After the recent attacks in Scotland,one in Edinburgh and one in Aberdeen,on English people or people wearing England tops,I felt the need to write something on this Aberdeen page,since a couple of readers had asked would Scots support England in the World Cup.
I am a football fan,I collect jersey’s and programmes and love going to matches.I go and watch Scotland,I go and watch Celtic and Aberdeen,Everton,Manchester United I have even been to see Rangers play in Europe against Villarreal,why because I love football.
Now because I am Scottish and Scotland have not quite made the World Cup again,does this mean that I will adopt a team because they have a player called Scotland playing for them ! My answer to many people’s horror was that I wanted England to win !
I even bought an England top to add to my collection such is the stupidity up in this country,a country I may add that claims to be friendly,such a friendly nation so much so that a young boy gets abuse and punched for wearing an England shirt! Not happy with that a disabled man in Aberdeen is pulled from his car and given a kicking !
His crime wearing and England shirt!
I have had enough,I have many English friends and know many English people and I can only say that I have been welcomed warmly by them whenever I visit,can these two innocent victims say the same and what is worse,they live here !
Jack McConnell should not have made his anti England comments,he has just given the idiots another excuse to give English people a hard time during the World Cup.
This is the worse anti English feeling that I can remember and I am ashamed that this has happened.I just hope that people in England don’t think that all Scots behave like this,they still haven’t forgiven us for stealing the Wembley goalposts!
Banter is fine but please for God’s sake keep it to banter,not hatred.
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Agreed on the points of hatred , but there is no way I’ll support them. I would also say you are one of the few fans who is willing to support other Scottish teams along with your own.
I am fed up to the back teeth with all this rubbish about how bad we scots are because we wont back England and talk about an Over The Top reaction to Morons picking on people because they had an England top on.
Get Real no matter were you go in the world there will always be Morons (Not Scotland supporters just Morons), do not condem a nation because of a few icidents. I was dumb struck when it was actualy raised in parliment, come on get real!!!!
I spent 5 1/2 years living in England and was physicaly assaulted twice and verbaly abused on so many occasion that I couldn’t count them, but did I complain or hate and vilify the whole English nation, no!! The reason for the attacks was not that I was wearing a football top but purely because I spoke with a Scottish accent. I took the attacks for what they were Morons using any excuse to pick on suposedly weaker inferior people who they think they can bully.
And just to set the record straigh I would not support England because I am a Scotland supporter and dont make a habbit of changing my team because they aren’t doing so well.
Before every one starts jumping up and down condenming me as a Scottish racist I thought I would inform you my best friend is Englis, a londoner to be exact and is happily married to a lovely lady from Durham.
TS
Excellent article Sean and I agree with you: there are a lot of racist morons up here. Half of my family is English and I find a lot of the nonsense that’s gone on quite insulting and embarrassing. But as MrTS says you do get them everywhere sadly. Quite refreshing to hear that you’re a general football fan rather than a fan of one club with tunnel vision…..like myself!
i agree 100%. there seems to be an anti-england feeling about the place.
I noticed this when I was surfing the net about Scots being anti English. It may not be my place to comment but if it is of interest here goes anyway.
I believe that England and Scotland are a great alliance that both countries should be proud of. It is that alliance (along with the Welsh) that has made Britain. It is obvious that there are misunderstanding on both sides about the others aspirations and national interests. I am married to a Scot and I have Scots on both sides of my family, although I am English and proud of it. I do, however, detect an increase in hatred towards the English from a small minority of Scots. Just read some of the filth and racism on the net. I am sure that the reason why the English are upset about the Scots attitude toward supporting (backing is a better work) England is because of the following. Scots seam un-aware that many Englishman will support any British side in sport if there local or national sides are not represented. This means that although I do not support Manchester United, if they are the last English side left in Europe I will support them. If they are out and say Rangers is still in I will want them to win as they represent Britain. Unfortunately the attitudes that are catching the headlines coming out of Scotland is doing a great deal of damage and undermining the good will toward Scots and Scotland. I know people that have decided not to holiday there this year. They feel it is a no go area for the English and they will not be welcome, although I know that is far from the truth. Many people, like my children, are having to take sides whereas before they were happy to support both sides. The people who beat up disables people or children, I am sure do not represent the average Scot and nor the average Englishman. If they do then we are all in real trouble. The people of these islands have worked together through thick and thin and I am sure that if we want to, we can all dig back into the past to find some reason to hate one and other. The past is over so look forward not back. It is very likely that the Scots are genetically more English than they realise and the English are more Scots than they realise. So we are likely to be squabbling like brothers. Most of us are a mixture of Norse, Norman, Pictish, Roman, Gaelic, Celtic and Saxon. So why fight amongst ourselves. Be proud of being Scottish or English, but also be friendly and tolerant of one and other.
Today 77 we can see how far hatred can go
Mate wit are you talken aboot, I’m not havin some fanny in a suit tellin me that i have to support england. never in a million years would I support they bastarts. I would support al quadia before them!!
Im sick of people saying their is suddenly a big crisis in Scotland that we don’t support england!, that has always been the case for hundreds of years!! we don’t support them and never will, infact go into any pub in any part of the country when england are playing and EVERYONE wants the other team to win. The poll that was conducted that said 50 or 60 % of scots support england is absolute nonsense, they must of surveyed the rangers queens own orange lodge to get they figures. The end of the day I take great pleasure in seeing them get stuffed and knocked out of every tournament. God help me when out two countries meet. It is far more than just a game it is life! I personally don’t think they actually care that we don’t support them, and they certainly don’t support us. This rivarly is a good thing, its almost worth staying alive for