Flag of St George outside an unnamed Dublin pub during the 2014 World Cup
Further to England’s World Cup advancement…
Ireland-based, England-born Malcolm D writes:
Having had a miniature St George flag ripped off my car during the last World Cup I am preparing to openly support England again and intend wearing my [Three Lions] replica shirt this weekend in Dublin. Is this a wise move or still too soon? Perhaps your readers could help?
Anyone?
Pic via Patrick Comerford
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Think as sad as it may be it is asking for trouble, I wouldnt do this.
nonsense, of course he should. it’s not like we haven’t seen an englishman before is it?
Do the colours match your skin tone?
Whatever floats your boat Malcolm.
Sure aren’t Irish fans only de best?
The Japanese fans and players are something special though :)
The fans cleaned the seating area, and the players left a spotless locker room with a ‘thank you’re note.
Very sweet, in fairness.
Back in the equally hot summer of 2006 I had the ride a few times with a fit English fella (called Ant, no less) during the World Cup. He said when he wore his jersey he got bottles thrown at him. Don’t know if it’s still the same. It depends what pubs you go to. Stick to the places where it’s safety in numbers – avoid that place on Dame St that Argentina fans gather, for example. And probably most of Crumlin.
That’s a lovely introductory line, missred.
It’s also wishful thinking for a repeat, Andy. This heat has me restless!
By “restless” I mean humping the walls
Her indoors has the opposite reaction.
It’s a dry spell in more ways then one!
Can’t wait for the cold, wind and rain to return!!
whack one out over her face while she’s asleep
Such an old romantic.
I thought I had the reverse of seasonal affective disorder where sun made me depressed, obviously my mojo ain’t thinking like that. I semi prefer it in the winter too, though my last ginger was the opposite, he preferred the buckets of sweat flying in all directions and couldn’t be bothered with a towel after
Ha. My mouth formed a moue while reading that.
a towel for what?
A towel would be for taking off any post coital sweat if one feels like it.
What in the name of god is a moue, m’dear? I’d like to think it’s some sort of aide
It’s when you scrunch your mouth so it looks like a cat’s hoop.
Ah I’ve seen worse faces as a fella finishes off, Andy. Cat’s bottom isn’t even the half of it!
Aye. I’d hop up on a cracked tile, I used to say when single. Up on a gust of wind.
Don’t worry. Some poor fool’ll fling his willy up ya soon. As sure as eggs is eggs.
Preferably ginger, with decent teeth and no beer belly and I’m his. It may get to the stage when I have to lower my criteria though. Whew, it is warm in here still….
Like Damian Lewis? I saw him for realz in London once. Tall and incredibly striking.
Oooh I love me a bit of Mr Lewis…. weirdly I like his posh voice too… it all adds to the bad boy thing…
Depends where you walk / drive / work / plan on going to watch the match etc…
Popping into Temple Bar to watch the game with the 3 lions on? You’ll be right at home…
Popping in to Noctors pub across town in Sheriff St? Best not…
Wear your colours with pride man. Haters gonna hate anyway but hiding your colours means they win.
+1
Wear your colours. Most people don’t care one way or another. You will always get idiots though.
I’d love to see England win the World Cup.
exactly. wear your 3 french lions with pride ;)
pride.
see what i did there?
like gay pride? are lions gay?
do spend a lot of time licking their own testicles, which, like most other acts of sexual deviance, is a gay thing
Now bb, the heat is clearly getting to you, either that or you’ve caught something anti social… Like homophobia.
apparently so, according to wiki
Lions
Further information: Sexual behavior of lions
File:Wuppertal – Zoo – Panthera leo 01 (1) ies.webm
Male lions mating
Both male and female lions have been seen to interact homosexually.[83][84] Male lions pair-bond for a number of days and initiate homosexual activity with affectionate nuzzling and caressing, leading to mounting and thrusting. About 8% of mountings have been observed to occur with other males. Pairings between females are held to be fairly common in captivity but have not been observed in the wild.
ah soq, i’d have hoped by now you’d have known i’m joking… go on off now and lick your balls, you weirdo
Don’t forget to scream it from the rooftops.
Couple of years ago I would have looked askance at anyone complaining about the english in this context.
Then I belatedly got educated on the true causes of the famine in ireland, and the english empire’s use of systematic use of famine as a imperialist protocol globally.
