To not support England?!

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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.

of course you support whoever you want but the way you said it sounded a bit confrontational. And depending on your tone / facial expression it could have come across as very confrontational.
“I always support (insert where you are from) team” sounds a bit differently.
By the way I’m in your situation and I support England but I do it absolutely voluntarily 😆

Can I ask why you have such a massive chip on your shoulder? Even when we have lighthearted moments in this thread, in you come playing the victim. It’s tedious tbh.

I'm not a football fan but most of my colleagues are. And by and large, they're all supporting whoever it is they picked in the work sweepstake

It’s grown men kicking a ball about a park. If a joke about it went down badly then that says more about the immaturity of the colleagues than the OP.

Huh? Maybe I misunderstood and you were joking about me being there. Tone isn't always easy to interpret. Certainly not playing the victim.

What a sad little life this person must have to make endless threads denigrating the English.

We seem to be living rent-free in her head.

You do 🤣

Read your own posts!

Ok. See if you think that, and you maybe right, I don’t know. Why pander to it? Just scroll by.

That’s the correct attitude!

You’re mixing me up with someone else. I don’t usually start threads at all! Though I’m unsurprised there’s a load of football threads popping up, it is the World Cup.

People are not bothered about this World Cup. Factors include
. Trump and his visas. Plus controlling Infantino such as the crass FIFA peace trophy
. Matches being played as late as 3am BST
. More teams, more matches, more fatigue

Normally I see many homes with at least one flag on it. I have seen just one. May get more as England’s first match is Wednesday

I lived in an EU country and always supported it. Youre kind of missing out on a vibe of togetherness and the opportunity to feel part of something

I'm a massive football supporter! Bought up on it and spoon-fed the beautiful game. I'm club before country. I'm British born, in England. I don't support England. They aren't my first team. My international team has not qualified. I'll watch in general though I'm not rooting for one particular team

Lived 19 years in England and would never support them !

Why?

Why? I'm not interested in football and don't live in the UK but the people I worked with knew that when it came to rugby my support was for a team from the other side of the world who I had no affiliation with - other than some of my family came from there many generations ago, which was not the reason. Everyone was fine with it. As were the people I stood beside at the venues watching the games. We all exchanged some banter and it was all very good natured. Why do the English have to be so different and take it all so seriously?

If RageBait was a person….

Agreed, it’s not that you don’t support England, it’s that you seem so passionate about never ever supporting them, as though you have a hatred for the country you live in. That’s the issue for me.

Support who you like, but don’t do the performative anti-English thing. Most people are nice.

I think there is a difference between not being particularly behind the sports teams of your chosen adopted homeland, and performatively supporting neighbouring teams with whom you have no heritage or connection.

It is OP's choice. At least OP is being honest. I am from England and I do not support England and people can live where they want.

Isn't into football...
Isn't in the UK....
Clicks on England football thread

Not at all. We don't actually hate the English, you know. An English person wearing an England top in Scotland isn't going to get attacked. At worst they'll have some banter directed to them.

Yup! As they say here a lot of- not interested? Then jog on!