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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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Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 16:25

DontBuyAnotherBook · 06/07/2026 14:17

Why would it run it's course when England are still in? Plus surprised you watched all of it.

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I like football so am watching most of the matches, unless they’re on at 1/2am, and/or catch ups and highlights. That is all.

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IcedPurple · 06/07/2026 16:25

Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 16:23

I didn’t. I was fast asleep. Why on earth would I get up in the middle of the night to watch a match between two trams I don’t support???
When I came into the office some no mark asked if I was now supporting England…

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It would be odd for you to get up in the wee small hours to watch two trams battling it out, I agree.

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Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 16:23

x2boys · 06/07/2026 14:07

Bit of an odd thing to do for a team and country you dislike stay up i mean.

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I didn’t. I was fast asleep. Why on earth would I get up in the middle of the night to watch a match between two trams I don’t support???
When I came into the office some no mark asked if I was now supporting England…

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Harhar · 06/07/2026 14:17

x2boys · 06/07/2026 14:07

Bit of an odd thing to do for a team and country you dislike stay up i mean.

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Neutral today, anyone but England last week. She’ll be a full on fan by the final 👀

DontBuyAnotherBook · 06/07/2026 14:17

Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 11:22

Sorry, lads. I thought the thread has sort of run it’s’ course, clearly not!
’So NOW are you supporting England?’
was the first thing someone said time as I came in this morning- and the answer is still no, obvs! Did watch the game first thing this am though and as a neutral it was a good match to watch.

Why would it run it's course when England are still in? Plus surprised you watched all of it.

x2boys · 06/07/2026 14:07

Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 11:22

Sorry, lads. I thought the thread has sort of run it’s’ course, clearly not!
’So NOW are you supporting England?’
was the first thing someone said time as I came in this morning- and the answer is still no, obvs! Did watch the game first thing this am though and as a neutral it was a good match to watch.

Bit of an odd thing to do for a team and country you dislike stay up i mean.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 06/07/2026 12:21

TheEyesOfLucyJordon · 06/07/2026 11:28

Are we really? 🤔

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We were under dogs. Happy to have been wrong!

TheEyesOfLucyJordon · 06/07/2026 11:28

DontBuyAnotherBook · 01/07/2026 20:39

You wait..Monday as we are likely to lose.

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Are we really? 🤔

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Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 11:27

That idiot Henderson though, that’s one way to get injured I suppose. Doh.

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Feetballislife · 06/07/2026 11:22

Sorry, lads. I thought the thread has sort of run it’s’ course, clearly not!
’So NOW are you supporting England?’
was the first thing someone said time as I came in this morning- and the answer is still no, obvs! Did watch the game first thing this am though and as a neutral it was a good match to watch.

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DontBuyAnotherBook · 01/07/2026 20:39

x2boys · 01/07/2026 19:11

The Op has been noticiably quiet for the past two games....

You wait..Monday as we are likely to lose.

x2boys · 01/07/2026 19:11

The Op has been noticiably quiet for the past two games....

LadyWhistledownsSocietyPapers · 28/06/2026 19:47

TheJuryIsOut · 11/06/2026 10:34

As if the culture of other European countries football fan bases are any different/better? 😂

Yeah I think it's very strange to not have any affection whatsoever for a country you choose to live in.

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Scotland fans seemed to have done well! Unfortunately not so much the team.

wellington77 · 28/06/2026 19:24

Feetballislife · 23/06/2026 09:02

So if you moved to Spain or France ( and lived and worked there and paid tax there etc) you’d support their teams over England, or whatever your team is?
That’s nonsense. It’s like saying you’re from Newcastle and support them but you’ve moved to Liverpool so now should switch teams to L’Pool or Everton.

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You said “ anyone but England” that’s a big difference. Also I would support my own countries team then the team I lived in if it was me. You putting - anyone but England is the issue

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/06/2026 07:36

Grghf · 28/06/2026 07:33

For sure. But she's going to have a looooong pinched arse summer until she gets there!

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Hope she hasn't bought an Senegal shirt as we are now playing DR Congo. 😂

Grghf · 28/06/2026 07:33

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/06/2026 06:48

I expect to see OP pop when England lose. You wait for it.

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For sure. But she's going to have a looooong pinched arse summer until she gets there!

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/06/2026 06:48

Grghf · 28/06/2026 00:48

Bumping so the OP gets the attention she wanted ☺️

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I expect to see OP pop when England lose. You wait for it.

Grghf · 28/06/2026 00:48

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 21:14

Exactly. I wouldn’t expect England fans to switch allegiance.
England are never going to win any
major trophy with Harry Kane in charge. They need a winner in charge to really believe they can succeed.

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Bumping so the OP gets the attention she wanted ☺️

DontBuyAnotherBook · 27/06/2026 10:29

2chocolateoranges · 27/06/2026 09:29

It was 16 teams actually and Scotland were top of their table to qualify so we did deserve our place there and would have been there if it was 32 teams anyway.

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I think only the best 16 should qualify. You deserve the place but don't deserve to go through to the knockout stage. Well done Cape Verde though!

2chocolateoranges · 27/06/2026 09:29

PomplaMouse · 27/06/2026 08:00

In the spirit of the thread...

Qualifying for the first time in 28 years because the world cup was expanded by 12 teams, only to be among the first 12 sent home, suggests it wasn't much on an achievement...

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*...I'm Welsh and we didn't qualify.

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It was 16 teams actually and Scotland were top of their table to qualify so we did deserve our place there and would have been there if it was 32 teams anyway.

Lentilcakes · 27/06/2026 08:47

Support who you like, but why would you ‘never’ support England - sounds like you hate the country you live in!
I only have a passing interest in the World Cup (don’t follow football generally but DH does) but still support England and will watch the knock-out matches.
i was chatting to my cleaner about it, she’s Spanish and supports Spain although she’s been here 10 years. Have no issue with that but if she was vehement in her views about never supporting England I’d find it a bit odd.

Davros · 27/06/2026 08:34

I thought it was expanded by 16 teams

PomplaMouse · 27/06/2026 08:00

In the spirit of the thread...

Qualifying for the first time in 28 years because the world cup was expanded by 12 teams, only to be among the first 12 sent home, suggests it wasn't much on an achievement...

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*...I'm Welsh and we didn't qualify.

2chocolateoranges · 26/06/2026 23:04

DontBuyAnotherBook · 25/06/2026 23:09

I suspect Scotland are going home now.

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And we will do it with grace and dignity.

we haven’t qualified for a World Cup in 28 years, just to be part of it was amazing, asking all our friends and family what we wanted out of this World Cup and most of them wanted was to have a good time watching it and for Scotland to score at least one goal so we could celebrate. I don’t think many Scottish people thought we would get out of the group stages anyway.

i also think we have stolen the hearts of the Bostonians. We have family who visited Boston for the first two games and they said that they were so welcoming and friendly and the atmosphere with the fan zone and the bars was amazing.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 25/06/2026 23:09

Grghf · 25/06/2026 10:43

@Feetballislife bit quiet this morning aren't you 🤭

I suspect Scotland are going home now.