Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: That was fucking superb last night. Couldnt have gone any better. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 After what happened with ticketless fans last night, wonder what ramifications they're will be. Could that hurt the UK/Ireland WC bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: That was fucking superb last night. Couldnt have gone any better. Absolutely brilliant! Italy barely got a mention in the post match analysis too, they are something else. Fcuk them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said: After what happened with ticketless fans last night, wonder what ramifications they're will be. Could that hurt the UK/Ireland WC bid? 100% should. Absolutely disgusting scenes at and away from the stadium. 5 mile radius lockdown for bars and restaurants after the match. Grim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, exile said: Tough one to take for the England players and their true fans. Less sympathy for various media luvvie type Scots who so quickly forgot Scotland to be seduced by the England bandwagon, so vocally cheerleading for them, and more or less telling the rest of us off for not doing the same. At least real England fans are hurting for their own country. Took one of my mates to task for this. Pointed out it’s generally people who have a passing interest, or are casual fans, or swept up in the national fervour who say we should be supporting them. If you speak to football fans down south, guys who go regularly to games, travel to away matches, have season tickets, they wouldn’t expect us to support them. Because they understand that sport, but particularly football, is built on rivalry and competition. If it wasn’t for that deeply embedded rivalry, football wouldn’t generate the atmosphere it does, the passion at a national level wouldn’t be there - and ironically those people who tell us we should be supporting them wouldn’t be interested because it wouldn’t be such a huge thing. When you’re invested in supporting a team, you can’t just put a rivalry aside for a few hours. That doesn’t make people who are invested better supporters or anything like that, but unless you’ve been involved like that, I don’t think you truly understand why people can’t just put it aside. Edited July 12, 2021 by biffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 11 hours ago, exile said: Tough one to take for the England players and their true fans. Less sympathy for various media luvvie type Scots who so quickly forgot Scotland to be seduced by the England bandwagon, so vocally cheerleading for them, and more or less telling the rest of us off for not doing the same. At least real England fans are hurting for their own country. This guy is an embarrassment and has no football awareness whatsoever . Has the bloody cheek to criticise Scotland fans for booing GSTQ when England fans have booed almost every national anthem of the tournament. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/euro-2020-why-its-time-for-scotland-fans-to-ditch-anyone-but-england-for-good-brian-monteith-3303970%3famp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: This guy is an embarrassment and has no football awareness whatsoever . Has the bloody cheek to criticise Scotland fans for booing GSTQ when England fans have booed almost every national anthem of the tournament. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/euro-2020-why-its-time-for-scotland-fans-to-ditch-anyone-but-england-for-good-brian-monteith-3303970%3famp He says I'm a bigot for wanting our biggest footballing rivals to lose every game they play. Is he Rolling Hills? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 11 hours ago, exile said: Tough one to take for the England players and their true fans. Less sympathy for various media luvvie type Scots who so quickly forgot Scotland to be seduced by the England bandwagon, so vocally cheerleading for them, and more or less telling the rest of us off for not doing the same. At least real England fans are hurting for their own country. Sad creatures; most probably just trying to ingratiate themselves into a gig in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 11 hours ago, 86glebestreet said: So fucking delighted, but deep down I wish we could do as well as them . My feelings exactly. We can learn from their 'hard to beat' approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 As least all the plastics will disappear now like sna' aff a dyke and leave the football to the ones that actually love it and understand it in all its complex glory. I'm at the stage of actually avoiding speaking to people who normally only have a passing interest, wanting to talk about football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRobRoy Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, killiefaetheferry said: He says I'm a bigot for wanting our biggest footballing rivals to lose every game they play. Is he Rolling Hills? 😂 Can't be bothered reading it but is that not Brian Monteith the former Tory MSP? I mean, really, who cares what he thinks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 41 minutes ago, biffer said: Took one of my mates to task for this. Pointed out it’s generally people who have a passing interest, or are casual fans, or swept up in the national fervour who say we should be supporting them. If you speak to football fans down south, guys who go regularly to games, travel to away matches, have season tickets, they wouldn’t expect us to support them. Because they understand that sport, but particularly football, is built on rivalry and competition. If it wasn’t for that deeply embedded rivalry, football wouldn’t generate the atmosphere it does, the passion at a national level wouldn’t be there - and ironically those people who tell us we should be supporting them wouldn’t be interested because it wouldn’t be such a huge thing. When you’re invested in supporting a team, you can’t just put a rivalry aside for a few hours. That doesn’t make people who are invested better supporters or anything like that, but unless you’ve been involved like that, I don’t think you truly understand why people can’t just put it aside. Possibly the worst thing about international football is when people who have no interest in the actual sport of football piggyback onto it to try and push their own - usually political - agendas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, KirkieRobRoy said: Can't be bothered reading it but is that not Brian Monteith the former Tory MSP? I mean, really, who cares what he thinks? It's no great shock to see the likes of him jumping on the bandwagon, but when you see people like Janey Godley and Pat Kane doing it too it's a bit more surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Auld_Reekie said: 100% should. Absolutely disgusting scenes at and away from the stadium. 