To NOT support England ???

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I’m not English. I have lived in England for a very long time. I do not support the England football team, I frequently support their opposition!

Colleague has taken the England loss hard, and said ‘ I bet you’re glad they lost’ - I replied that I was essentially a neutral but thought Spain deserved the win.

Hes gone off in a big old rant about how if I live here I should be supporting England teams etc.
I think he should have a wee lie down and chill out!

YABU - you SHOULD support the team of a country you’ve made a life in - even if you are from a former colony of that country

YANBU - of course you don’t have to support a national team that’s not yours

I choose to live in England as an Irish person but don't support the men's teams as it is often jingoistic and crowing. Their supporters seem to hate and patronise all other countries teams. However there is joy and celebration in the much more successful women's football team. I'm pleased for them. Long may it stay sportingly positive like this.

To be clear I like living where I live I’m just not a supporter of the England football team!
it is possible to live in a country while not thinking A) it’s perfect B) changing nationality C) Giving a damn about their national sports team/s!

Nearly bedtime OP

Totally agree with this… there were England supported dressed up as WW2 pilots at some of the games, FFS…

Why, out of interest? Immigrants should put up and shut up is it?

Telling Dave that I wasn’t supporting England last night was hardly ‘bitching and moaning’ about England…
Little Britainers may hate when forinners live here, but nowt you can do about it. Must be annoying when people from countries you conquer follow you home and THEN have the gall not to support your football team 😂

I think I would support Scotland if they got through- but I totally understand them not supporting England. Not every street is or has to be two way.

This.
I'm no football fan myself but I don't begrudge fans being happy and excited. In fact I think it's nice and I love seeing them singing and decorating with flags. I also don't like how them being hopeful and singing songs is always skewed by anglophobes into them being arrogant. Fans of the other nations don't seem to come under the same scrutiny despite seemingly behaving the same way (we are obviously exposed to our own fans and media more because we're in the same country as them).
What I find tiresome is the way it's inevitably used by anti English people and they seem to be a lot more vocally (and frequently) negative and toxic than anything I've seen coming from England fans tbh.

Funny how the OP addresses the entire thread as if they're British - 'you Little Britainers.' I'm not. I'm not so childishly anti-Brits either.

if your children are quite young have you tried explaining why you don’t support the country (presumably) of their birth?

it seems a bit mean not to support England even if just to support your Dc. What’s the worst that could happen?

Perhaps take the time to peruse the previous comments which explains in detail why people might not support England. HTH.

This ^^ 🙄

The dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS in the thread title and 3 question marks???

Did make me laugh though.

"Haha your thread got deleted"

Are you lost @EllaVoday? Cbeebies is that way 👉

The got the final or is that all down to luck, you clearly know naff all about football, what gets my goat more is people who clearly have limited football knowledge declaring categorically that England played badly throughout the tournament and the hilarious observations of the youthful male team as being ‘beige’ again what does that even mean. Frankly, it is embarrassing to hear people state such nonsense when they don’t go near a football pitch.

Are you telling me that all those ex-pats from England living in Spain were cheering for Spain? Not sure I believe that.
Maybe not against England but against another country, yeah, I reckon they'd support Spain

If you are referring to me I can bet my bottom dollar that my heritage my DH’s and my DCs is more divers than yours.

I promise you, no one cares who you support. I’m sorry you’re not getting the reaction you were hoping for on this thread - you’re now desperately turning to laughing emojis. And stop pretending Dave is real, we all know he isn’t.

Despite that they are ranked extremely highly in the world rankings. In the top five. That isn't a fluke

I reckon you might be Scouse.

What country are you from then? It was England playing in the final last night Britain, I think you’ve lost your argument 😂

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The OP probably thinks they're the only person to start this tiresome thread that comes up every 2 years, what with the Euros and the world cup.

Oh dear...

I know plenty about football thanks. And I don't need your permission to say that. Idk why you're saying things about people not going near a football pitch, how could you possibly know that?