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.

You sound like a boring shit stirrer OP. You make a point of saying you “never support England” - the country that is your home and you wonder why people are a bit raised eyebrow about it?

grow up maybe?

I mean, they aren’t shit, are they?

or they wouldn’t get a spot.

they aren’t the best in the world though. Or Europe. Obviously. 😂

Support who you like. But why announce it / start a tedious thread about it, as if it's an important news flash?

Why did you have to announce “I NEVER support England” etc.

I lived in Australia for 5 years when I was younger and while I supported England in sporting events, if they weren’t playing I would support Australia but I certainly wouldn’t have announced to Australians that I would never ever support them etc.

Why do you choose to live here and then actively try to put peoples backs up. It’s weird

That's a Full House!

I’m English (although genetically a mixture of things like most Brits) but have lived in Wales for the last 25 years. My kids are fluent Welsh speakers etc.

Growing up in England, if England wasn’t playing we’d support another British team - Wales, Scotland etc. To be honest I’m not a big sports fan anyway, but I’ve always found the ‘anyone but England’ sentiment, even in jest, to be utterly tedious.

Why do you choose to live in England, out of interest. A list will suffice.

You can support who you like.
Seriously, nobody gives a shiny shit

Isn't it just. Claim to hate England.
Yet want to live here 😕

Seriously? Not for the football team, put it that way 🤣

Seriously - I'm interested.

I wont be following it.

When I lived in Spain, I cheered them on and had a great night when they won. But, I still supported England throughtout.

I live in Ireland now, but would still support England - I'd keep that v 🤫 though😂

Born in England, live in England. Will not be supporting England. I’m petty and bitter, I support a premier league team and I cannot switch off my hatred towards some of the other PL teams players. It is what it is 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m just going to enjoy the World Cup and if I was going to choose anyone to ‘support’ it would be Portugal as we holiday there twice a year and I love the place.

Not for ANY England team EVER, actually. Why?

Aka ‘I’m so deep and interesting, please beg me for insights as to why your country is so shit’

op wants you to beg for answers; just don’t!

Google the ‘Anyone But England’ phenomenon and then chuck in a dash of colonialism and good old fashioned sporting rivalry.
Or perhaps find your nearest non-Arsenal support from London and ask why they cheered for PSG in the Euro final 🤣😜

Hatred of another team is utterly pathetic and sums up all that is wrong with football.

Colonialism is only an issue when it comes to sport?

No begging. Just wondering. Any answer will betray their cognitive dissonance.

Agreed.

I couldn't give a flying toss about football, dont give shit who wins but I am not going around announcing to people that do care about it how little I care and how England can lose for all I care because that seems a really arsehole-ish thing to do surely?

It's rather like someone being excited they are going on holiday to Spain only for me to announce how much I despise Spain and think its all shit. Why- why do that?

And you now choose to pay taxes to a Colonialist Empire country, that’s a damning indictment of you, OP!

The OP is clearly one of those rude and antagonistic types who choose to live here but love slagging it off.

The number of Aussies and NZers I’ve worked with in London who love to stick the boot in and say how much better their countries are etc but still choose to live here! It’s just plain rude.

Support whoever you want but don’t go off on a rant about how you’d never support any England team.

If I’d tried that in Australia when I lived in Melbourne I’d have been the office pariah!

Seriously?! 😂 if there was no rivalry it would be a much less interesting game

Support who you like but don’t be surprised if you announce it to a workplace full of England fans and they don’t warmly embrace your decision.