Then I got educated on how their country is built on genocide, much of it still unacknowledged and all of it still being felt today, while they still lecture other countries on human rights.
Then I read surveys that suggest the current english pop are quite happy and proud of this history, probably because their curriculum was whitewashed.
I no longer look askance.
Just part of my late-bloomer fisher price political journey.
So the Brits introduced blight into Ireland/Scotland to start a famine?
So you blame Malcolm for all of this? What are you going to do when you see someone in an England jersey Simon?
Verbally abuse them? Give them a slap?
No, you won’t, you’ll just quietly seethe inside.
Grow up Simon.
Haven’t you heard of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Plague, Death and Malcolm?
Malcolm in the middle (of a baying mob)
anyone over the age of 15* is on dodgy territory wearing a replica shirt (of any team). general rule of thumb: if you don’t actually play for that team, you’ve no business wearing the shirt
*especially if you’re podgy or more
True! Wearing a replica shirt with the name of a man 20 years your junior is just a bit creepy if you think about it
Unfortunately Malcolm you’ve only got to read some of the anti-English racism that regularly appears on here to realise you’re probably going to be making the wrong move.
Ireland is defined by a massive chip on one shoulder and a huge inferiority complex resting on the other.
Even though England has been providing a safe welcome to Irish economic refugees for decades there’s also a strain of ingratitude running through the country.
It’s an ugly mix that shows Ireland off at its worst at times like this.
There’s a couple of lads in my local who commute to London every week for work – the sort of anti-English guff they come out with makes you wonder why they bother travelling if they hate the place so much.
Enjoy the game safe in the knowledge that would Ireland be in the world cup ( I know,but bear with me ) no Irishman in England would even be thinking of asking the question you ask and that makes you and your country the better for it.
*tugs forelock*
+6 (Birmingham)
ollie may have found about my fritzel cellar where i keep the stray englishman i pick up at 3am from the p1ss-soaked alleyways around temple bar.
you can have them back when ye get knocked out of the world cup.
there may be spray paint on a few of them
love the irish socialist republican(s)
Malcolm should be free to wear his England shirt without being in danger of endless patronising lectures by Enoch Powell fanboys.
You might as well chance it, it’ll be going back into storage Saturday evening anyway ;-)
mmm. three and a half hours without a goal from open play and their next match is against a mean swedish defence. it’s probably a good thing they’ve been practicing penalties..
hehe – beat me to it, Bernie
Great minds, Rob ;-)
After the England panama game I walked down ranelagh rd behind 3 hammered drunk English men, they were all wearing England kits. I’ve seen lots of jerseyed football fans around over the past few weeks but I did doubt the English fellas wisdom. Anyway, for the 10 min or so I walked behind them they received no abuse. One did get a whiff off a group of dub young fellas spliff and chased them down the road shouting, ‘mate, you got any to sell’. I didn’t hang around to see the outcome but I’d like to think we’ve all moved on
‘ I walked down ranelagh rd behind 3 hammered drunk English men’.
Not exactly the most anti-English areas in our fair city to be fair.
I wouldn’t say that now. Only the bravest Englishman would dare walk down Tudor Rd or Oxford lane at night
True.
I guess like Rugby Road just around the corner, they named it to lure those Englishfolk to their untimely demise!
Those who’d give abuse to people for wearing England shirts probably also support an English club.
“BRITS OUT! MAN U 4EVER!”
when you say “MAN U”, are you referring to manchester united? the american-owned, NYSE-listed football club with an american and canadian board of directors; portuguese manager; a squad of players made up of english, spanish, swedish, argentinian, french, chilean, belgian, brazilian, dutch, ecuadorian, serbian, italian, scottish players; and sponsored by german sportswear manufacturer Adidas and american automotive corporation General Motors?
that english club?
Imagine being an Irishman desperately willing for Harry Kane to score for his beloved Spurs every week – and now desperately willing for Sir Harry to fail in an England shirt.
It’s no wonder so many of them turn to drink.
do you have a replica shirt yourself by any chance ?
Harry kane of the mayo kanes?
Good with the feet but cant catch. He’s no lee keegan..
