Baggio Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 One of the great aspects of my work is the mix of nationalities...all of which can't wait for the English to go out either :-) Where you watching the game? Ahh see at my work every one is very properly English! Lots of public schoolboys and the like! My scouse mate has just invited me to the outdoor screening at Canary Wharf - no chance!! Gonna be in our local social club in east london, they're some local Gaelic matches on as well so the place will be full of Irish.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluetooner Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Brave, brave man! Everyone at work keeps asking if I am supporting England, I keep having to feign indifference or the resulting slagging will be endless....I will be silently laughing away to myself if England suffer another glorious failure though...... dont bother with the silently When they lost to brazil 4 years ago, i was working at GSK in Harlow. Was Brilliant sitting there smiling without even needing to say a word so you are just as well making it noisy when laughing away One of the great aspects of my work is the mix of nationalities...all of which can't wait for the English to go out either :-) Where you watching the game? My work too Have Polish people, French people and English people all within 5 minutes walk, so im definitely going to enjoy their losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I have never, ever seen the riot police deployed in Greenock for an Old Firm game; a town with one of the largest Celtic Supporters' Clubs in the world located right in the town centre, and a Rangers club in the area, too. I've been in Glasgow city centre after an Old Firm game. I've seen a fight but, again, I've never seen the riot police deployed. Presumably you wouldn't have just made it up, but I'd be interested to hear where and when this happened. I've seen Riot Police in Falkirk a few times after OF games, and seen first-hand the trouble they can cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyB Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Maybe we should keep count of how many fans get arrested at this World Cup? They do seem intent on breaking their own record at each major tournament! I'm sorry, but if you get arrested for being a hooligan at the World Cup you're nothing but a disgrace to your country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Twynholm Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Scum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 True - but I'm not sure I've heard an impassioned defence of the 3 nobs mentioned above either, but there's a bit of a 'look at them' mood about the thread. A lot of us pointed out that England fans would disgrace our glorious Union this summer, and people like BerwickMad played the OF-esque "But they *points randomly in any direction* are just as bad as us!" card. The plane remark looked like - and in fact still does look like - an extension of that. Nothing less than a round condemnation of these thugs will do, just as Scotland roundly criticised those who shamed us with their airborne antics I've seen Riot Police in Falkirk a few times after OF games, and seen first-hand the trouble they can cause. The OF fans or the police cause the trouble? I wasn't denying that it happened but it doesn't happen here, as far as I can tell. OF-related violence, sure, but not riot cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 A lot of us pointed out that England fans would disgrace our glorious Union this summer, and people like BerwickMad played the OF-esque "But they *points randomly in any direction* are just as bad as us!" card. The plane remark looked like - and in fact still does look like - an extension of that. Nothing less than a round condemnation of these thugs will do, just as Scotland roundly criticised those who shamed us with their airborne antics The moral high ground is a notoriously difficult place to defend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 The moral high ground is a notoriously difficult place to defend So you won't condemn the actions of your - nay, our - countrymen who are shaming the Union of the Crowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 this might not work ScotlandVEngland.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 So you won't condemn the actions of your - nay, our - countrymen who are shaming the Union of the Crowns? I have consistently condemned all acts of football related violence and will continue to do so I have no 'OF' equivalent to blame it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 No bigoted, violent fanbase to blame it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 No bigoted, violent fanbase to blame it on? Plenty of those I just can't go 'OF' and wash my hands of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I don't wash my hands of it I just wouldn't ever pretend to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with these people! I recognise all too well that the OF and their related idiocy is a scourge on our Union - sadly, the main organisation speaking out against them (Nil By Mouth) is, to put it mildly, a tad misguided, so I won't have anything to do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I don't wash my hands of it I just wouldn't ever pretend to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with these people! I'm can't say I've done the equivalent - I've posted my displeasure at the booing of Anthems let alone the ripping up of town centres. I recognise all too well that the OF and their related idiocy is a scourge on our Union - sadly, the main organisation speaking out against them (Nil By Mouth) is, to put it mildly, a tad misguided, so I won't have anything to do with them. Unfortunately, due to clauses in the Act of Union, the Union was unable to act on the scourge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaKev Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Scum Nob, So three men have not ever beeen arrested in any taxi in Scotland while on this piss. What a plank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Nob, So three men have not ever beeen arrested in any taxi in Scotland while on this piss. What a plank. How does that make the 3 guys in question not scum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I'm can't say I've done the equivalent - I've posted my displeasure at the booing of Anthems let alone the ripping up of town centres. But some anthems - e.g. God Save The Queen - are inherently violent and distasteful and should be drowned out where at all possible. Unfortunately, due to clauses in the Act of Union, the Union was unable to act on the scourge Namely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 But some anthems - e.g. God Save The Queen - are inherently violent and distasteful and should be drowned out where at all possible. Agreed Namely? Namely, a seperate legal system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Namely, a seperate legal system Perhaps if Westminster could more effectively cruch rebellious Scots, we wouldn't have these problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeD Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Perhaps if Westminster could more effectively cruch rebellious Scots, we wouldn't have these problems That's got to hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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