Literally Everyone Hates England.

[@zak725]

There are two types of team people like in Sports. Winners and underdogs, the fact that England managed to be neither of these two is one of the reasons why no neutral friends like them.

[@Vizeh]

That’s a great way to describe it cheers

[@garruksson]

Lol, that's literally why England, The netherlands and Portugal are my favorite national teams, so your dichotomy doesn't work.

[@PedroKing19]

@@garruksson Portugal have won something in my lifetime, so I would consider them Winners. Netherlands are underdogs, because they hope to win but never do. England never win but their media is so sure they will, that I can't call them underdogs.

[@edi0157]

Personally that s why I like the England NT (as a Romanian). Feels like the most relatable of the major nations with that hope of “maybe we win this time, look, we aren’t losing to teams like Iceland anymore…nah, not this time. But look, next time the final is being played at Wembley, surely now…oh, it was so close, just a penalty loss in the final, fuckk”. The fact that there is always a genuine chance for them to win yet they haven’t done so since 1966 is insane to me, feel like they deserve to get a trophy too. Then again, this time we did qualify so fuck everyone else, go Romania!🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@aandwdabest]

@@PedroKing19 Netherlands did win the Euro vs Soviet Union in 1988.

[@Mark-uh3un]

England have less European championships than the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Greece, yet their fans act like it is their god given right to win it every single time.

[@iRyanMal]

Shhhhh It’s coming home

[@woodside4life]

@@iRyanMal😂😂😂

[@Ngraini]

And Denmark

[@someperson3883]

The USSR last played in the Euro in 1992 and still have more titles than England

[@nwptk6718]

AND WE LOVE IT

[@zoltank590]

The English media is the issue, not the national team. Anytime a foreign team does well against England there is never praise given to the opposing side, only excuses for the poor performance of the England squad. Almost like it is impossible to accept that any foreign side is better. No, it must have just been a poor performance for the squad.

[@qwertymehta8342]

No one is forcing people from other countries to read or watch English media though? I don't get why people care so much when you can just watch your own country's sports media and not face the same problems

[@theonlydiego1]

I like the fact that England have never beat the United States in a World Cup, and in fact have a losing record of 0-2-1.

[@ophelia.m949]

​@@qwertymehta8342 During the last world cup before the France - England match, the English media kept saying Hugo Lloris was the weak point of the team, and in France, a lot of media were talking about it. There was another thing just before the same match done by English media ( the Sun) ads with Rashford and another with Walker. "Ahead of the World Cup meeting between England and France this evening, they have placed an ad near major landmarks in Paris to warn the French that they are about to be knocked out. It features hilarious puns such as 'it's Gaul over' and some badly translated French phrases. It has been about as well received as you would expect, both by France and England fans." Just to say, even if you just listen to your country's media, you can still hear things said and done by the English press

[@roketynoramallorca2882]

believe me. its not the media. i love the premier league and their fans. but i hate the england fans. they are not funny, they are not humble, they simply try to feel better by putting down others. They are even sore winners. Just remember in the world cup how the whole stadium was cheering when a little girl was crying.

[@Luciry123]

@@qwertymehta8342 Other countries Fans don't have a tendency to topple and burn ambulances, Boo at other nations national anthems and shine laser pointers in the opposing keepers eyes.

[@Defa.]

I'm Finnish. I have nothing against England, it is a lovely country, and you have a skilled national team. But good lord are some of the fans, which i presume to be a very vocal minority, absolutely insufferable. Arrogance, entitlement, disrespect towards other nations, hooliganism, you name it. This is not helped by the fact that the internets primary language is english so one will see more England fans being fools than of any other country. Personally i understand "it's coming home" being ironic, but not all England fans seem to do so. It's such a shame as i would look England as a sympathetic side to root for otherwise.

[@BSell-b1q]

Yes yes, how DARE england fans support their own national team!!!!!! I'm willing to bet these "hooligans" you're whining about probably were just normal fans daring to answer back to the unfair relentless attacks that england fans get from the stinking jealous masses

[@xcvb213]

This.

[@lrw6447]

Anglophobic sentiment) makes English fans hate whoever’s playing against them.

[@AwkwardAuction]

Well said, mate 👍🏽

[@itsamejc]

yh most of the fans who do this are just plain rude like after euro 2020 they where tossing racial slurs to all the black players

[@ShaneFoy6]

As an Irishman, we obviously have a lot of traditional reasons to hate England. But honestly our own national team are so boring and uninspired its often more fun to just root for whoever England play against, usually as a wind up.

[@Vizeh]

Yeah if you’re Irish I completely get that

[@Gingerninja738]

Honestly thats what i do aswell. Like im half welsh so ill go support them if Ireland isnt there but the Ireland team is just not all there right now.

[@bigsoap7152]

Mate I mean this in a nice way but we cant talk about boring if yer from monghan

[@ShaneFoy6]

@@Vizeh It's a hard life watching Jeff Hendrick and Robbie Brady sideways pass our way to a 0-0 draw with the mighty Andorra

[@Jack-dv6oi]

@@Vizeh Not really because its a totally one way thing. English people aren't bothered in the slightest about supporting whoever is playing Ireland, or Scotland. It's pathetic they're still trying to force this rivalry when the English are so apathetic towards them.

[@123batina]

When you read "we hate your fans" it resonated with me. You see, I'm from Croatia. Very touristy country mind you. And we are Balkan ppl meaning not posh by any standard. But. When you go to quaint Dalmatian town and hear a rowdy bunch, it's most likely English. When you see someone pissed to the point of hurling in the same kind of street - yup, prolly English. Someone filmed a person defecating at1 in the morning in front of someone's door. Ends up on morning press portals. Heavy British accent. I know it's a minority of you guys. But it's very vocal. Locals in Dalmatia openly hate young British tourists. Do you blame them?

