To be absolutely fed up with the Scottish hatred in sport re England?

[AuntyMabelandPippin]

We're English, living in Scotland for a very long time. It's always been noticeable, but we're in a place where there's a lot of English people, so we don't see it as much. However, we were out with a Scottish friend a week or so ago , she had a few drinks and made a crack about English people, and I was really cross, as we try really hard to support Scots sports as much as we can. I've seen four posts today on Facebook all wishing France well in the Six Nations, and one particularly awful one which was sending this joke:

@BaronessSchrader me too - with my Irish husband

I’m assuming everyone knows that that has no origins in football itself and is deeply rooted in sectarianism. Football is merely a rallying point/proxy.

@BashfulClam chiming in to agree with OP, thought the point of AIBU was to have an opinion either way. I respect yours.

Sigh. No I said better than them. Meaning the Scottish - Scottish people who slag England off all the time. The subjects of the OP. I agree with her, it’s nasty and I got tired if it years ago. But bless you for trying.

Great game for England earlier. Looking forward to a win against Scotland next.

Think again- spent over a decade in Scotland.

I think you’ll find it’s the same in Wales and Ireland. National level sports are just like that aren’t they?

I'm Welsh, live in England have English husband and English son. Never support England.

@ChocoChocoLatte
Here’s hoping for a good game tomorrow!

I was born in England to Scottish parents and moved to Scotland as a teen.
It's mortifying how much anti English sentiment there still is.
It's so ignorant and I find it embarrassing

Yes we do mind that the English experienced acts of genocide and had all their land taken off them. You seem to have conveniently forgotten the English king forces on them in 1603.

Why when the Scots also played their part in taking your land and giving it to the Protestants?

My DH is English l am Irish. I do this yes k always support whoever England are playing as l hate all the 'its coming home' shite in the build up and dread to think how insufferable the fans would be if they did actuslly win.
My DH calls it 'Conquered Nation Syndrome' 🤣 It is all in good humour though we do have a laugh about it afterwards.

I don't get why it is always the English that get blamed for the British Empire/Colonisation? If I remember my history correctly the Scottish were enthusiastic slave traders (many in Jamaica are descended from them) and missionaries yet they seem to conveniently try to erase that history as if it is just them are victims of colonisation.

If people dispute the genocide claim look up the harrying of the North

I blame Nicola Sturgeon for really ramping up the anti English sentiment. Some might say it is a joke but I don't think so.

There’s never been much love between the English and Scottish sports teams supporters. It’s life.

The Scottish lineage in Jamaica is predominantly from the Scottish people that Cromwell enslaved and sent there. Look up the red-shanks/red-legs.

That is okay then. Let's just be slavers then.

WTF?

I took the original post by MarkingBadly to mean every nation has arseholes in it?

Are you denying there were Scottish men who owned slaves and slept with them on their sugar plantations? Go and watch who do you think you are? Plenty of Scots profited.. They weren't all poor victims of the English. Many of the Highland clearances were done by Scottish landlords. FWIW Cromwell did the same to many of the Evangelical groups in England and Wales as well.

Yeah, its no coincidence that Celtic fans are more likely to be Catholic ( or at least have Catholic origins if not practicing). It’s less than 40 years since Glasgow Rangers had a no catholics rule!

But those who say it's a joke... It isn't funny. It's rude and unacceptable. Having lived in Scotland and put up with it... I now find it difficult to ever want to support a Scottish team of any sport. Because of the "joke"