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To not support England?!

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Feetballislife · 11/06/2026 10:12

Live and work in England. Not English. My team didn’t qualify for the World Cup so I’m supporting Scotland! Lobe a plucky underdog, have some Scots heritage ( and some English to be fair) plus I NEVER support English sports teams. EVER.
Football has inevitably come up in the office and several colleagues are generally pissed off that I’m not supporting England, insist I should be etc etc. Stupidly I mentioned that I never support England … did not gone down well.
If you live here then you should etc etc

YANBU - support who you like!
YABU - you ingrate, you live in the country you should support the national team.

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LuckyHazelFox · 11/06/2026 12:55

TheJuryIsOut · 11/06/2026 10:19

I do think it's a bit odd that you would set up home and make a life in a country and then make a point of supporting someone else. I mean of course it's your choice but it does seem a bit strange to me.

It's more than that, it's bigotry, in the absence of why she won't ever support England. Hmmmm not goady at all 😴 🙄

Differentforgirls · 11/06/2026 12:55

FridayFeelingIsTheBest · 11/06/2026 12:52

The whole thing. Supporting a neighbouring country to the one you have made home, then bringing it to mumsnet and enjoying the drama. And this person has form for it. It’s just screams of attention seeking and something being really quite wrong in their personal life. I think that is sad., yes.

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To state something apt in this instance - why play the (wo)man rather than the ball?

FridayFeelingIsTheBest · 11/06/2026 12:52

Differentforgirls · 11/06/2026 12:47

By starting a thread?

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The whole thing. Supporting a neighbouring country to the one you have made home, then bringing it to mumsnet and enjoying the drama. And this person has form for it. It’s just screams of attention seeking and something being really quite wrong in their personal life. I think that is sad., yes.

Differentforgirls · 11/06/2026 12:52

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:49

She starts a lot of threads that are like this. They are usually to say how much she hates the English etc, etc.

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I thought it was against the rules to troll hunt?

Walkyrie · 11/06/2026 12:51

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:49

She starts a lot of threads that are like this. They are usually to say how much she hates the English etc, etc.

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😂 what a sad little life!

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:50

Edenmum2 · 11/06/2026 12:41

Im English born & bred and I often go into it thinking I’d like them to do well but the behaviour of fans puts me off every time. I think this year will be especially unbearable.

The FA has done a lot to improve the behaviour of fans and it has improved a lot. It is a lot better than it was. Are you put off supporting a French team after PSG trashed Paris? And they won...

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:49

Differentforgirls · 11/06/2026 12:47

By starting a thread?

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She starts a lot of threads that are like this. They are usually to say how much she hates the English etc, etc.

IcedPurple · 11/06/2026 12:48

Edenmum2 · 11/06/2026 12:41

Im English born & bred and I often go into it thinking I’d like them to do well but the behaviour of fans puts me off every time. I think this year will be especially unbearable.

What 'behaviour' specifically? Have England fans behaved particularly badly at recent World Cups?

Differentforgirls · 11/06/2026 12:47

FridayFeelingIsTheBest · 11/06/2026 12:43

You have to pity them really. Something is lacking if they need to gain attention in this way. 😞

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By starting a thread?

FridayFeelingIsTheBest · 11/06/2026 12:43

LadyLooo · 11/06/2026 12:35

Is this your first time on Mumsnet? 🤣🤣

The OP has got exactly what they wanted from this thread.

Just like the OP's of all the other threads that come round like clockwork for the World Cup and the Euros.

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You have to pity them really. Something is lacking if they need to gain attention in this way. 😞

BashfulClam · 11/06/2026 12:42

LizardyGuts · 11/06/2026 10:16

Depends how long you've lived in England I suppose. Two years - it's normal that your outlook is still international. Twenty years - a bit unusual that you don't want to support the national team of the country you have made home (as well as your country of origin if applicable).

But 'unusual' is your choice, and shouldn't be viewed as some kind of personal or national insult by others.

Not really, my colleague has lived in Scotland for over 30 years but she supports England as she is English. Why can’t you support whatever team you like. If Scotland don’t qualify I support France or Spain.

Edenmum2 · 11/06/2026 12:41

Im English born & bred and I often go into it thinking I’d like them to do well but the behaviour of fans puts me off every time. I think this year will be especially unbearable.

Shoola · 11/06/2026 12:37

I couldn't care less about football but when I lived in South America, I chose to support the local team because why not enter into the spirit of it with the people around you? I was hardly going to be the only one sitting there celebrating because Colombia beat them. Obviously, they would have understood if it was England playing.

LadyLooo · 11/06/2026 12:35

LilacMeadows123 · 11/06/2026 11:34

Where did the Op say they 'announced' it to be inflammatory. You're making assumptions.

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Is this your first time on Mumsnet? 🤣🤣

The OP has got exactly what they wanted from this thread.

Just like the OP's of all the other threads that come round like clockwork for the World Cup and the Euros.

billycat321 · 11/06/2026 12:34

The world cup to me means a load of slack-jawed morons chanting Eng-u-lund, Eng-a-lund while spending money they can't afford on overpriced merchandise and hero worshipping overpaid ninnies who in the main are not the best role models for young men

IcedPurple · 11/06/2026 12:26

dingdangdongdo · 11/06/2026 12:25

Why not just say I support Scotland?
No need to say I ‘never’ support England, that just sounds contemptuous.

Because she couldn't indulge in an attention seeking wind up that way.

RaininSummer · 11/06/2026 12:26

I don't like football but I definitely want another country to win as if England do, we will never hear the end of it. I think it's perfectly reasonable to support whoever you want.

dingdangdongdo · 11/06/2026 12:25

Why not just say I support Scotland?
No need to say I ‘never’ support England, that just sounds contemptuous.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:22

I actually think expectations are quite tempered this time. I don't know much about our manager though. I got England in our sweepstake. 🤣

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:21

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2msoundsright · 11/06/2026 12:21

Support who you like, OP.

Making a big song and dance about it will attract comment though, which is presumably what you wanted.

NavyNorris · 11/06/2026 12:19

OP is it just the English football team you don't support or any English sport team?

Is it because they're not good? Obviously you don't have to answer, I'm just curious to hear your reasons behind not supporting England.

People should be able to support who they like though- good luck in your sweepstake! I got a rubbish team in mine last time and lost!

FridayFeelingIsTheBest · 11/06/2026 12:18

I used to work with someone who wasn’t English but lived here, yet supported Scotland or Wales or just anyone that England was playing. She was a massive attention seeker generally and liked to think she was bothering people with her constant opposing views, so I would assume that of you too, further confirmed in your case by writing it on mumsnet and seeming to enjoy it. My work colleague was known as a bit of a twat really.

I don’t really follow football and I’m not from England either, but I after my home team, I like England to do well because my partner is English, our kids are half English and England is our home.

In truth, no one really cares whether a non English person supports England, or even if an English person doesn’t. They do think people who just go against England, when they’re English or they are not English but live in England, are a bit attention seeking and twatty. It’s like an oppositional child wanting a reaction. 🙄

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:17

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Howmanycatsistoomany · 11/06/2026 12:16

DontBuyAnotherBook · 11/06/2026 12:13

Oh yes slavery too.

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FFS can we not turn this into a(nother) Scotland bashing thread?
The OP says she has both English and Scottish heritage.

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