[@highqualityorangejuice420]

True as a german, everything I see of most fans is a great atmosphere and sportsmanship, and then the first thing I saw from english fans are arrogant unprovoked slurs. the first video of English people I saw was just English fans throwing benches and chairs at each other and just vandalizing a bar/public viewing stand they make it very hard for themselves to be likeable

[@ZireNag]

As an Englishman my answer to "Do you blame them?" is simple. Absolutely not. I completely understand it and in these regards our nation needs to accept, our drinking culture is very unhealthy and a source of shame. I feel it is changing somewhat though with the youngest adults, as their drinking culture is seemingly improving. The aim no longer seems to be to get absolutely smashed. They seem to have a degree of respect for the need to respect the negatives of alcohol. It actually took me until my 30's, and an eastern European girlfriend, to really take stock of idiotic my lack of moderation was.

[@AmateurHEROduelist]

We have a large slum class of English people due to our slow managed economic decline since ww2. We have generations of families now on welfare

[@danieldol.1930]

As a portuguese, I don't dislike England nor the National Team, but I do dislike most of your media, and I do think they have somewhat of a responsability in how people behave. The english media always hypes things up in a similar way the american media says "we're the best country in the world". And btw, the trashing of the streets is not something that only happens when there's football matches, I feel like it's culture by now, like tourism plays a part in everyone hating you guys, at least every summer here in Portugal, especially in Algarve, there's always issues between the police and young english man because they tend to break windows, cafes, chairs, etc. I do have to say though, the older english people who come here, and even choose to retire here, tend to behave.

[@elliotsloan3983]

I've been to the Algarve and stayed in a Robinsons all inclusive hotel/site. It was beautiful and I'd definitely go again.

[@samuelpinder1215]

Love Portugal. Better than Spain for sure.

[@mongol62]

So true. Honestly, this video massively underplays the impact of the media, which is a bit surprising, when the (Western) media quite literally control the world.

[@JoaoReis-ku9fc]

Os gajos tmb nos roubaram nas meias do mundial de 66.

[@captainchainsaw8856]

Yep going abroad, getting drunk & generally behaving like twats definitely doesn't help the image. And the rest of us get tarred with the same brush

[@tinyrodent2821]

It's the English drinking culture in general that is our issue. Qatar WC was the only time in the history of the competition where an England fan wasn't arrested, and we can't pretend like the key factor wasn't the alcohol ban. Me and my mates booked a villa in Croatia last summer and at the end the host said her Mother wanted her to reject our booking when she saw we were a group of 9 English people, she was worried we'd trash the house. Which we didn't, and she apologised for her mother's prejudice.

[@leohickey4953]

I do sympathise with that lady, thanks to the appalling behaviour of too many English people, but that just increases the responsibility of the rest to behave better and change perceptions. I remember going on a preseason tour of Belgium (I'm an Everton fan), and we arrived at the hotel between staff shifts, so there weren't many people around to book us in or make sure rooms were ready. The hotelier was very fearful that a coach load of English football fans would give him trouble, but by the end of the week we'd become such friends that he gave us a crate of embossed beer glasses to take home and hoped he'd see us again the next year. It really doesn't take much effort.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

Dont speak for everybody ,when your a nobody 😂

[@tinyrodent2821]

@@Stephen-lx9nm you're* you 5 year old. And I'm not speaking for anyone, I'm stating a very obvious fact, is it a shock that they went ahead and put a drinking ban on ONLY our first game at the Euros?

[@willcomrie2853]

Scotland has a similar, if not worse drinking culture. And we have the polar opposite reputation.

[@Johnnyquid20]

Naa it's not the drinking, ots the egos and media

[@BlackBelkan]

Brazilian here, I said this on Twitter and I'll say it again, the only thing stopping england from winning anything is themselves. You guys constantly sabotage yourselves (usually the media) and end up putting too much pressure on the team. You guys are good, great even, so chill out and just win those games. And no, we don't mind the whole "it's coming home" thing, we Brazilians say worse things and nobody gives a damn really so don't worry about it. Celebrate your national team the way you want to.

[@fsplays9157]

That's true although when you Brazilians get uppity and take the playful ribbing to far it is fairly easy to shut you guys up. 7:1

[@YushiBoy-js1nk]

​@fsplays9157 Tbh, we actually don't care about 7:1, it's just you guys keep on repeating there same joke over and over and over again to the point of pissing us off, like come on, this was 8 years ago, get on with the times 😂😂😂. And I say this to every other football fan, no matter if they're from England or anywhere else.

[@BlackBelkan]

@@fsplays9157 yeah but 7-1 was just a game, if you ain't German you don't have no right to claim that, besides it's been a whole decade since so it doesn't bother me anymore (we have worse problems to deal with currently)

[@oilch1621]

@@BlackBelkani'm brazilian-german and i even i am not immune to the power of those words. used to joke that 7:1 was the catalyst for my parents' divorce 😂 i will always throw my weight behind brasil personally, but yeah... tough pill to swallow

[@antoinemozart243]

The same German team lost 6-0 to Spain....... 🤣🤣🤣

[@maxteraform]

I moved to England a few months ago, and I love taking the piss out of English fans. The players are great, and I'd love to see them progress, but watching fans tear their hair out when you inevitably lose, is very funny

[@bluesEvanskro]

Yeah that’s probably fair, we’re very emotional 😂

[@Vizeh]

Don’t worry we laugh at ourselves too

[@Jack-dv6oi]

Are you scottish?

[@maxteraform]

@@Jack-dv6oi Nah, Norwegian

[@oscar12ty]

@@maxteraformwe csnt take the piss out of anyone, we cant even qaulify😢

[@NWM_YT]

As a Welshman, the media is the thing that massively grinds my gears - very biased, will talk about England over analysing a random group game between 2 completely different countries, overhyping placers then invading their personal lives - I could go on all day (appreciate the feature in the video btw)

[@Jack-dv6oi]

Try watching the French media or the Italian media, or literally any country in the world. They talk about their own teams, much moreso than here. And rightly so, why shouldn't they.

