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@Don @Cashel Woods: Well some might call the Roman Catholic “conversion” in the 5th century oppression, which makes Italian/Roman oppression 1600 years!
@Don @Cashel Woods: sadly, I think it’s time for me and other moderate Ulstermen to delete the journal dot ie. It is clearly a hotbed of hatred for all who do not confirm to their narrow green extreme nationalism. Bye, folks and good luck achieving a united Ireland by alienating your northern brethren.
@James McCartney: The phrase ‘Roman Catholic’ wasn’t used until after the Reformation. Before that it was just the ‘Church’, the ‘Christian Church’, the ‘Church of Christ’ or similar.
@Boyd Gray: any team who has supporter’s who boo during a country’s national anthem don’t deserve to win. And if they are your ‘brethren’ you are very welcome to stay where you are!
@Derek Moran: No, they considered us and the Scots as complete lunatics and not worth the hassle. They even ceded parts of wales to Irish chieftains in an attempt to stop the incessant raiding by Irish.
@Don @Cashel Woods: You mean 800 years ago when the Normans conquered England then the Irish kings elected the Norman King of England to be their King and the Normans went to Ireland on orders from the pope who was sitting in Italy.
The Irish were so oppressed by the English that 30% of English people have Irish ancestry, 10% have an Irish grandparent the majority both, most are still alive and the majority living in Ireland, so there nearly 5 times more people in England with Irish ancestry than Ireland and more people with an Irish born grandparent in England than Ireland.
There is also a number of player in the England squad like Kane that are eligible to play for Ireland.
@Don @Cashel Woods: in comparison to all the things the church was doing to us right up until the start of this century the Crown forces oppression was miniscure by comparison.
@Boyd Gray: moderately throwing your toys out of the pram a bit there I’d say. Go to Scotland or Wales and ask the same question, you’d get Italy every time. It’s like the phrase ‘ I support [ insert Ireland, Scotland etc] and anyone else who’s playing England. Everybody loves to hate the old enemy, it is not extreme nationalism.
@Don @Cashel Woods:
Ah but they did!
Britain was invaded by the Romans and English people have Anglo Saxon, Roman, Viking etc DNA.
The ordinary working class English were the Canon fodder for their imperial wars.
The ordinary working class English lived in dire poverty while their masters lived in splendour for centuries.
Football is the working class game of England, the toffs play Rugby.
C’mon England!
@Paul Somers: Reminiscent of their behaviour in Landsdowne Road in what (’94 or ’96). A sçumbàg following, for a sçumbàg team. I am so glad I support a different sport than soccer. Who boo’s another teams National Anthem, sçumbàg’s do.
@Alan Wright: Good that you don’t sound like a bigot that tars everyone with the same brush. Also great that you are supporting a superior sports for superior human beings like yourself.
@James O Lone: English clubs are obviously based in england but that’s about it , vast majority of players are non English , vast majority of money in premiership is foreign .what makes the English clubs great are Foreign players and foreign owners not English players or English owners .
@James O Lone: Lot of these English clubs had a lot of Irish players over the years. Especially in and before the 60′s. Also lot of Irish people went to England to get work and would go to see football matches or Kids would get a contact with these clubs, example John Giles, Liam Whelan. Football was a working mans game. Less of a reason now for Irish people to support these clubs as times have moved on but with players like Pogba, Mo Salah kids want to have the kit of their favourite players. Also support of these clubs was sometimes handed down by parents.
@Terry McSweeney: missed my point completely, of all soccer that’s broadcast 90% is probably the Premier league which the vast majority of people who are on here will gladly watch enjoy and support , but will now hope the players from clubs they follow get beaten but in a couple of months would lose it if those same players were getting abuse on here. It’s just a bit childish tbh
@Terry McSweeney: that excuse is a new one because they had huge support in Ireland when the clubs were totally English – players and owners. It’s not like the fans of English club football moved their support from the LOI when Russian money moved in.
@Eugene Norman: And equally well if you can simulate a foul then it’s pointless staying up!
“There is an increasing trend of diving and simulation in soccer. The practice goes against sport ethics and what is morally acceptable conduct. In a perfect world, sports players, who are often idolized by younger generations, should project core value of fairness, integrity and respect. Pretending to be injured, making false contortions of the face at times when there is no contact made, flopping and then rolling around on the pitch very much go against those principles.” https://www.sports-king.com/dictionary.php?q=player-simulation
@James O Lone: those English clubs were founded and built up the ground up by working class people many of Irish origin, there’s Irish blood in the veins of every major team in England just like with LOI teams and that’s enough to justify supporting them especially when it’s often family traditions passed down since so and so grandfather or great grandfather was living in the UK
@James O Lone: You are obviously not a sports fan but we won’t hold that against you. We ‘anti brits’ like to see teams win on merit. Is diving even a sport? C’mon Italy!!!!!!!
@James O Lone: childish is booing other countries’ anthems and mocking a 6 year old girl. English fans deserve the reputation they have. A very sinister, xenophobic bunch. Live with it, boy.
@Leadóg: Ah yes, The Iceland Triangular Tournament between Iceland,the Republic of Ireland and Czechoslovakia. Forgive me if it slipped my mind. It was notable because David O’Leary could not be bothered to play in it and went on a family holiday instead.
@Padraig: that was the tournament between the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. All the nations of Britain and Ireland except for Guess Who?
@Patrick Brompton: You asked a question and got multiple answers which satisfied the question asked and conveyed your lack of knowledge about Ireland and its soccer victories. Now jog on little man.