5 mile radius lockdown for bars and restaurants after the match. Grim. As soon as the police etc let tens of thousands of drunk ticketless fans get that close to Wembley then that sort of thing was always going to happen. Policing looked non existent. ISIS would have had a field day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 37 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: This guy is an embarrassment and has no football awareness whatsoever . Has the bloody cheek to criticise Scotland fans for booing GSTQ when England fans have booed almost every national anthem of the tournament. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/euro-2020-why-its-time-for-scotland-fans-to-ditch-anyone-but-england-for-good-brian-monteith-3303970%3famp I'll continue to boo any anthem that has verses, admittedly not sung at the football, that talks about crushing scots. About time England got their own anthem, GSTQ isn't an english song, it shouldn't be used as one. I suspect they might ditch it when they have to start singing about a jug eared gimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 50 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: This guy is an embarrassment and has no football awareness whatsoever . Has the bloody cheek to criticise Scotland fans for booing GSTQ when England fans have booed almost every national anthem of the tournament. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/euro-2020-why-its-time-for-scotland-fans-to-ditch-anyone-but-england-for-good-brian-monteith-3303970%3famp What an absolute fkin idiot. "Childish?" Well there are things swimming round jars in sperm banks more grown up than me. GIRFU them. I like them out as early as possible but there was something extra sweet about their getting that far only to see it end in abject disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said: As soon as the police etc let tens of thousands of drunk ticketless fans get that close to Wembley then that sort of thing was always going to happen. Policing looked non existent. ISIS would have had a field day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57803366 Starting to be reported widely now. We're lucky we didn't get another Hillsborough situation. Edited July 12, 2021 by killiefaetheferry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 it is the sense of entitlement they have like it is their divine right to win. And on top of that trying to force that attitude onto the rest of the UK. FFS on BBC Breakfast Time this morning they were even trying to convert a happy Italian fan into an England fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, scotlad said: Possibly the worst thing about international football is when people who have no interest in the actual sport of football piggyback onto it to try and push their own - usually political - agendas. Exhibit A..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave78 said: Exhibit A..... He's right. He does know nothing about football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, killiefaetheferry said: He says I'm a bigot for wanting our biggest footballing rivals to lose every game they play. Is he Rolling Hills? 😂 Probably, he is everywhere else. Kate wasn’t looking so happy at the end. Should have bailed out after the tennis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, scotlad said: It's no great shock to see the likes of him jumping on the bandwagon, but when you see people like Janey Godley and Pat Kane doing it too it's a bit more surprising. I have no problem with folk who dont feel strongly enough about football rivalry to show some sort of support. However these people rarely show support for their political rivals so it total hypocrisy to be telling others to support their sporting rivals just because they dont share the same passion for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: I'll continue to boo any anthem that has verses, admittedly not sung at the football, that talks about crushing scots. Quite right. 2 hours ago, daviebee said: What an absolute fkin idiot. "Childish?" Well there are things swimming round jars in sperm banks more grown up than me. GIRFU them. I like them out as early as possible but there was something extra sweet about their getting that far only to see it end in abject disappointment. 😂😂 I didnt watch it as I feared the worst. Probably should have though , my blood pressure was through the roof ordering a birthday card on Moonpig and constantly being encouraged to type COMEONENGLAND to get 20% off. Fuck off. I would rather pay double than type that to get a wee discount 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: Quite right. 😂😂 I didnt watch it as I feared the worst. Probably should have though , my blood pressure was through the roof ordering a birthday card on Moonpig and constantly being encouraged to type COMEONENGLAND to get 20% off. Fuck off. I would rather pay double than type that to get a wee discount 😁 I live in England. Do Tesco in Scotland sell Scotland t-shirts as well as England ones? Because down here you only see England ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryWood34 Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Currently in the highlands in a private snooker room with a pint with the England news on 24/7 coverage. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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