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

Is there anything to say about the Welsh that is remotely relevant on any subject

[@grantnicholas8475]

​@Jack-dv6oi think the issue with British media talking about England 97% of the time is that there is other home nations that never get mentioned. Even when you watch a Scotland game they talk about England it's insane

[@GB-gi9by]

Yeah I get that, it’s like the international version of watching the media wank fest over the Sky 6. Only realised how bad it was once Forest got to the premier league and started to take noticed of the league and not the Championship.

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

@@GB-gi9by Again in English please

[@vanthomias5538]

In germany, we sympathize with underdogs like schottland, or last season Iceland. While the english (from what I saw on social media) make fun of them for losing.

[@Janek5046]

As a German I hate the rivalry English fans are trying to push for with their 2 WW and 1 WC chant for example. Like, the audacity after failing in every tournament for the last 60 years. Also the arrogance when talking about the premier league and calling every other league a farmers league while not really performing well in European competitions. To put it in the words of a great coach: Another failed tournament for England - I will love it and I think I deserve

[@drench1580]

So it’s ok for you to love it when England lose but England fans can’t be happy when the beat Germany 😂

[@borbel2121]

Drench you don't get it. As a Dane who lived many years in Germany, I can say they don't care about you. They hate the French more, and the Dutch are there biggest rivals. Englands nationalteam is the laughing stock of Europe

[@Janek5046]

@@drench1580 they have every right to be happy when they beat Germany, but they see themselves as something they are not, as rivals. Italy are rivals, France are as well. Also the Netherlands are way more of a rival than England. I want them to ne realistic about their achievments and their place in world football.

[@drench1580]

@@Janek5046 it sounds like you are the arrogant one in that case as you think Germany is somehow above other footballing nations and other countries should “know their place”

[@Janek5046]

@@drench1580 that is true lol But at least my arrogance is backed by a lot of titles

[@DynMorgannwg]

As a Welshman, all the radio stations are English and during tournaments, of course, all that would play on the radio was It’s Coming Home, and as someone who as I said, wasn’t English, it was unbearable. Especially during 2016 when England didn’t even do well whilst Wales were flying but all I saw and heard was stuff about England and that fucking song. Thank god for bluetooth speakers in Cars being more widespread nowadays as every car ride in the summer was hell beforehand.

[@paulsteier8146]

Every time I hear someone bush about the mythical 'red wall' is just as sickening

[@Vizeh]

Yeah I could get the annoying it would be 100%

[@Clwydz_redmenYNWA]

Spot on mate !I’m from north wales.& you put talksport or sky sports on. All it’s about is England and acting there the best team ever being pure arrogant like there fans ! All they do is sing that silly song. Which does nothing for them as it’s never been home and never will be 😂😂

[@DynMorgannwg]

@@paulsteier8146 I’ll give you that, some people can be insufferable with that as well, but I’m sure even you can acknowledge that one is much more prevalent than the other. Seriously, please keep you’re new national anthem to yourselves.

[@briton3851]

@@Clwydz_redmenYNWA i live in England and they're all taking the piss out of me, well we shall be the ones laughing when they lose in the quarter finals

[@Nick.Martin.]

“Football’s Coming Home” is about dreaming what your team does. Not reality. I wish this was understood because as the song says “England’s gonna throw it away” and deep down we know this, sadly!

[@timotheematos44]

Coming home, was just the moment the Euro Cup was played in England in 96

[@mdamiciful]

It’s less the assertion that England are going to win with this song and more the claim that England is football’s home.

[@timotheematos44]

@@mdamiciful Yes

[@Nick.Martin.]

@@mdamiciful in the sense that the rules to Association Football were created out of necessity in England. It is where the modern game was born. That’s simple fact.

[@mdamiciful]

@@Nick.Martin. yes I know that, but that’s not how it’s heard, it’s taking possession of something that objectively belongs to everyone

[@yassin528]

I think people love the squad, but we hate biased English fans. Disrespecting other Nations because their players don’t play in the premier league and always think they should win the tournament even though they have only won one trophy in their history.

[@leonconnelly5303]

"Biased English fans" just means people supporting their team

[@Vizeh]

That seems common I agree

[@dummybirb3148]

People don’t love the squad. Most people call them overrated and refuse to accept they’re actually good

[@edwardkelly3280]

I don’t like any player who doesn’t play for Arsenal.

[@Lucaz99]

⁠@@dummybirb3148as a foreigner, very few people actually call the current squad overrated. It’s one of the best England squads ever. But the Three Lions used to be overrated in the last decade or more. They really started to step up from 2018 onwards imo.

[@draizeax1459]

Does somebody still remember how the English fans were making fun of the crying German girl during the Euros 2021, who looked like she wasn't even twelve 😭😭

[@PersonCidacus]

messed up icl

[@Sillykat321]

That was like 10 arseholes on twitter, out of a country of 55 million...

[@Ryin-yc6zh]

Not justifying it because it was wrong but I've seen countless times when an English kid crys at a football game and at least 7 countries fanbases laugh at them

[@LoyalFan9383]

Yh true that’s bad but we can nit pick every country

[@draizeax1459]

@@LoyalFan9383 is it really nitpicking in this scenario? To me it's like the 1000th reason to dislike the English fans

[@WRCSeb]

At the start of football’s coming home the words “it’s bad news for the English game” “they’re not creative enough they’re not positive enough” hit hard

[@Anomaly27]

58 years and counting... is this how it feels for a spurs fan who's waiting for a premier league title.

[@jamesavenell1205]

Iv'e seen trophies happen & it's no big deal although it appears to be for ignorant outsiders.

[@BBoySnakeDogG]

As an Englishman, it basically boils down to this: English people can't hold their drink as well as they think. There's this expectation in British society where to have fun doing anything as an adult, alcohol has to be involved. This bleeds into football and tourism in general, and makes us look like complete cockends to the international community as it's often their only experience with English people.

