comes to most things in life but when it comes to supporting the England football team I become totally irrational.
The thing is, I really want to get enthusiastic about England in the World Cup because I feel like I'm missing out on something. I've tried to put it down to many things - the national anthem (I'm very anti-Royal but I don't think I can pin everything on that); hating United players (I can't say that I hate Rooney that much and I kind of like the fact that he gives his all for England and United fans don't like it); the dickhead England fans (I can't really pin it on that either as there are countless sound lads who follow England, Levets being just one of them); my Irish 'heritage' (I've never set foot in the bloody country)......SO WHAT THE FUCK IS IT?????
One thing's for certain, I'm going to tackle this head on. Watch this space.
Didsbury Dave said:m27 said:This is the strange thing with me, it just doesn't come naturally, I have to force it. I'd consider myself to quite a rational sort of chap when it comes to most things in life but when it comes to supporting the England football team I become totally irrational.
The thing is, I really want to get enthusiastic about England in the World Cup because I feel like I'm missing out on something. I've tried to put it down to many things - the national anthem (I'm very anti-Royal but I don't think I can pin everything on that); hating United players (I can't say that I hate Rooney that much and I kind of like the fact that he gives his all for England and United fans don't like it); the dickhead England fans (I can't really pin it on that either as there are countless sound lads who follow England, Levets being just one of them); my Irish 'heritage' (I've never set foot in the bloody country)......SO WHAT THE FUCK IS IT?????
One thing's for certain, I'm going to tackle this head on. Watch this space.
There's a bit of the Man United in England, maybe that's it.
I don't mean in terms of the players, I mean in the way the fans scoff at Scotland and always expect to win. And aren't that bothered either way.
I know that's one of the things that the other home nations hate about England...arrogance.
Maybe, being a Blue, you are subconsciously repelled by that...
I must say it irritates me seeing real scrotes wearing England merchandise in the street. I don't know why, it just fucks me off.
I kept an eye on last night's game and was ever so slightly pleased when they won. But more so that Shaun had scored than anything else. It was like being a typical United fan for their games.
When it's the world cup I'll be as excited as for a City game, though.
KNOB.LoveCity said:Agree with OP. Why is it in America, Australia, and many other countries you see their flag everywhere while here you rarely see it, I think I see more Pakistani flags out in Manchester than St. George's (or Union Jacks). Do we need another f*cking World War to make people proud?
COME ON ENGLAND!
levets said:stonerblue said:the lovely england fans in 2004
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-307920/England-fans-rampage-defeat.html
A handful of incidents up and down the country.....
try following the team rather than reading the mail, then you'll see the real story. It was you who referred to England fans 'invading a foreign town and treating the locals like shit'... back in the 80's maybe....
stonerblue said:levets said:A handful of incidents up and down the country.....
try following the team rather than reading the mail, then you'll see the real story. It was you who referred to England fans 'invading a foreign town and treating the locals like shit'... back in the 80's maybe....
I'd happily follow the team if these didn't
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5112364.stm
or these
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-11343103-england-fans-in-riot.do
Both those examples occured less then 4 years ago. Now i know the England fans in China behaved very well and i'd say that was mainly down to the fact that the fine, upstanding fans that usually follow the team couldn't afford to go, leaving a pale imitation of the 'barmy army' to ponce around drinking pimms and guffawing.
The problem i have is the fans always, always kick-off when the team is knocked out of a competition. Not very 'stiff upper lip' really is it?
levets said:Didsbury Dave said:I went to the Dam for that tournament too. Was there the weekend we played Germany and won. Plan was to get the train out (wasnt it in Belgium?) and try to gib in or tout a ticket.
We never even left Amsterdam in the end. Loads of others the same.
Was there the weekend we played Germany and won.
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Think we went back to brussells on the late train with about 500 mad fuckers on it... The police made us get off at the south station and walk through the turkish quarter... madness! Stayed in Grand Platz and then went to Amsterdam next morning... came back to charleroi for the Romania game.