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Originally Posted by broadbandking
Why is it I have seen Welsh and Scots support any other team that are facing England do you think thats right?
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Of course it's right. The UK is not one great, homogenous whole. It's a union of distinct nations, each with their own deeply-ingrained culture. Nations which have spent more of recorded history beating each other to death than existing in relative peace and harmony.
There is immense pride and rivalry between the home nations. But that's all it is - pride and rivalry. With the exception of the lunatic fringe you always get in any situation, it is simply deeply felt rivalry. And you don't simply cast rivalry aside just because your own team's not on the pitch.
As an Englishman living in Scotland I'm on the receiving end of the banter whenever we visit the in-laws ... not least from my brother in law, who, incidentally, loves to spend his Saturday afternoons down at Ibrox, where you can see more Union flags than in the whole of the rest of Scotland put together.
