[Russ]

Originally Posted by Damien

Most fans of English clubs really don't care if the team is from Wales or not. Swansea are actually quite popular. There are jokes about Wales of course but this is just football, it's done for everyone. Liverpool get the stuff about signing on, United mostly get jibes about their support being in Surrey, London teams get stuff about being southern and soft, Wigan get stuff about being a rugby town and so on. Whatever regional stereotype fits. I think most fans of Welsh clubs understand it's banter but they need to get a thicker skin if they think it's a England vs Wales thing as most fans really don't care. Cardiff, Swansea, Stoke, Liverpool, London, Manchester. It's all the same at the end of the day, they're just the same as everyone else.

I pretty much agree. But when English fans have a clear anti-Wales bias we're only too happy to step up