My thinking is mostly shaped by the fact there is no rivalry there anymore. It's like St. Bernard's fans getting chippy about Hibs - they can kid themselves all they want....This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But, as I was reminded earlier,if Hearts were ever in a Dens Park situation, my sporting integrity would go out the window.
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10-07-2018 06:37 PM #91
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10-07-2018 06:45 PM #94
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10-07-2018 06:51 PM #95NamelessLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're right, nonsense like that is beyond the pail, and hopefully she's made an example of.
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10-07-2018 06:53 PM #96This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteSCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 2016
GGTTH
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10-07-2018 07:34 PM #97This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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10-07-2018 08:10 PM #98
Looked like there was a rivalry there last June when Griffiths scored those two goals and the scenes were incredible. Show me Southgate or the England fans celebrating a goal in the qualifiers like they did with Harry Kane equaliser. England fans constantly sing about Scotland at England matches not involving them. The head to head record is something like 49 wins for England and 41 for Scotland. I'm not getting where this rivalry isn't relevant anymore. It may not be as fierce but it's still there bubbling away.
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10-07-2018 08:27 PM #99
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Tom English makes a reasonable stab at explaining why this England squad in particular are actually hard to dislike:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44783648
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10-07-2018 09:11 PM #100This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's only really a swathe of die-hard Scots (and an ever-decreasing bunch to boot), who still consider England as a rival.
The reality is that in 2018 England is a world-class footballing nation whilst Scotland jostles with dozens of other small nations of 5 million or less populations in the football pecking order.
Scottish football, for the first 75 years of the 20th century, enjoyed having a head start on similar sized football nations, and so enjoyed a more loftier status. Scottish fans never had it so good and had every right to refer to England as it's equal and rival. Eventually even the tiniest of footballing nations caught up and in many cases overtook Scotland. A different picture began to be painted - leading us to today, with Scotland sitting in the pecking order where one would logically expect them to be. England similarly are where one would logically expect them to sit in the pecking order - way ahead of Scotland.
Any sense of rivalry is now merely a "delusion" borne of a huge chip on its collective shoulders by a frustrated Scotland support - that would rather support anybody but England in order to enjoy a short-lived and fleeting "getting-back-at-England-somehow-sense-of-satisfaction".Last edited by Hi Heid Yin; 10-07-2018 at 09:21 PM.
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10-07-2018 09:16 PM #102
Schadenfreude (pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune) pops up all over life though.
Especially in sports. What’s wrong with “getting-back-at-England-somehow-sense-of-satisfaction”?
It’s not like I hate the English. Just want our oldest rivals not to do well.
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10-07-2018 09:33 PM #106
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There have also been people admitting that the don't like the English.Last edited by Hibbyradge; 10-07-2018 at 09:37 PM.
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10-07-2018 09:44 PM #108This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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10-07-2018 09:47 PM #110This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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10-07-2018 09:48 PM #111This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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10-07-2018 09:49 PM #112This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What does that post prove?
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10-07-2018 09:53 PM #113This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My wife is English and obviously her family is too. I'd rather England didn't win, but I'll try my best to comfort them if they lose. I won't enjoy their tears like others say they're looking forward to.
None of them expect England to win, I should add.
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10-07-2018 10:06 PM #115
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He worked in the Lady Victoria pit until he was 60 then for 5 years at Edinburgh Uni as a security guard. Supported Hibs from the moment he watch the famous 5, thought Gordon Smith the finest footballer he had seen, never lost his gordie accent & was frequently called an English b....
He was the loveliest man you could wish to meet.
I too was born & lived abroad until 11years old, my accent has never been Scottish as I've been told quite forcibly on a number of occasions, but then it's just banter isn't.
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10-07-2018 10:07 PM #116
Don't hate the English. Just the England football team. Brexit and It's coming home is doing my nut in.
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10-07-2018 10:12 PM #118This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Most don't.
Some do.
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10-07-2018 10:27 PM #119
“It’s coming home”
Used to describe football “coming home” to its inventors in 1996 when England hosted the European Championships.
What the **** are they talking about this time?
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