“Early life
Harry Edward Kane was born in Walthamstow, London to Kim and Patrick Kane and has one older brother, Charlie.[5][6][7] He has Irish ancestry through his father who is from Galway”
a galway man? i stand corrected. there’s only one fate for a galway youngfleh who can’t hurl..
Apparently all his sporting talent comes from his mother’s side, which is the cause of great chagrin to his Daddio.
That English club that plays in the EPL, yes.
Sure, we are all part of the global stew, but arguing that Man Utd are somehow not English is stretching it a bit.
Man U are as ‘English’ as the
English that invadedNormans that were invited into Ireland back in the 12 centuaryIf Renault had a German CEO, and had many Polish workers building the cars in the factory in France, would the cars themselves be any less French?
and it was owned by americans? then, yes, renault would be less french
Meanwhile in Portadown on Sunday, a man was dragged out through the front window of a car and badly beaten while sitting at traffic lights. His crime? He was wearing a football jersey which identified him as being a Catholic.
The ‘cultural’ celebrations have started so.
The vast, vast majority of us don’t give a damn what jersey you wear, there is a whole generation of youngers walking around now with union jacked branded clothing and nobody says anything, admittedly I am a bit surprised to see it, but it isn’t my business. There will always be some “joker” who thinks it’s funny to lob a bottle or attempt banter/murder in Dublin, saying that, try walking daahn Peckam high street or Howslow in London in a German Soccerball jersey..see how long you’d go before someone starts throwing plastic furniture and bins at you..
Do you know that the union jack is made up of flags from the various countries within the union? (England, Scotland and Ireland, but not Wales) It contains St Patrick’s flag – to represent Ireland.
So Paddy can wear it with pride.
Mmmm no. Well, everyone can wear what they like, sure, but the Union Jack is basically England saying ‘look at all these countries we conquered!’, and not some emblem representation of a harmonious union of countries, with none inferior to any of the others.
Not exactly. If that were true then the union jack would have included bits of all 83 countries within the empire. But it doesn’t. Ireland wasn’t part of the conquered. Ireland was the conqueror – over a third of the “British army” in the 18th/19th century was Irish regiments.
Hunger contributes most efficiently to cannon fodder..
The way that you are describing it makes it sound like England invited us to take part in this joint-enterprise, rather than several hundred years of subjugation to co-opt us.
Similarly, joining the British Army was often the only choice for some sons that didn’t inherit their family’s land, it is necessarily an endorsement of the union.
Ah Broadsheet, the home of the self loathing Stockholm syndrome suffering smarmbags. The only place you’ll find people loving England and hating Israel. Cos like Hamas loike……. England has so much blood on its hands. Gallons of it Irish.
Love Elron’s hate !
s/
Hiya Elron !
Thats me the half breed, eng/ire, hamas hating, jew loving, green voting, typical Broadsheet commenting eejit.
Nice to be recognised.
ah FFS
wear what ya like bhoy
just cause some of us don’t like it doesn’t mean you need to come on here to get an excuse not wear your colours
like
if you were all that
loud and proud about your jersey like
no-one would stop you wearing it
bloody wimp
and trying to blame the Paddies n’all
cop on ta’ yerself ou’dat
It was great to have couple of English lads in the pub last night when Columbia scored. Everyone cheered except them. It’ll be even better when Sweden knock them out. So wear it, Irish people will find it very entertaining.
A fine display of embittered Irish begrudgery on display here today.
Top internetting Malcolm.
I’m off to order my replica 33rd Team shirt in memory of the international laughing stock Ireland became over the Hand of Frog.
in fairness, charger – it’s english people like you who give the rest a bad reputation. and it’s not just on broadsheet. and it’s not just in ireland. nobody anywhere likes you. it’s because you’re a cn ut. english people like you should apologise to the many decent english people for the harm you do to them.
brother, why do you take this lad seriously?
To be honest old sport it’s hard to take seriously someone who hasn’t mastered the use of capital letters.
The English language is important and should be used correctly,especially if you’re attempting to insult a fellow.
Try a tad harder next time.
Tad huh
Could try harder yourself
just a tad
say all that again, but this time with proper placement of commas. i’ll start you off:
“To be honest, old sport, it’s…”
off you go now
I want England to do well, I do not want England to win the World Cup. Please England, be bad now. Thanks
forgive the typo, plse :)
No.