| As somebody who always supports all the home nations 17:30 - Nov 21 with 2722 views | GlasgowBlue |
plus our neighbours from across the Irish Sea, am I being dickish wanting Wales to crash out of the wc with nil points for snubbing our Wes? |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 17:32 - Nov 21 with 2688 views | J2BLUE |
Nah.
Don’t care how they do really as long as we win the group.
Just another team |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 17:35 - Nov 21 with 2672 views | clive_baker |
I certainly want us to progress further than them, but while England are still in I'm happy enough for them to be. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 19:52 - Nov 21 with 2518 views | BlueBadger |
If Scotland are the Norwich City of international football, Wales are Colchester. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:06 - Nov 21 with 2448 views | Swansea_Blue |
Welsh or Irish (of any sort) fans won’t wish anything but the worst of luck on England, if that helps your dilemma. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:20 - Nov 21 with 2409 views | Ryorry |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:06 - Nov 21 by Swansea_Blue |
Welsh or Irish (of any sort) fans won’t wish anything but the worst of luck on England, if that helps your dilemma. |
Cracking anthem though, I actually turn the soundbar & bass on just for it 🎤 |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:07 - Nov 21 with 2334 views | SlippinJimmyJuan |
I've got no time for Wales, I was hoping for a US win, although a draw is a better result for England. It's nothing personal, just find them a bit chirpy when the rugby is on so it is nice when they flop at football in my book. I always want the Scots, Ni and the Republic to do well though.
The Welsh pundits don't do themselves any favours. I like Hartson, but dubbing Bale a genius after doing naff all except score a penalty is pretty nauseating. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:23 - Nov 21 with 2289 views | GeoffSentence |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:20 - Nov 21 by Ryorry |
Cracking anthem though, I actually turn the soundbar & bass on just for it 🎤 |
They do like a good sing-song |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:26 - Nov 21 with 2273 views | bluejacko |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:06 - Nov 21 by Swansea_Blue |
Welsh or Irish (of any sort) fans won’t wish anything but the worst of luck on England, if that helps your dilemma. |
Not quite true my NI relatives are very happy to support England👠| | | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:28 - Nov 21 with 2258 views | Swansea_Blue |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 20:20 - Nov 21 by Ryorry |
Cracking anthem though, I actually turn the soundbar & bass on just for it 🎤 |
The Welsh one is rather good. It’s all a bit North Korea though - they sing it everywhere. Any local concert, school play, you name it. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:41 - Nov 21 with 2201 views | ArnieM |
…… and while we’re at it , why are Swansea and Cardiff even playing in the domestic ENGLISH football ?league? |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:46 - Nov 21 with 2184 views | ronnyd |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:26 - Nov 21 by bluejacko |
Not quite true my NI relatives are very happy to support England👠|
Doesn't that depend on which side of the religious divide you're on over there? | | | |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:50 - Nov 21 with 2157 views | pointofblue |
I'd have been even more irritated if they had taken him from us, only to have him sitting on the bench for the duration. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:55 - Nov 21 with 2132 views | Swansea_Blue |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:41 - Nov 21 by ArnieM |
…… and while we’re at it , why are Swansea and Cardiff even playing in the domestic ENGLISH football ?league? |
To get their own back for loads of the English playing in the national WELSH side, probably. But in fairness, if you once received a postcard from Aberystwyth that should be enough to qualify you!
We could scrap all the home nations and have a UK side if we’re serious about the UK. Is there another nation state that’s allowed to have multiple national teams? | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 22:03 - Nov 21 with 2113 views | GeoffSentence |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:55 - Nov 21 by Swansea_Blue |
To get their own back for loads of the English playing in the national WELSH side, probably. But in fairness, if you once received a postcard from Aberystwyth that should be enough to qualify you!
We could scrap all the home nations and have a UK side if we’re serious about the UK. Is there another nation state that’s allowed to have multiple national teams? |
Trinidad AND Tobago.
They do it teh other way round, obs. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 22:10 - Nov 21 with 2086 views | bluejacko |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:46 - Nov 21 by ronnyd |
Doesn't that depend on which side of the religious divide you're on over there? |
Wouldn’t know I haven’t done a survey! | | | |
| As somebody who always supports all the homes on 10:13 - Nov 28 with 1722 views | GeoffSentence |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:55 - Nov 21 by Swansea_Blue |
To get their own back for loads of the English playing in the national WELSH side, probably. But in fairness, if you once received a postcard from Aberystwyth that should be enough to qualify you!