@Patrick Brompton: We always win the best fans in the world competition, at least when we qualify, which actually gives us more prestige as a nation than winning any competition. Irish people have scored more winning goals in World Cup finals than any other nation, albeit in our imaginations and we have given foreigners the most famous phrase in Sporting history. “I love the Irish” paving the way for ‘Cead Mile Failtes in every country in the World. “When did we last win a tournament” The problem is we can’t stop losing!!
@Patrick Brompton: Ireland could not make it to the Eurovision let alone the Euros 2020 . There will never be another squad like the 1990 Republic team
Even though the media well some in the media are trying to push this closest neighbour’s nonsense on us it’s good to see the good people of ireland overwhelmingly voting for Italy. After all english fans are the worst fans on earth imagine booing the national anthem of a team who nearly lost a team mate a week or so before .
Not to mention the english lack of respect for other sovereign nations they ho around being a lap dog for the USA and disrespecting every other nation on earth .you who struggle to find a nation that likes them .peace
@Eoghan S Quinn: at the start of that Denmark v Finland game the Danish fans roundly booed the Finnish national anthem. This isn’t something that is isolated to English fans. Having said that, I hope the Italians batter them like a smoked cod.
@Gerard Smith: In fairness the denmark fans have never smashed up lansdowne rd they havnt been banned for europe for years for rampaging in a final that ultimately led to the deaths of Italians. The list goes on and also Finland had not nearly lost one of there players the week before they have no respect.
@Robert Preston: the fact that you have to hide behind a key board and call names like a baby tells me your not very bright .and to think I was being kind to england fans the truth is they are far worse than just booing .they smashed up a stadium in dublin while kids looked on they smash and urinate all over european cities when they play English clubs where banned for years from europe for years because they are the worst fans on earth hands down .and yes I do like peace but it is the war mongering english that dont like peace
@Disco Inferno: just for people who play the well they all support english teams .I for one dont bit for the record no teams in the EPL are actually english owned no english managers in the epl maybe one far more scotish managers so people who support the epl are supporting and international leauge not an english one
Surprised by this poll. I thought England would win considering there are 3 Irish players playing for them and, just like their one day cricket team, they can’t win anything without a few Irish in their squad.
Ironically the England section is blue-blue shirts, I have family that live in England and still wouldn’t be caught dead wishing them luck. Italy all the way, target Pickford he’s muck.
@Joe_X: Have you ever watch Italian football? Bullheads, scooters and fireworks thrown on the pitch, they fire fireworks at the players and across the pitch at rival fans, supporters even throw banana’s at their own black players.
I’ve England in the sweepstakes at work and I still want Italy to win… I hope it’s not anti-english, it’s anti-english football. They over hype themselves too much. While the hype has arguably been justified over the last three years, the last 2 decades of “golden generations” and what not have left a bad taste in the mouth.
Would all the anti English posters here accept English blood donated last week, in a time of shortage
in Ireland…..?
Like it or not The Green Island is dependent on England/UK in many ways, including UK guarding
Irish airspace….I won’t go on.
This comments section is hilarious, people going on about 800 years of this that and the other. The problems were between our governments and elites but not between the vast majority of people on both islands. A lot of the Irish elites are just as guilty as the British for what happened to the Irish but the same things also happened to the British as well especially when it came to Catholicism, like now back them the difference is class not nationality.
Its sad that so many you have so much hatred for English people for things that they are not even responsible for and millions of Irish people have benefited from England, about 30% of English people have Irish ancestry and a lot of people on both islands have close family ties on the other island.
Its not nice seeing politicians like Leo and Simon sticking their fingers up at the English people when they have both benefited from England, if it was not for England Leo would not even exist, his parents trained in England, met in England, got married in England and lived in England happily for 10 years, how many Irish people have benefited from the skills they learnt while in England? Leo had a privilege up bringing because of those skills. Simon went to the Royal Agriculture college in England and then become the Minister of Agriculture. Its a shame that many Irish politicians have benefited from England and now they are burning those bridges ending the benefits of England for millions of more Irish people.
Been living in the UK our watching the games some (not all) of the fans are actually vile and obnoxious. Not a fair reflection on the team that’s representing their country to be fair, in that sense I hope the players get the W.
I don’t really care either way, although I’d actually shout for England if it wasn’t for some of their moronic supporters booing the opposing national anthem. However politics should be kept out of sport, and banging on about Northern Ireland or 800 years of oppression are not valid reasons.
England were the better team on the night , Sterling should get a ban for diving , anyone diving should be shown the line , Denmark were never in the game , shmichael looked the best player on the pitch which says a lot about Denmark, also Pickford is a calamity waiting to happen which also shows how good Englands defence is after only letting in one goal with him between the posts .Italy look the likely winners though Spain nearly took them out , out of order booing national anthems , and that idiot with the laser needs to be banned ,
@Paddy Dunne: so ban anyone diving that would be most of the strikers and midfield players out then. I mean how much diving and play acting was in the spain italy match
I wanted to see England do well but not actually win the thing! Their fans have really turned me to supporting Italy in the final.
The cynical diving and petulance of the Italian players however is also quite bad, if not a lot worse than Sterling’s incident.
So overall, not too keen on either side! Depends on which team hasn’t brought the game the most into disrepute (which is a close call)
@Mathew Sheehan: Italian fans do the same but the Irish media are only obsessed with everything to do with the English.
Italian football hooliganism and racism is much worse than the English but you dont hear about it because most Irish are only interested in English football.
The worst fans in the world. Their fans seemed to matter more about whether they could beat up the Russians rather than if they were any good in the tournament.
@Paul Cunningham: Educate yourself, Italian hooliganism is worse than the English but just carry on living in fantasy land and carry on hating English people for things they are not responsible for, by the way the English you hate 30% of them have Irish ancestry.
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