[@GamerFrisco]

Have a drink mate 👌 😂

[@AW-zk5qb]

Listen. I have just started the video, so be advised that what I say may be addressed in the video. But this is my take. I am an American, and our country gets hate in our direction, although for slightly different and similar reasons. The different reason is because we call it soccer and have many other sports more popular in our country (yet other countries do as well but don't get the hate) and thus they think we don't respect the sport enough. But that I think is more of a tool/outlet for expressing anti Americanism. Why? Because, whether you like America or not, the USA is the big dog in the world. The dominant nation. And yes, sometimes we Americans go a little overboard in our patriotism. But we have been repaid by hate that goes way beyond balancing that out. On the balance of the good vs bad a World Hegemon does in history, the US is very good as a World Hegemon. Now why do I mention that? Because I think that this dynamic, of using soccer/football as a tool/outlet for hate against the US because of the US' status and perceived arrogance, applies in some ways to the UK, England specifically. Why? Because before the US, the UK was the top dog in the world. The UK, especially England, had this sense of being a nation above other nations (not in the racial sense like certain others, but in the "our combination of power, democracy, accomplishments etc make us different from other nations). I mean the US originally was part of the British Empire, so maybe makes sense. Of course, the UK hasn't been the top dog in the world like the US is now, in about a century, so that hatred about that is a little bit subsided. But even with that, the UK has a legacy that makes it like the US in thinking its above other nations, and even today is one of the top powers in the world. That I think provides the foundation. But of course, the thing that makes people go into overdrive in disliking England in soccer/football, is the fact that England is historically HEAVILY underachieved, for a nation that is one of the biggest, wealthiest in Europe, and the birthplace of modern soccer/football. Yet the way the fans act, you know that if England EVER win, you'll never hear the end of it. It's like you constantly hear about how great England are, yet in history, England has made a grand total of 1 WC final, 3 WC semis, 1 euro final and 3 euro semis. For comparison, Germany has made 8 WC finals, 13 WC semis, and 6 euro finals, 9 euro semis. When you see this, I think most people think that England fans should be extremely humble about big upping their players. Even now, with I think England fans actually being more humble, I root against England in soccer/football. And that is saying something. I am an American of German and Chinese heritage, yet in basically all aspects, I favor the UK over Germany. I feel more kinship with the UK, like their foreign policy more, and just like their country more. Soccer/football is the ONLY thing I root for Germany over England in. Now with that being said, even understanding the underlying reasons for England hate (part resenting England's powerful place in the world, part being perplexed at historically England fans being arrogant despite being HUGE underachievers, and part not wanting to never hear the end of it if England wins), the anti England hysteria has I think gone too far. Most England fans are well aware of their past poor performances, and if anything expect something to go wrong, and like to take the piss at themselves and their team. And maybe in the 2010s England genuinely had a poor team for big European nation, but since 2020 (2018 was a lucky draw), England have genuinely been a top 4-5 team in the world. So people saying England always suck are wrong. All I want is people to be honest about some of their motivations behind lashing out at the US and England/UK, but also for England fans to not make us hear it for the next 70 years if they ever do win a tournament

[@Nick.Martin.]

@@AW-zk5qb I think it is easy to focus on those who demonstrate arrogance, and it is then all too easy to project that on the rest of us, like me, an England fan. I can feel comfortable singing “ Football’s coming home” because I know the lyrics- one line says we fans know “we’re going to throw it away”-it is an English joke told to ourselves that we’ll probably lose, but let’s have fun dreaming. I can understand why others think this is arrogant, when its intent is exactly the opposite. I accept however there are those who sing it arrogantly. England’s empirical past was nothing at all to be proud of, and on that score we should be ashamed, but that’s another story.

[@AW-zk5qb]

@@Nick.Martin. true. I might also say that the "it's coming home" might get other nations' fans angry for a different reason: the idea that England winning the trophy means that football is "coming home." As in the England is the home of football. Now in a technical sense it is, because it created the rules for football. But I think that some people take it as: the English think they are the owners of the sport itself, when you have at least 5-6 nations that are historically better at the sport than England. This is speculation on my part. I'm not really bothered by it, but I'm trying to infer that. But again, and I am speculating and bringing in other things, this might have to do with the nation above others or nation among nations. Honestly, besides the USA and UK, even though almost all nations have patriotism, almost all of them view themselves as nations among nations. USA and UK I believe often view themselves as above. And honestly, through accomplishments, power, and some genuinely good things (for the time), there is an argument. I think the "football's coming home" chant grinds their gears, because say an Italian, German, Spaniard etc is thinking "England fans should just consider themselves one nation among other nations, not the custodians and spiritual owners of the sport." This could be a reach, but just thought I'd throw that out there. And totally get the point about projecting. I think everyone needs to understand that in ANY nation, there are people who are arrogant and people who are not. Maybe when we make general statements, we mean what a larger portion of a population of a nation believes than another nation. As in if say 30-35% of Americans or Brits believe that their nation is above others, basically no other nation has even that amount of people who believe their nation is unique and above others. I don't want my next statement to come off as arrogant, because I know nations are made up of people, good and bad, and no one has a birthright to being the best, but as an American, I honestly expect my nation to be the best in any sport that it cares about as much as other nations. Meaning the idea that the US could care about a sport as much as another nation and not be the best is hard to wrap my mind around. I always wonder about an alternate reality in which soccer/football had been the top sport in the US from the 1800s

[@Nick.Martin.]

