Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

[life on mars]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Denmark has porn, beer and bacon

its no ****ing contest who gets my support

And fairies.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Certainly the manager and some of their players seem like decent blokes but that's where my admiration of the England football team stops.

As has been said on numerous occasions by many people, it's the media's blanket coverage and obsession with England that sticks in the craw. It's not hard therefore to understand why the vast majority of non-English people in the UK will I suspect not be supporting them under circumstances.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Certainly the manager and some of their players seem like decent blokes but that's where my admiration of the England football team stops.

As has been said on numerous occasions by many people, it's the media's blanket coverage and obsession with England that sticks in the craw. It's not hard therefore to understand why the vast majority of non-English people in the UK will I suspect not be supporting them under circumstances.

Under ANY circumstances.

[surge]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Support the England football team? They seem a likeable bunch, but that doesn't quite move us past the sports rivalry.

Be happy for the friends who support them? Of course, and the decent football fans I've not yet met.

Cheer on a product of the English FA who are pushing for an Olympic Team despite it putting independence of Welsh football at risk? Nope, no thank you.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

it's a football match and my team isn't playing so I don't really care who wins

[Punxsutawney Phil]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Whilst some of the players actions of late are to be admired, suggesting we should support a team other than our own is a little odd and as we were competing in the competition ourselves it's disrespectful. Does anyone shift their support to another team in the FA Cup when we have our usual half arsed 3rd round effort? If we drop out of contention for the playoffs do we start cheering for one of the teams in the running because some of their players are great ambassadors for the Championship? I very much doubt it.

I'm happy that some the players are taking some social responsibility and the changes the are seeking to make may just make your average England fan more bearable than some of the idiots that have been most prevalent in the past, however cheering when a national team other than Wales score/win? Odd....

I've just changed my mind, come on Denmark....
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[The Bloop]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

My team isnt playing so I'm a neutral(ish). England have some decent players I cannot bring myself to support them and dont see why I should.
I wouldn't call myself anti-English but will certainly take more pleasure in a Danish victory tonight, or an Italian victory at the weekend, rather than an English win in either.

[jimmyscoular]

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My attitude to this was shaped in 1970 when I was 13 years old. I loved the English team and was miserable when they were eliminated by West Germany. In people like Nobby Stiles and Alan Ball and the Charlton brothers I recognized “my people.” That they technically were English, and had funny accents, meant nothing. I loved everything about them, even that year’s World Cup song, “Back Home.” I still feel this way. If the English are not exactly “my people,” well they’re pretty darn close — in fact, could literally not be closer. I loved Alf Garnett, The Likely Lads, Eric and Ernie, Steptoe and Son, Reg Varney, Benny Hill and Esther Rantzen, all of whom were English. I have no desire to go the Serbia-Bosnia or Turkey-Greece route. Peace brothers. I’ll be watching and waiting and cheering every move.

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

Denmark has porn, beer and bacon

its no ****ing contest who gets my support

Not sure these things are lacking anywhere outside the Islamic world.

[splott parker]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

My attitude to this was shaped in 1970 when I was 13 years old. I loved the English team and was miserable when they were eliminated by West Germany. In people like Nobby Stiles and Alan Ball and the Charlton brothers I recognized “my people.” That they technically were English, and had funny accents, meant nothing. I loved everything about them, even that year’s World Cup song, “Back Home.” I still feel this way. If the English are not exactly “my people,” well they’re pretty darn close — in fact, could literally not be closer. I loved Alf Garnett, The Likely Lads, Eric and Ernie, Steptoe and Son, Reg Varney, Benny Hill and Esther Rantzen, all of whom were English. I have no desire to go the Serbia-Bosnia or Turkey-Greece route. Peace brothers. I’ll be watching and waiting and cheering every move.

I’m quite fond of Hans Christian Anderson myself.

[connersccfc]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

I wouldn't support them in the same way i wouldn't support Swansea or Bristol.

but my complaint is why are they so concerned? does any other national team beg its neighbors to support them like this? do any others get the "well we'd support you" treatment? seems so bizarre and makes me want to support them even less.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

My attitude to this was shaped in 1970 when I was 13 years old. I loved the English team and was miserable when they were eliminated by West Germany. In people like Nobby Stiles and Alan Ball and the Charlton brothers I recognized “my people.” That they technically were English, and had funny accents, meant nothing. I loved everything about them, even that year’s World Cup song, “Back Home.” I still feel this way. If the English are not exactly “my people,” well they’re pretty darn close — in fact, could literally not be closer. I loved Alf Garnett, The Likely Lads, Eric and Ernie, Steptoe and Son, Reg Varney, Benny Hill and Esther Rantzen, all of whom were English. I have no desire to go the Serbia-Bosnia or Turkey-Greece route. Peace brothers. I’ll be watching and waiting and cheering every move.

I can't be sure, but I would be pretty surprised if your namesake ever felt the same way!

[splott parker]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

I can't be sure, but I would be pretty surprised if your namesake ever felt the same way!

Jesus, could you imagine Scoular’s take on an English love in !!!!

[light up the darkness]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

I’m quite fond of Hans Christian Anderson myself.

Did he get on in extra time ?

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Has she got a point - should we be supporting England?

I can't be sure, but I would be pretty surprised if your namesake ever felt the same way!

Would be terribly ungrateful for a man who spent his entire professional career in England playing for Portsmouth, Newcastle and dear old Bradford Park Avenue to express the sort of hatred towards his paying fans that I see on this board.