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What’s your take on wearing an England Jersey?

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    #62
    Sam Quentin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    HUH?
    Emmmm thousands of Irish wear 'English' jerseys every day in Ireland!?


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    #63
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    thebull85 wrote: »
    LOL, this reminds me of a few friends of mine trying to justify following Man United, "but my uncle worked in manchester in the 70s"

    FFS

    Mad how you never hear of any Crystal Palace fans or Birmingham fans over here given that 1000's flocked to those places too!


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    #64
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,917 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    You don’t have to be a soup slurping, royalist/Anglophile Cork person to wear one but it helps.


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    #65
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Mutant z wrote: »
    it practically amounts to treason.

    No it doesn't.
    Well it does in fairness it would be like a Brazilian wearing an Argentinian Jersey i don't think such a thing would go down too well do you.


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    #66
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,799 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Mutant z wrote: »
    Well it does in fairness it would be like a Brazilian wearing an Argentinian Jersey i don't think such a thing would go down too well do you.

    This is treason, no mention of jerseys anywhere...

    ...that treason shall consist only in levying war against the State, on assisting any State or person or inciting or conspiring with any person to levy war against the State, or attempting by force of arms or other violent means to overthrow the organs of government, established by the Constitution, or taking part or being concerned in or inciting or conspiring with any person to make or to take part or be concerned in any such attempt:


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    #67
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Mutant z wrote: »
    Why would an Irish person support the English national team for it practically amounts to treason.

    Because they watch their league week in and week out and call their teams 'us' and 'we'. Henderson/Rashford is a legend to them for a full season but then is a scumbag for a few weeks in the summer. The majority of Irish football fans manage to delude themselves and everyone else into this logic somehow. It's actually funny.


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    #68
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users Posts: 4,518 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    I got myself a Rangers one there yesterday...looks good!


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    #69
    Omackeral
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    Mutant z wrote: »
    Well it does in fairness it would be like a Brazilian wearing an Argentinian Jersey i don't think such a thing would go down too well do you.

    Yeah but by the same token you wouldn't get a fella from Sao Paulo wearing a Boca Juniors or River Plate jersey. Can't say the same for a Dub wearing an Arsenal jersey.


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    #70
    Menelaun
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭Menelaun


    JeffKenna wrote: »
    I got myself a Rangers one there yesterday...looks good!

    Blue isn’t really my color


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    #71
    [Deleted User]
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    Mutant z wrote: »
    Why would an Irish person support the English national team for it practically amounts to treason.

    Well I know that I support England because as a kid, I loved Bryan Robson and he was the England captain. I thought that as he was captain of Man utd and I followed them, I would also follow England as I recognised most of the players.

    The Republic of Ireland had a team full of Scottish, English and various other nationalities as well as being managed by an Englishman.

    I chose to support England and I feel that once you pick a football team, you don't change.

    I don't look at football (or any sport) as some representation of national pride. I support England because they are a team I would like to see do well.


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    #72
    Broxi_Bear_Eire
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    JeffKenna wrote: »
    I got myself a Rangers one there yesterday...looks good!

    Well done I don't wear one to old but polo shirts yes :)


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    #73
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,480 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    I have succumbed to the original Irish Test Cricket top, but beyond that it's got to be England Football and Rugby jerseys, plus a Yorkshire floppy hat


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    #74
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Beasty wrote: »
    I have succumbed to the original Irish Test Cricket top, but beyond that it's got to be England Football and Rugby jerseys, plus a Yorkshire floppy hat

    Until Yorkshire declares independence you mean?

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #75
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    If your a grow man wearing a football jersey and not playing or training you should be shot on site regardless of the team , nation or whatever ,

    Oh, so everyone over a certain age should wear cardigans, slacks and slippers, so?

    Jerseys are smart, comfortable and look good. I'm in my 50s and have dozens - I wear them to work, when I'm at home, when I'm shopping, when I'm in the pub, pretty much anywhere there's no need to look "dressed up". Always have done, always will do (hopefully well into my 90s :D)

    I have my Russia jersey on today, and will be wearing my Argentina jersey when they play.