@@AW-zk5qb That song was written in 1996, the year England hosted the Euros. That’s what was meant by football coming home. It wasn’t about winning it but hosting it. This is what has been lost since. Our misfortune here is that it was a song with a catchy hook, simple and fun to sing in a crowd. If it had been crap, none of this nonsense and misunderstanding would have occurred. Oh how I wish! Nowadays mind you, we prefer to sing Sweet Caroline, which is also fun to sing as a crowd. That song has nothing to do with football at all, and makes no claims we’re going to win or if we’re a good team . It is about entertainment, enjoying and adding to the atmosphere and that’s all. I believe “Football’s Coming Home” was just about entertainment in a similar vein as Sweet Caroline. If the lyric was “Football’s Fun To Play” I think we might still have sung it because of the tune! I agree, if you’re saying in the end we’re all individuals, and that every country has good and bad. As to thinking we are or were top dog, I believe that nearly all Brits would agree we’re just not that any more and probably (almost certainly) never will be that again. Most of us know we’re in decline. Just to add, if you look at the winners, it is usually a country’s population that is an indicator of who wins. I believe, of the historical footballing loving nations, Brazil is the largest, then Germany, France, Italy etc. if we played as the UK, who knows how different football history might have been simply because of population size. I’ve no doubt if the US was a football nation, it would have dominated. Thanks for reading.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

I have friends across Europe and I find that the Germans are okay with us, everyone else does hate us though, I love the way Scottish hooligans become the nicest people on the planet when they travel just to make us look worse.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

Nah we don't like English fans

[@cyan_oxy6734]

​@@AFox-qc4khGermany isn't really a destination for party tourism as people with money go to the Netherlands to smoke weed and without money they go to Czechia to smoke weed. Germany doesn't have party beaches like Ibiza or Mallorca hence 'the obnoxious Englishman' just goes someplace else to get drunk.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

@@cyan_oxy6734 Ok, but we still don't like them.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

@@cyan_oxy6734 Germany is a great weekend away with the lads, places like Dusseldorf and Berlin in particular.

[@Jingobingo-d4m]

@@AFox-qc4kh sorry didn’t realise you was the entire country but Yh they should be on our side after we saved there asses in ww2

[@impossiblemovies323]

As a dane, i only hate a certain Raheem Sterling!

[@Footy13s]

Ha! I understand why you hate him, but I'm afraid that was not a dive

[@Vizeh]

That’s fair

[@magnus9003]

Det vildeste film ever. Raheem Sterling er ikke velkommen i Danmark

[@Footy13s]

@@magnus9003 What does that mean?

[@circle1552]

Oh, the same Sterling who you FOULED in the box? Rewatch the clip, Sterling gets clipped before he goes down. Also VAR checked it and gave the pen. Stop crying

[@lizardlenny]

You only have to read the lyrics of "football's coming home" to know it's about England always losing. Never understood how people don't get that.

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Haters got to hate. Not sure why so many Scottish commenter on here feel the need to justify their hatred of England. I thought it was a given.

[@bobbobson9952]

Most england fans don't get it

[@dragossuciu7388]

The fans don’t sing the whole song. Do you honestly think anyone else besides you lot know the lyrics?

[@NYRangers928]

Why would you sing a song about your team losing...?

[@lizardlenny]

@@NYRangers928 English football fans sing tons of self deprecating songs. "You're nothing special, we lose every week" "How shit must you be? We're winning away". "Football's coming home" embodies what it means to support England.

[@carolinj7398]

My biggest gripe with English fans is that they seem to be the only ones who consistently boo the national anthem of the other team. I cannot recall fans of other teams who do that.

[@userWCFL]

Albania

[@Rajpeanut]

France did that to the Dutch. It's not unusual.

[@eyadwafaaudy6240]

I think also a factor is the alcohol. When you lot came to Qatar for the World Cup there were no incidents at all. That’s because that was the first time you were exposed to a culture that doesn’t have alcohol

[@kkunleashed7991]

Wow that's a very good point, never thought about that before 😂

[@samuelpinder1215]

There was an irish or Welsh bar that all the English and Welsh went to

[@samuelpinder1215]

Also literally every other country in europe drinks stronger alcohol than we do

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@samuelpinder1215 But they hold their drink better...

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia incorrect.

[@LeviSerle-yp1ox]

As a Scotsman whenever we’re not in a tournament we say we support Anyone But England

[@circle1552]

Because you lot are pathetic

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

That's all; you skirts can do -- you're never part of anything

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

Life lived in a mirror -- you're not so much Scots as not-English -- you sum up your nothingness

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

Which is about every tournament

[@samuelpinder1215]

So every world cup then?

[@wheelysteve]

Don't care if they hate us; we're not them, they can do what they want. All nations have bad fans, we shouldn't apologise for loving our country and it's team. There's something beautiful about the way we always come to hope "this may be the one".

[@TheTomKatt92]

As an englishman I also hate our fans (Or a lot of them). They're so arrogant and have such high expectations, of winning even though we've really barely won anything. Sure the team IS GOOD, but we always flop and become a laughing stock so.

[@Wolfenhawk]

If everyone took a step back and had this mentality, there would literally be no problem. England are an excellent team and can do well without such high pressures. If every England fan was as levelheaded as yourself, I’d maybe come as close as to supporting them in tournaments.

[@Thatguykieran07]

I absolutely agree as a England fan

[@ClarkeyJay]

@@Wolfenhawk No you wouldn't. I go into every tournament saying I have belief because even if we didn't, people like you would say we said it anyway. Not sure who died and made you the 'how to support your team' police chief anyway.

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@ClarkeyJay Isn’t this coming from the “you’re a hypocrite for not speaking your own language” police? You’ve lost any credibility in being able to sustain a reasonable discussion and shown your true colours as a closet racist that blindly rages at anyone critiquing England. Go back to bashing forums for anyone that offends ingurlund, it’s sad

[@BSell-b1q]

You're just parroting what nerds on twitter say to virtue signal how "not arrogant" you are. We are not an arrogant nation at all, it's just something wogs say to cope. It is not "arrogant" to support your own national team ffs, and if Europeans and indians didnt have the mindset of 10 year olds they would be able to understand this.

[@FOOTBALLisKNOWLEDGE]

It's coming home is like "will griggs on fire, your defence is terrified" No one really believes it but it a fun song to sing

[@charlesgriffiths4901]

This literally couldn't be more true.

[@mrowespencer]

Also the song is even about the fact that no one really believes it. And they know it's a silly thing to get upset about, so are pre-emptively laughing at themselves, knowing their hearts are about to get broken, again... It's a brilliant song.

