Blokes like this nob off 606 (see below) turn my stomach. I thought this type of misguided sentiment had died away. I'll wish the porridge w0gs well when they do the same for us. Until then I hope they lose at everything and gain full independence.

 

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For England fans Saturday evening could be a delight or an absolute curse - Alastair McSporran (WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE'S ENGLISH)

 

Israel could yet do England one of the biggest favours in international football history and give Steve McClaren?s men a chance of qualifying for Euro 2008 the following Wednesday against Croatia.

 

But if Russia win in Tel Aviv and England crash out? tell you what, let?s just not think about it for a while.

 

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Which is why, draped in the Israeli flag, I will be cheering Scotland - a team which still has qualification in their own hands.

I will most likely do this from a pub in Yorkshire as despite the name, I?m English, and I don?t have a problem supporting the Scots.

I?m sure there are many other people from England, with or without celtic connections, who will be cheering on Alex McLeish?s men in the hope the British Isles has one representative in Austria and Switzerland next summer.

But the question is why do some people have a problem with that? (YOU THICK TW@T. BECAUSE THEY ACTIVELY SUPPORT EVERY FECKER AGAINST US)

Supporting another national team may be a cardinal sin in some quarters but with the possibility of England not qualifying at all isn?t it better to have one home-based team at a major championship to keep things interesting?

And is it any worse than all those Manchester United fans who reside in the West Country?

Don?t get me wrong, I?ll be watching the Euros next summer whoever is there but if England don?t make it then I?d like to shout for someone on the TV.

Of course, we have been here before. Many British people will have cheered when Ray Houghton scored for the Republic of Ireland against Italy in the 1994 World Cup.

And I was genuinely disappointed when Paul Bodin?s penalty hit the bar when it looked like Wales might qualify for the World Cup the same year.

I dare say it has something to do with the underdog tag which many of our home nations seem to carry.

Devoid of the millions of pounds which the FA chucks at the England team, it makes a brilliantly-engineered qualifying campaign like Scotland?s seem an even bigger triumph.

But they are not there yet. Two superb victories over France have put them within a James McFadden boot width of reaching the European Championship finals.

Now they just have to take on one of the most professional teams in world football and give the Hampden crowd something to get excited about in the first 20 minutes.

Quite often, the biggest argument against supporting Scotland, or any other home nation, is: they don?t support us so why should I support them?

But I urge you to leave aside your nationalistic tendencies and cheer on a British side as well as a Middle Eastern one on Saturday.

Come the evening it might just be the only pleasure you will get.

Edited November 16, 200718 yr by bolty58

So dreary AND unoriginal as well as a cross-dresser. Life hasn't been kind to you has it Fathead?

Well, as yet I've not met you personally, so yes, it's been pretty kind so far.

Well, as yet I've not met you personally, so yes, it's been pretty kind so far.

 

The pair of you are tragically boring