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On 25/03/2021 at 17:10, Bluedell said:

Do away with the Scottish national team and just have a British team that we can all get behind. ??

I'd be uneasy with that. England would be happy as they would just start calling it England. But what about Wales and N.I. - would they want it?

 

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On 26/03/2021 at 08:35, JohnMc said:

Griffith's goals against England were fantastic both in terms of their quality but also their timing. Scotland, of course, managed to still mess it up with only seconds to go. I remember seeing a young Charlie Nicholas score a cracker against Switzerland I think on his Scotland debut. He was cheered to the rafters by the Scotland support that night, the majority of who must have been Rangers supporters. 

I did look at the Scotland side last night and think 'could they get anymore Celtic players or supporters into that side!' but once the match started I can temporarily suspend allegiances. In the end I accepted Maurice Johnson scoring for Rangers, I can accept Griffiths scoring for Scotland.

Agree. I cheered Scotland beating France at rugby as it pleased my Welsh mate as it meant his side won the six nations. What would happen to rugby if we had an all-British team??

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3 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Wanting your country to defeat another is one step away from xenophobia.

 

Appalling that this sort of thing still goes on.  It's 2021, for crying out loud!

If you mean that all international sport (between nation states) should be ended, then I concede you have a point. George Orwell said as much in an essay after the Moscow Dynamo tour of Britain after the WW2.

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