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To not support England?!

631 replies

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.

OP posts:
Feetballislife · 23/06/2026 22:14

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 12:58

Indeed especially when half the English team are not white.

He’s a geezer. Looks like a geezer, dresses like a geezer, sounds like a geezer. Acts like a geezer. Alright mate and all that. An English geezer. He’s of a mixed ethnicity as if that matters. GEEZER.
turns out the Welsh make geezers …

OP posts:
Davros · 23/06/2026 22:21

Oh dear, you sound riddled with hate. Your attempts at “humour“, or is it bantz, are very try hard

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:31

Feetballislife · 23/06/2026 22:14

He’s a geezer. Looks like a geezer, dresses like a geezer, sounds like a geezer. Acts like a geezer. Alright mate and all that. An English geezer. He’s of a mixed ethnicity as if that matters. GEEZER.
turns out the Welsh make geezers …

Too much time in the sun? Do you think we are all Cockney or something?

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:32

For balance Ghana have a very good defence in this game and England out of sorts.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:33

Feetballislife · 23/06/2026 22:05

Not much danger of England winning anything playing like this… keep it up lads

Most English fans don't think that anyway but nice to see we occupy your minds at all times.

whattheneighboursthink · 23/06/2026 22:44

There we are then.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:50

whattheneighboursthink · 23/06/2026 22:44

There we are then.

Pops up when England aren't doing well, disappears when they do.

PomplaMouse · 23/06/2026 23:01

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:31

Too much time in the sun? Do you think we are all Cockney or something?

Edited

If you were in the US and saw someone wearing cowboy style attire, you'd probably think that they look American, not Welsh, even if not all Americans dress like that.

Same thing.

Davros · 23/06/2026 23:10

What style attire is this imaginary geezer wearing?

Dideon · 24/06/2026 07:34

PomplaMouse · 23/06/2026 21:44

I was replying to the post about a Welsh person, living in England and with English-born children, who's an "ABE" fan.

That said, I see scant evidence of bigotry on the OP's part either, just a lot of entitled whining and nativism from England fans.

"If yer comin over ere, you better support are national team".

Genuinely pathetic stuff.

You seem to be missing the essence of the thread.

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 09:21

Wow. The level of venom this morning against the England team for their own ‘fans’ - doesn’t take much for them to sense blood in the water and go for it. Our team chats are livid.

OP posts:
Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 09:23

DontBuyAnotherBook · 23/06/2026 22:32

For balance Ghana have a very good defence in this game and England out of sorts.

Edited

Ie Ghana good and England pants! Ghana should have had that penalty too…

OP posts:
Davros · 24/06/2026 09:36

Enjoy it while you can then 🤷‍♀️

x2boys · 24/06/2026 10:09

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 09:23

Ie Ghana good and England pants! Ghana should have had that penalty too…

Well Ghana cant be that good they didnt score either....

Differentforgirls · 24/06/2026 10:18

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Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 10:22

England World Ranking #4
Ghana World ranking #64
Ghana played their hearts out, unlike England.IMHO of course. There may be England fans out there who thought England were good and still have a shot at winning the World Cup.
I can’t see England getting past USA, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, even Belgium playing like that.

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DontBuyAnotherBook · 24/06/2026 10:41

You seemed very quiet when England played well. Very predictable. Please also don't act like you know football. I for one knew that game was going to be hard. The manager used to be at Manchester Utd.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 24/06/2026 10:46

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 10:22

England World Ranking #4
Ghana World ranking #64
Ghana played their hearts out, unlike England.IMHO of course. There may be England fans out there who thought England were good and still have a shot at winning the World Cup.
I can’t see England getting past USA, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, even Belgium playing like that.

Luckily none of the big teams are actually that not that brilliant this year either. It is pretty open.

Dideon · 24/06/2026 11:17

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 10:22

England World Ranking #4
Ghana World ranking #64
Ghana played their hearts out, unlike England.IMHO of course. There may be England fans out there who thought England were good and still have a shot at winning the World Cup.
I can’t see England getting past USA, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, even Belgium playing like that.

I imagine you slept well last night . We really do live rent free in your head . It must be miserable.

x2boys · 24/06/2026 11:18

Feetballislife · 24/06/2026 10:22

England World Ranking #4
Ghana World ranking #64
Ghana played their hearts out, unlike England.IMHO of course. There may be England fans out there who thought England were good and still have a shot at winning the World Cup.
I can’t see England getting past USA, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, even Belgium playing like that.

For someone who hates the English team so very much you seem very informed🤔

Harhar · 24/06/2026 11:26

It’s as plain as day op wishes they were English. Just unable to manage their feelings.

Dideon · 24/06/2026 11:47

Harhar · 24/06/2026 11:26

It’s as plain as day op wishes they were English. Just unable to manage their feelings.

Imagine living in a country for 30 odd years that you hate.

Harhar · 24/06/2026 11:53

Dideon · 24/06/2026 11:47

Imagine living in a country for 30 odd years that you hate.

Surrounded by people you hate plus the odd Welsh GEEZER.

5MinuteArgument · 24/06/2026 12:39

I don't really understand the OP. I wouldn't choose to live in a country that I felt such contempt for.

Grghf · 24/06/2026 13:59

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.

This thread is a masterclass in "tell me youre Irish without telling me youre Irish".

I guess when youre from somewhere that consistently provides zero cultural or sporting output, you kind of have to switch to hate-watching to get the old pulse moving, it makes sense