[@Joseph-zb7lq]

It’s the media. Commenting from Zambia btw. The English press overhype English players, this results in English players having these ridiculous transfer fees even when they’re not that good. Also if England win any major tournaments we will never hear the end of it. You still talk about the 1966 win like it was yesterday.😭

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

The world awaits a first Arfican team to even reach a world cup final 😂

[@matttbelll]

@@Jackie-ji2sjcomments like this are the reason nobody likes England fans. Like did u even watch the video at all? I don’t really think bro cares that Zambia has never been to a World Cup final because they know they are shit just like us in Scotland, we know our national team is shit so whenever an arrogant English fan like you says shit like that we don’t really care much because again we don’t really have much of an ego we know we’re shit

[@pedrovilasgomes9144]

@@Jackie-ji2sj the french won't let this happen

[@McLarry88]

@@pedrovilasgomes9144 France is an African team

[@Palace-22Junge]

​@@Jackie-ji2sjWhy you hating African because of one Nation. Do they hate Europe because of England?

[@josefhartman498]

*BANG BANG* CAM ON INGERLAND *BANG BANG* WIN SAM FACKING CUPS!!! *BANG BANG*

[@Vizeh]

BANG BANG SCORE SOME FUCKIN GOALS BANG BANG

[@TanakaSigauke]

I love how it says translate to english

[@relentless1989]

ingerland have more of a chance of winning a tournament than england...😂😂😂

[@EliasRoy]

😂😂😂😂

[@NKJonSnow]

I’m English and the hate is justified we go into every tournament with extreme arrogance even though we have only ever won one trophy in our history. It’s less toxic than before but it’s still there. If we won a lot then the arrogance would be justifiable like Brazil but we are not on that level we somehow always fail. I also find it hilarious how people don’t give Southgate his flowers for what he has done first final since 66 and first semifinal since Southgate played and yet the team always is a favourite yet still disappoint. Southgate has problems but needs to be given his praise for what he has done. Anyway can’t wait for us to lose in the QF I’m actually going to rage if it happens.😂😂😂

[@bluesEvanskro]

I’m English and I reckon we will get further than the quarters, maybe even another final, but I’m just prepared to lose on pens or a dodgy decision or a deflection or something as we always do

[@Vizeh]

Damn the paragraph had hit me personally bro😂

[@leonconnelly5303]

It's just people supporting there team,

[@cobbler9113]

Yes, Southgate did get us to the final at Euro 2020, but he bottled it. He's also way too conservative and keeps picking his mates. Personally, we should probably just go to someone like Klopp and throw the whole budget at him if that's what it takes.

[@parker-ii7fg]

You are right about that I remember before the Iceland game at Euro 2016 on the BBC pre match coverage Shearer stated that 'they (Iceland) will be a good warm up for the team ahead of the France game'. Just assumed we would just roll them over.

[@RW-nr6bh]

I went to watch England v North Macedonia Euros qualifier at Old Trafford and sat in the row in front of me was an entire family of Indian heritage, from grandparents in traditional clothing, westernised parents all the way to young excited kids in England shirts. They were all loving it. It made me think maybe the perception of watching England is changing and people from different backgrounds now feel it's a place they can come to.

[@shrisiva4016]

It's because we have had Indian immigration for a long time. Unfortunately, everyone's perspective on England hasn't changed

[@Mlaargaar]

6:29 I’d like to correct you here at this bit.. as much as the “neutral” section was touted by a number of Juventus fans, most of those fans were neutral, and a lot of them were families too. The youngest person who died was 11 years old. I’m not surprised that Europe hasn’t forgotten about how dreadful Liverpool fans were that day.

[@alistairmonro]

And they still did it again

[@harrywellbelove6897]

Scouse not English

[@cyn1clcynide]

​@@harrywellbelove6897 you sound like you touch kids at Camden

[@liverbot4854]

Look at the numpties in your replies. Another reason why English fans are hated.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

A dude with a popular channel (Fiago) did a feature on Heysel lately. Guess what? In the comments most people had never heard of Heysel even though they'd heard a billion times over about Munich 1958 or Hillsborough. It's as though the loss of English lives is more important to commemorate than that of Italians!

[@davidmurowe5509]

we are a arrogant country with delusional fans every tournament I here it’s coming home and when we lose we get clowned on

[@Footy13s]

Wouldent say arrogant, just delusional

[@dummybirb3148]

every european country has the same problem, i’ve heard more delusional stuff from italians/germans tbh

[@leonconnelly5303]

It's just a chant lol

[@davidmurowe5509]

@@Footy13s true

[@Vizeh]

But what if it is Coming Home?

[@kamraankamil2573]

I personally feel that people are never going to stop hating England, that's just the way it is. I love the players, they're absolutely fantastic and I've built a connection with them over the years as I watch the Premier League every weekend. I support England for every international tournament and it pains when we lose and when people hate on us but I don't mind, as I simply won't have a connect with any other NT (and btw I'm neither English nor do I live in England). And also....It's coming home!

[@andrekoerber7334]

Regarding their national team you can`t hate them but only feel sorry for them.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

England to Europe is what the USA is to the world. Its the price for ruling two thirds of the world for 200 odd years and reminding people about it constantly

[@harishane6117]

yh and France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark didn't have colonial empires... and Germany, Italy, Austrian, Hungarians weren't fascists and attempted to destroy the world... and Scotland, Wales weren't part of the British that was part of the colonial empire... yh right how many more meaningless lies and concentrated hatred towards the English eh

[@nico-lasty]

Bro what i'd give to roll back time and be a the height of the British empire again :(

[@garyanderton]

@@nico-lastyYou'd likely be a peasant or foot-soldier for the king. So great

[@nico-lasty]

@@garyanderton id literally be a jester. My ancestral name came from a jester/comedian ie "trickster" who performed for nobility. Id literally be the only one allowed to insult the king bro 😁😘

[@relentless1989]

with us Irish fighting for use, use got the empire, when us Irish stopped fighting for use, use lost the empire,... nuff said

[@fletcher262]

I feel bad for my English mates when we go to another country. We get very different reactions when I tell people I'm Irish and when they tell people they're English.

