Comments on: The Death Of Scottish Football

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 19:24:18 +0000

Perhaps if you had a Scottish accent you’d be subjected to the same racist abuse many of us Scots in England receive.

I don’t call racism “friendly banter”.

By: John Conners

John Conners — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:19:34 +0000

I can assure you that I’m 100% scottish. I have no idea where my accent came from. Maybe watching too much Starsky and Hutch when I was a kid.

By: Ade

Ade — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:52:58 +0000

That's cause we're just so darn nice john.

And you are Canadian too so the scottish thing doesn't come into it.

By: John Conners

John Conners — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:25:18 +0000

Yeah, you’re quite right, the Scots tend to be more ignorant and prejudiced towards English people than the other way around. I’ve experienced nothing worse than friendly banter since moving to England…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:03:12 +0000

Quote: "I used to love watching the Scotland vs. England matches - a good bit of nationalistic but friendly rivalry".

Unfortunately the same sentiment cannot be expressed by an English person watching the game in Scotland. I look back fondly on the Euro 1996 Scotland v England match when the 'friendly rivalry' I experienced in Dundee included having beer glasses hurled in my direction during the game.....

Never mind - we still won......

By: Ade

Ade — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:49:12 +0000

As scotland are so bad these days, I'm all for bringing back the annual england-scotland "friendly" of yesteryear.

Least then we could convincingly win something.

You'll have to stick to Golf and Snooker John - a few good Scots at those sports.

By: John Conners

John Conners — Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:59:09 +0000

I guess my negative comments show what a bad state Scottish football is in!

By: manxlennie

manxlennie — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 20:50:35 +0000

Okay…I dont know much about football coz I only really watch the World Cup…however…how any Scottish man can put down his home team so publically is beyond me. ;P I suppose you are only saying what the rest of us are thinking, god forbid my father finds out I shout for England to win, as he would never allow me over his doorstep again.

By: John Conners

John Conners — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 18:37:07 +0000

I’d put money on them doing better… And I’d have to agree about your great moments. They’re certainly the ones that spring to my mind.

By: Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke — Mon, 09 Sep 2002 16:04:49 +0000

The greatest moments of any Scottish football games are 1. Archie Gemmill’s goal against Holland and 2. Paul Gascoigne’s goal at Wembley.

I bet if you brought back Dalglish, Gemmill etc today (like they did in Michael Palin’s “Ripping Yarns”) they’d stand a better chance against the Faroe Islands.