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Reported 200k Scotland fans descending on Munich for the opener tommorow. That's ridiculous numbers given they are not realistically going to win the Euros.
And of course, several Glaswegians still living on the streets of Kings Cross today because they couldn't afford to get home.
There was, and maybe still is, a story that after Celtic's European cup victory in 1967, hundreds of fans who travelled with only enough money to get there decided they might as well stay in Lisbon/ Portugal and never returned back to Scotland. I think the story gained legs because there is a big Scottish community in Portugal and probably people put 2&2 together and came up with 5
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Jocks on the lash on 21:30 - Jun 13 with 2719 views
Jocks on the lash on 10:46 - Jun 13 by GlasgowBlue
In fairness, when the Jocks get to these tournaments and go on the lash there is rarely any trouble which i in stark cointra to English "fans". saw first hand what utter scum can follow our national team in Stuttgart in 2006.
Could you see any English fans doing this in Germany?
Always get the impression the media are all set up to applaud the Scots as jovial, merry, friendly tourists who are beloved by the locals.... and the scots are happy to play up to it. Just find it annoying b0llocks.
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Jocks on the lash on 08:37 - Jun 14 with 2554 views
What was the game where the Scottish fans destroyed the goals after an international match at Wembley?
"Destroyed" is perhaps a rather pejorative way to describe it. What happened was that lots hung from the goals in celebration and they collapsed under the weight.
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Jocks on the lash on 08:44 - Jun 14 with 2543 views
Exactly, when it comes to International Football and being good tourists, they are up there with best. Self policed, there to have a good time and not cause any issues. They may hate England but it's not a vicious hate, it's just a laugh.
England fans who travel - get sozzled, rude to the locals, have a few lines, launch a few cafe chairs around and then poop themselves when someone bigger comes along and act like general nobs. Take everything super seriously - you just have to watch that Netflix documentary to see that.
I think the issue is that, whilst the vast majority these days are not like that, England has had, and still has to an extent, an element of its support which is of the racist "football lads" type and who don't really like foreigners.
But it it infinitely better than the 1980s because attending (not as a fan) England games at Wembley then was rather like attending a National Front rally.
My understanding is that Rangers have a similar element of their support (what with the Union Jacks etc), but fortunately such people don't follow the Scottish national team.
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Jocks on the lash on 08:51 - Jun 14 with 2529 views
Exactly, when it comes to International Football and being good tourists, they are up there with best. Self policed, there to have a good time and not cause any issues. They may hate England but it's not a vicious hate, it's just a laugh.
England fans who travel - get sozzled, rude to the locals, have a few lines, launch a few cafe chairs around and then poop themselves when someone bigger comes along and act like general nobs. Take everything super seriously - you just have to watch that Netflix documentary to see that.
Have you heard the bagpipes?! Taking them to foreign countries is basically state-sanctioned terrorism.
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Jocks on the lash on 08:56 - Jun 14 with 2515 views
Exactly, when it comes to International Football and being good tourists, they are up there with best. Self policed, there to have a good time and not cause any issues. They may hate England but it's not a vicious hate, it's just a laugh.
England fans who travel - get sozzled, rude to the locals, have a few lines, launch a few cafe chairs around and then poop themselves when someone bigger comes along and act like general nobs. Take everything super seriously - you just have to watch that Netflix documentary to see that.
The best fans are the Japanese. They leave places cleaner than when they got there.
I would regard myself as Scottish, even though not born there, and I don't have an issue with the term Jock. Indeed, I even like the rhyming term sweaty as in sweaty sock = Jock
And the Yanks used to call us Limeys, but like Tommys I think that was a blanket term for all Brits - not just the Sassans but the Jocks, Taffs and Paddys too.
Jocks on the lash on 10:46 - Jun 13 by GlasgowBlue
In fairness, when the Jocks get to these tournaments and go on the lash there is rarely any trouble which i in stark cointra to English "fans". saw first hand what utter scum can follow our national team in Stuttgart in 2006.
Could you see any English fans doing this in Germany?
The irony being the picture is 4 Scottish fans making a token effort at clearing up a fraction of the mess caused by 1000s of their compatriots who treated the streets as a dumping ground in the first case
Not sure this is demonstration of fan behavior superiority that you think it is.
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Jocks on the lash on 11:30 - Jun 14 with 2282 views
"Destroyed" is perhaps a rather pejorative way to describe it. What happened was that lots hung from the goals in celebration and they collapsed under the weight.
The goalposts were unusable after that game, so to that extent, surely they were destroyed?
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Jocks on the lash on 11:36 - Jun 14 with 2269 views
They are and will probably drink Munich dry. At least they’ll have fun without smashing the place up which is of course too many England ‘supporters’ usual idea of fun.
As for winning it? No chance. France or Portugal?
You clearly haven't met many scottish football fans lol
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Jocks on the lash on 12:25 - Jun 14 with 2205 views
The goalposts were unusable after that game, so to that extent, surely they were destroyed?
But the way it was reported at the time that it was deliberate hooliganism, and that narrative has tended to stick, and for my part words like "destroyed" or "wrecked" which I've heard play into this narrative.
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