[@MrBuzzcuts]

Hahah I can relate to this, my mates get a very cold reception while I get ‘what’s the craic’ 😂

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

That's because the Irish are not a worthy opponent -- they're no good at anything

[@Beetlejooce01]

@@MrBuzzcuts Póg mo thóin

[@therebel4332]

Yeah but they don't have our humour so there's that 😜

[@stevqtalent]

don't feel bad. their ancestors worked hard for that rep

[@valentinom.4292]

I'm argentinian and I like english people, they're funny

[@1wathi]

I'm English and love Argentina!! For me you are the best people and the best country in the world. I am married to an Argentinian and have been there 5 times. We hope to move to Argentina and that our young daughters will grow up there. I hope have so much love for your country! Malvinas son Argentinas 🇦🇷 ❤

[@juliangallardo693]

I’m from Colombia, when my country played against England in the 2018 World Cup I remember that The Sun made the most disgusting cover for their magazine for that particular match, it was disrespectful and stereotypical, I tend to hate the French even more, but man it really seems like England likes to be targeted and mocked

[@therebel4332]

The Sun is a scum rag paper,, only idiots read it.

[@not_nixon1655]

Never look at the sun, I’m the Uk huge amounts of people ignore it, it’s full of crap. So please don’t base your opinion of the UK on The Sun.

[@Drubujo]

To be fair most people in England also hate The Sun. Disgusting rag

[@doncorleole2356]

Que piensa sumercé de nosotros alemanes?

[@Samusamu57]

What did the French do

[@xXRazorbacksXx]

As an American I always rooted for England as kind of a big brother team. That said, I've had some pretty poor encounters trying to talk of the progress our own national team has made the last few years with English fans to try to garner some outside perspective. Kinda rubbed me the wrong way and came off as dismissive. Odd considering England has never beaten us in a game that wasn't a friendly ;) Jokes aside, I love English football and its culture. Don't get me wrong, but it's definitely a fun fanbase to mess with. The "It's coming home." thing is funny and I hope y'all keep doing it. People shouldn't take that so seriously.

[@OllieSmythable]

I always root for the US whenever they’re not playing England - it’s actually quite odd watching a country as mighty as the US be an underdog in something. I think you guys are the only the fans that don’t seem to actively hate us so that definitely helps!

[@lordprotector3367]

From Google: 'England and the US have met nine times in international football, England winning seven and the US two'.

[@xXRazorbacksXx]

@@lordprotector3367 And every English victory was in a friendly. Only the US has gotten a win in an actual cup game. Reading comprehension is important. Also that record isn't correct. England has 8 victories in friendlies and two draws in the World Cup while the US has one victory in the World Cup and one victory in the US Cup.

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

@@lordprotector3367 Ok -- but don't do other sports :-(

[@xXRazorbacksXx]

@@lordprotector3367 In games that weren't exhibitions the US is 2-2-0 against England. That's what I was getting at. Not sure what you googled but that record is a little off as well. England and the US have met 12 times with England winning all 8 friendlies, but 2 draws and 2 losses in Cup matches.

[@s7umpf]

I love "it's coming home". It's one of my favorite football songs and really famous among people. it accompanied me since 1996, the first international football touirnament that I was old enough to truely follow, which is one of the best football-memories until today! Greeting from Germany. ... "three lines on the shirt[..]".

[@MrLondonUK]

I think the "It's coming home" song is just abit of fun, we dont literally believe it

[@timsyoutube6051]

The trouble is they all speak English and watch our media. Nobody complains about the attitude of portuguese fans and media because nobody know what theyre saying.

[@kairo_9512]

Frenchman here, I don't like the English NT because of the English media and the fans. I remember a few days prior to the England-France match in the Quarter Finals of the 2022 World Cup, I read a few English newspapers and watched a few English channels, all of them were arrogant and talking sh*t about our team, saying that they will fry us, things like this. You never see this in ANY other country (or very rarely). English media lacks HUMBLENESS and is way too overconfident and always trash talks just to end up losing.

[@finnyuk4906]

Like what the fuck are you talking about hahaha you people just make shit up it’s hilarious and even if that was true I don’t know what youde br expecting after choosing to learn out language then reading our media

[@jjofdonny21]

1. England fans are no worse than most of Europe. Considerably better than some parts of Europe. We don't have ultras. At least we have the decency to be disgusted by our hooligans. In some countries the hooligans run the top clubs, sometimes even the FA. 2. Liverpool fans aren't really English anyway, so Heysel isn't on us. 3. The English are probably more irritated by Football's Coming Home than everyone else, but foreigners shouldn't be concerning themselves with what the English are singing. We can see from Eurovision that Europeans know nothing about music. 4. English people don't like or respect our own press anyway, so we're not responsible for the things they write. Do foreign press not show support for their teams? 5. Exactly what happened at the Euro 2020 final happened at the Champions League final yesterday. Can't blame English people for yesterday. 6. Other countries had colonies. I appreciate you are of an age where they teach you in school that the English are responsible for all the world's problems but Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain and France had colonies, and the Africans did slavery to themselves. Also Scotland went bankrupt and needed to be bailed out by the English because they tried to colonise Panama. Ethiopia had an empire.

[@sm42941]

hospitality staff in every single country in europe with no exceptions will tell you that english people are the worst. i agree that you dont have anything close to ultras, but i think it's worth focusing on the average fan(/person?) of each nation rather than fringe groups, for which there seems to be an alarmingly universal consensus that you're the worst also dont flatter yourselves its mainly taught as europe vs rest of the world not england vs rest of the world

[@Rajpeanut]

Scotland tried to colonise Panama????? Hahaha I never knew that!

[@Ebag981]

As an Australian, i like a lot of your players and if the countries from my background are out of a tournament i would back you guys in to win and support you. I also like the fans because from what i see now, they show what football is all about.

