Only people who say their country are the people who don't properly support clubs
Bollocks. It's not like the choice is mutually exclusive.
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Only people who say their country are the people who don't properly support clubs
You can of course support both and fanatically, but country over club is very dubious, but it's not like you really have to choose.Bollocks. It's not like the choice is mutually exclusive.
Why is it "very dubious"?You can of course support both and fanatically, but country over club is very dubious, but it's not like you really have to choose.
Good for the blood pressure though!!Fucking hate international football,pisses me off when we haven't got a game on the weekend
Is that because half the team are Spurs?Up to about the age of 25, which was 20 years ago I would have said England.
Then the tossers started playing for us and I kind of fell out of love with the England team.
Now it’s closer again, I like this England team.
I would still say Spurs buts it’s closer than it was.
Club 100%...
My parents where Irish and i was taken to Wembley by my old man in 1976 to watch England v Eire as a kid i wanted the new England admiral kit but didn't get it..boohoo but I did see walking up Wembley way a black man with a leather Jacket on and a green scarf around his neck.
That man was Phil Lynott of Thin lizzy and from that day and the Dundalk game at home 81 I followed the Republic of Ireland.
My friends started a supporters club in London in 1984 and I have seen the world with Ireland but nothing beats seeing Spurs win lose or draw.
I think if I was Irish I’d likely err on the side of seeing my country win the World Cup over my club winning the league. It would be a true footballing miracle if that happened so my club would have to take a back seat. England ( I know it arrogant to say it) but England are supposed to win world cups.
By the way, most of the Irish that I know are offended by the name Eire.
Well, there are two jurisdictions on the island. The term 'Ireland' applies to whole island. English people may have seized on the term 'Eire' because it gave them an excuse not say 'Ireland'. They wanted to avoid describing the Southern Ireland team as 'Ireland' so 'Eire' demarcates the fact that it is the 26 county team they are talking about. This was in the era that the Republic of Ireland used to claim the territory of the whole island.
It is harking back to an era that is obsolete. The term 'Eire' went out of fashion in the late 1940s. But, it continued to be used in England. People don't use the term 'Espania' for Spain, or 'Deutschland' for Germany. There is a sense that other people think that Ireland is being singled out.
I live in the Republic and found that too.... I discovered this statement from Mel Farrell, a lecturer in Irish History that may explain why...
I think you have to consider what winning a WC would do for football in the US. Winning the WC would be massive for England football fans, but it's not going to make the sport any popular than it already is in England. Whereas if the US were to miraculously win one, it could change the future of the sport in our country for the better. Could change it.
That's pretty much the only main plus!Good for the blood pressure though!!
Not in football anyway....If you are from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Ireland the question: "Would you like your country to win the World Cup?" doesn't come up that often to be honest.
Noone said it was mutually exclusive. But the whole point of the thread is "would you prefer...?"Bollocks. It's not like the choice is mutually exclusive.