WEMBLEY and England v Italy *title edited by GNHQ at OP's request*

No, I only heard about it, didn't see that part but very wrong and very embarrassing

I’m fine with fans booing when the opposing team get possession of the ball. But not when their national anthem is playing.

Meant to say thank you Alegrias1

Football supporters (and other sports supporters) routinely boo the opposition, it’s a sport thing, not restricted to any one nationality.

In my own defence, and to everybody who actually wants to read it:

I didn't bring up the difference between the UK and English anthem on this thread, somebody else did. But I'm not sitting here and taking s*** from anyone.

Good luck against the Ukraine.

Well since nobody seems to understand what the problem is, I think lectures are definitely required.

You're right, quite a lot of people in Scotland don't want to sing the anthem of a union in which we are a part, when we are representing only a part of that Union; did you ever want to sing the European anthem before we left, to support the UK in a sports competition?

I did say nice things about England winning. Maybe you couldn't see that post because it was hidden by the chip on your shoulder.

I don’t think anyone needs a lecture on why England shouldn’t
Sing the National Anthem from somebody who is actively wanting to leave the Union. Scotland could sing it too, before a game if they wanted to.
I think after the success of the England team the other night, you just had to say something ( pity that it wan’t anything nice though.)

lemo...your lack of understanding of Scots is showing.

Scots≠SNP

Lily why are women and children on the last rung of the ladder?

Aleg....your SNP slip is showing ?

Order of priority regarding liberty:
Matt Hancock
Rest of the government
Footballers and fans
Rich folk and Instagrammers
Sportspeople and fans
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Women and children.
'Twas ever thus.

It is always fun in my family, my dad is German so I spent last night winding him up on WhatsApp. He has always had good sense of humour so he took it well

They’re booing the German National anthem. I’m so ashamed
Maybee 70. I felt ashamed too when they handed out some boos (not booze!) to a few Aussie Test cricketers when touring England, for being caught out scratching their balls during their South African tour.!
Al least they're consistent!
OoRoo

The simple answer to the OP’s question is that the match isn’t going to be safe. However as I was told, upon pointing out the inconsistencies of government Covid policies, that I’m both jealous and angry, although I’m neither, I won’t make any further comment.

Lucca
One of my favourite sayings is ‘The only people you think are normal are those you don’t know very well’ ?

Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? grin
Alegrias1 Me!
OoRoo

Mollygo

Alegrias1, I have never thought of Scots as being little people, but if you know better . . .
So no they’re not upsetting me, but I’d rather think that the Welsh are nicer than the example of being a Scots that you give.

Good grief.

I was thinking about this overnight. Well not all night, I'm not that obsessed.

It seems clear that there are many people who don't see why the English sports teams singing the UK national anthem is such a big deal. But that's to be expected, I suppose. There are many things about being Scots that the majority nationality in our Union don't understand. Being Welsh or Irish too, I imagine, but I don't intend to speak for them. So since the Scots have only quite recently realised that they need an anthem of their own (song, ditty - choose your description...) it marks the rise in a realisation that England does not equal the UK.

We're getting there.

Ukraine next then. Are you going to hammer them?

It's a lot of people,and they have to travel there too.It seems too big a crowd when we have to miss out on events at schools and other places because numbers have to be limited.

JenniferEccles

I would like to ask those complaining to say just how long they expect normal life to be kept on hold?

The majority of the population has been vaccinated so now is surely the time to stop being afraid of going out and mixing with people.

That’s the whole point of the vaccines isn’t it, to give us our lives back.

Many Europeans have far more freedom in foreign holiday opportunities than us, yet as we all know, their vaccination programmes are way behind ours.

Totally agree, it was great to see people together again, even with social distance in place at the stadium. We need to ease back to how we used to be so these restricted events have to go ahead. If there are limited consequences we need to deal with them as they occur and return to near normal as soon as possible.

Alegrias1, I have never thought of Scots as being little people, but if you know better . . .
So no they’re not upsetting me, but I’d rather think that the Welsh are nicer than the example of being a Scots that you give.

Inhuman is letting it rip through communities and nursing homes and letting people die or suffer from long covid….

No, it’s not inhuman. It’s been saving lives…..

This virus will spread no matter what we do and I really think it's time for us to do what many ministers are now saying - learn to live with it. We have been "happy" for many years now to accept thousands of people dying from flu each year and this has never been thrust into the spotlight like the Covid figures have.

Yes, we have had a pandemic but many of us are now vaccinated so are as "safe" as we will ever be. If you don't want to risk getting infected, stay at home but I am not going to do that. I have only just been "allowed" by the Government to see my daughter who lives in Yorkshire after nearly a year of being told that I can't - the way we have been treated and told to exist (it certainly hasn't been living) is totally inhuman and it needs to stop.

if there was any, I’d rather not know



Oh dear, are the little people upsetting you by standing up for themselves again?

I didn’t approve of fans not obeying covid regs, taking the knee, or booing the German National anthem. On the plus side it was fantastic to win and have something positive.