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    #76
    juanjo
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭juanjo


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9k2oY8MTzk


    Vamos España!!!


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    #77
    TheValeyard
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    Id wear an Iceland jersey, sure there only a sea away.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #78
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Mutant z wrote: »
    Well it does in fairness it would be like a Brazilian wearing an Argentinian Jersey i don't think such a thing would go down too well do you.

    Yeah but by the same token you wouldn't get a fella from Sao Paulo wearing a Boca Juniors or River Plate jersey. Can't say the same for a Dub wearing an Arsenal jersey.
    There's a huge difference between supporting a club and a country a very huge difference.


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    #79
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    You timed this thread very badly, OP. YOu can cause maximum outrage around midnight on a Friday night. That’s when the barstool Republicans and those that always disagree with them are at their most sensitive. Usually plenty of drink taken I suppose.


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    #80
    Eggs For Dinner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,942 ✭✭✭Eggs For Dinner


    IMO, you can wear any Club jersey you like, but I'll new understand why anyone would want to wear the National jersey of a different country


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    #81
    Menelaun
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭Menelaun


    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    Oh, so everyone over a certain age should wear cardigans, slacks and slippers, so?

    Jerseys are smart, comfortable and look good. I'm in my 50s and have dozens - I wear them to work, when I'm at home, when I'm shopping, when I'm in the pub, pretty much anywhere there's no need to look "dressed up". Always have done, always will do (hopefully well into my 90s :D)

    I have my Russia jersey on today, and will be wearing my Argentina jersey when they play.
    Where’d you get the Russian one from??


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    #82
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Mutant z wrote: »
    There's a huge difference between supporting a club and a country a very huge difference.

    How is it huge?


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    #83
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Eggs For Dinner wrote: »
    IMO, you can wear any Club jersey you like, but I'll new understand why anyone would want to wear the National jersey of a different country

    Why not?!


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    #84
    lawred2
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    Menelaun wrote: »
    Bought the new England Jersey today in Dublin,some of my mates are horrified I bought one.

    Is this a common reaction still considering the majority of fans support English teams?

    Yeah you didn't at all but the jersey. Obvious wind-up


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    #85
    Sam Quentin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    JeffKenna wrote: »
    I got myself a Rangers one there yesterday...looks good!

    Awwwwww that's ok HUN :P


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    #86
    [Deleted User]
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    Yeah you didn't at all but the jersey. Obvious wind-up

    Cant speak for the OP but I can honestly say that mine arrived today via DHL. Top quality knock off from Hong Kong.


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    #87
    Menelaun
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭Menelaun


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Cant speak for the OP but I can honestly say that mine arrived today via DHL. Top quality knock off from Hong Kong.

    Bought mine from the Retail Park in Liffey Valley in the Elverys

    Want the receipt;)


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    #88
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    The mindset in Ireland is mental. Support our own and be the best fans in the world and hate the English... until you ask someone who they support and they say Cork City or Shamrock Rovers. They'd probably be met with ''No but what English team like?'' as if it should be normal.

    Then they go on to say the standard is the deal breaker. Ok, so if your English team dropped to League 2 you'd still follow them massively? Of course I would, I'm loyal. Well then your standard thing goes out the window doesn't it?

    If it's a standard thing and location doesn't matter, why not follow Brazil or Spain? ''Ah I'm not from Brazil or Spain''. Yeah, you're not from Merseyside either.

    Can you imagine a guy from Laois following Kerry GAA or Dublin GAA. Wouldn't happen. It's just accepted over here as normal with football but it's definitely full of hypocrisy.


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    #89
    Eggs For Dinner
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Why not?!

    Because you are wearing the crest and colours of a different nation. I know many do it, I just don't understand why they would want to


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #91
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Wouldn't bother me personally.

    Word to the wise though OP, be careful where you wear it. I'd avoid pubs or any rough areas in general. There'd be a certain element out there who could take an exception.

    Bizarrely this element also usually tend to support one of the big English club sides.


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