We could scrap all the home nations and have a UK side if we’re serious about the UK. Is there another nation state that’s allowed to have multiple national teams? |
I have discovered another state that genuinely does have multiple national teams, it may come as a surprise.....
France
France has a number of overseas territories which are politically and administratively part of France. For instance if you flew to South America and landed in French Guiana you would be in the EU, as it is part of France. French Guiana has it's own national football team though, as does Guadelope, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. So, surprisingly France has more national teams than the UK. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 10:20 - Nov 28 with 1690 views | ITFC_Forever |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:41 - Nov 21 by ArnieM |
…… and while we’re at it , why are Swansea and Cardiff even playing in the domestic ENGLISH football ?league? |
Because there wasn't a Welsh League for them to join when they (and Newport and Wrexham) were formed. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 10:24 - Nov 28 with 1661 views | Pinewoodblue |
Do they still sell ATBE*tee shirts in Scotland
* any team but England. |  |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 10:32 - Nov 28 with 1647 views | DJR |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 10:24 - Nov 28 by Pinewoodblue |
Do they still sell ATBE*tee shirts in Scotland
* any team but England. |
It's ATBE for me, despite living in England for virtually all my life, but perhaps I should explain the background.
In the 1970 World Cup, aged 10, I supported England, and even cried when they were knocked out.
In the 1974 World Cup, I supported Scotland, the place where my parents were born, as England didn't qualify, but I couldn't persuade anyone in my class at Northgate to support Scotland. The impression I got was that they were jealous because England hadn't qualified, but from that moment on, I thought that if they wouldn't support Scotland, I wouldn't support England. [Post edited 28 Nov 2022 10:32]
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| As somebody who always supports all the homes on 10:57 - Nov 28 with 1570 views | GeoffSentence |
| As somebody who always supports all the homes on 10:13 - Nov 28 by GeoffSentence |
I have discovered another state that genuinely does have multiple national teams, it may come as a surprise.....
France
France has a number of overseas territories which are politically and administratively part of France. For instance if you flew to South America and landed in French Guiana you would be in the EU, as it is part of France. French Guiana has it's own national football team though, as does Guadelope, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. So, surprisingly France has more national teams than the UK. |
And I may have possibly found another one.
Denmark.
It might not be quite so strictly a nation state as the UK and France, but the Kingdom of Denmark includes Denmark, Greenland and The Faroe Islands, so it has three national teams. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 11:07 - Nov 28 with 1547 views | Chrisd |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:07 - Nov 21 by SlippinJimmyJuan |
I've got no time for Wales, I was hoping for a US win, although a draw is a better result for England. It's nothing personal, just find them a bit chirpy when the rugby is on so it is nice when they flop at football in my book. I always want the Scots, Ni and the Republic to do well though.
The Welsh pundits don't do themselves any favours. I like Hartson, but dubbing Bale a genius after doing naff all except score a penalty is pretty nauseating. |
That is my feelings on this whole situation. Normally, I like to see the home nations do well, but it’s ground my gears during this tournament and I’d be delighted to see Wales get knocked out by us, just to quieten them all down. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 14:35 - Nov 28 with 1390 views | Ryorry |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 21:28 - Nov 21 by Swansea_Blue |
The Welsh one is rather good. It’s all a bit North Korea though - they sing it everywhere. Any local concert, school play, you name it. |
Was married to a Welshman (from Powys) - he & his Mam always used to scoff at all that, particularly when it came to what they considered embarrassing patriotic overload in the 6-Nations prelims. | |
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| As somebody who always supports all the homes on 14:52 - Nov 28 with 1349 views | allezlesbleus |
| As somebody who always supports all the homes on 10:13 - Nov 28 by GeoffSentence |
I have discovered another state that genuinely does have multiple national teams, it may come as a surprise.....
France
France has a number of overseas territories which are politically and administratively part of France. For instance if you flew to South America and landed in French Guiana you would be in the EU, as it is part of France. French Guiana has it's own national football team though, as does Guadelope, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. So, surprisingly France has more national teams than the UK. |
My local non league team in France, Avranches, got drawn against a team from one of these, a few years ago in the French Cup (possibly Guadelope).
I am sure the Avranches players were playing for draw, to get a nice replay away. |  | | |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 15:02 - Nov 28 with 1324 views | braveblue |
| As somebody who always supports all the home nations on 10:24 - Nov 28 by Pinewoodblue |
Do they still sell ATBE*tee shirts in Scotland
* any team but England. |
No such thing. It’s ABE. | | | |
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