[@pratosaurusrex1128]

I’m English. You list all the reasons why England are hated and the behaviour of the fans in those times was disgusting, but the spotlight is always on us, so you are bound to hear about it more. If you take football hooliganism, it goes on in France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Spain and other countries around the world (e.g. Mexico and Argentina fans were fighting each other in a recent WC, it got almost no coverage). When it happens with other countries (except maybe Russia… geopolitically that’s quite interesting) it’s comparatively swept under the rug. The last euros the outpouring of hate against England, not just to the fans but to the team too, was also disgusting and it rarely gets called out. This all reminds me of the ‘it’s ok to punch up’ dynamic, but England are in no way a superior position. As a fan looking out it feels like punching down.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Ah yes, the "what about the others" and "the others bully us" argument. Sounds like the whiny Brexit voters then complaining about punishment from the EU, you must be Liz Truss in disguise.

[@ForARide]

@prittapp, ein Paar Kommentare zuvor gibst du an Deutscher zu sein. Du bist England unverzeihlich gegenüber, da sie für den Brexit gewählt haben (eine riesengroße Dummheit)😮, obwohl Sport und Politik nichts miteinander zu tun haben sollten. Wie wärs wenn wir die Uhr acht Jahrzehnte zurück drehen, wo Deutschland die Halbe Welt in Schutt und Asche gebombt hat. Demzufolge dürfte Deutschland niemals für alle Ewigkeit an einem Sportwettbewerb teilnehmen. Werde mal erwachsen!

[@fightview360]

Not everyone, I am an Northern Ireland Fan and I like to see all the home nations do well when they are in a Tournament so I will be cheering on England and Scotland on in the Euros.

[@owenfautley]

Personally I do the same, I found it incredibly disgusting in the last euros when Italy won and people (especially many vocal SNP Scots) were gloating that England had lost and mockingly saying are you going to cry with emoji's. All I was complaining about was when the ref ignored when Chiellini yanked Saka down by the back of his shirt collar and was not punished for it.

[@TheManHimself94]

Yeah. As an England supporter, I also follow and support the other home nation teams. You'll be hearing me cheer them on just as hard as I would with England in tournament, especially Scotland.

[@visioninpuppy]

This is how I feel about Mexico’s fans. We think we’re the absolute best in CONCACAF. Because we’ve beat countries like Germany in the past. And when we’re losing, we start to chant homophobic language. We’re getting our asses handed to us lately and hopefully we get humbled by the experience.

[@mateozapata3112]

Don't want to offend you, but as a Spaniard (who supported Argentina and Messi in the WC), it really irked me the hate some Mexican fans had for that country. I'm not saying my country's fans are the best, simply saying that Mexico isn't really a historical rival for Argentina, so it still baffled me...

[@mateozapata3112]

Oh, and I forgot to say I've been living in Mexico since 2021, so that's the reason why it pissed me off so much that a country without rivalry against Argentina (both in and out of football) resented them so much, it'd be like I resented Brazil for playing well...

[@visioninpuppy]

@@mateozapata3112 No offense taken. Mexico always has this bravado attitude when it comes to futbol. Whether on a national level or down to the club level. The last 2 games against the US. It was embarrassing how we were handling defeat. Throwing beers into the pitch. Getting into fights. And chanting homophobic language. Reality is, there’s no rivalry with Argentina and Messi. It’s just hate and anger cause they’ve beat and knocked Mexico out so many times. It’s boiled over into an amalgamation of fans being horrible.

[@PTS-Maid]

"Homophobic" 🤡

[@cyn1clcynide]

​@@PTS-Maid Nonce

[@Matthew_Troll]

As an American who doesn’t really care for soccer that much and only watches the World Cup , euros, and champions league; I personally enjoy hopping on the “it’s coming home” train when I can.

[@ribspice1238]

As a Scot, it’s in my blood to hate England. I’m half Geordie so I hope the Toon players like Gordon score 4 for England, but I’d hope England lose 4-5.

[@Vizeh]

Can’t argue with that really

[@doberman2yk]

pipe down skirt wearer. you literally got pumped by Kazakhstan.

[@georgecarr9844]

If your half Geordie your half English as well....

[@ribspice1238]

@@georgecarr9844I don’t rlly wanna associate with them tbh 😂 I’ve lived in Scotland my whole life, so I’m gonna support Scotland. The closest connection I have to England is my family connection in the NE, but that doesn’t make me feel English it makes me feel geordie.

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

You skirts are just colourful nobodies -- cute but not worthy opponents so nobody has an opinion of them

[@pauliminarini3558]

nahhh mate i love it. football heritage at its finest, im from italy but i did my uni in london during euro 2020 and the vibes are immaculate, fans are great and chants are fun. love the national team and the players too, not really a fan of southgate though

[@garethmorgan3665]

Ciao Paul, tutto bene? I remember that tournament well mainly because I ended up watching the final with my dad who's Welsh and my girlfriend who's from Bari, Puglia. She claimed she hated football and didn't care who won but when Italy equalised I could barely look at her as she jumped up and down!!! At the end of the game as we were walking home she said 'You still love me , right?' Haha. Glad you enjoyed your time in England:-)

[@pauliminarini3558]

⁠@@garethmorgan3665Aye lad hahaha love that for you! Great that she enjoyed that game, for us italians it was a rollercoaster of emotions which ended in the highest of highs :) hope you have visited italy and if not, hope you get to visit it soon🙏🏼

[@GraysonMMO]

People just love to hate, many people hate England for obvious reasons and others just jump on the bandwagon bexause they wanna feel involved and want to have an opinion.

[@Weryl]

To be fair, despite what happened in Birmingham (and that was a huge topic there after Alkmaar...), right now England is probably the most popular 2nd choice in Poland.

[@kieran9882]

The 'it's coming home' turned into a saying after the song came out, to symbolize hope, not literally expecting that we win the tournements. Most tournaments since the 1996 song, we expected not to do so well, but cheered them on anyway with "its coming home" lol

[@TryStro]

I'm half British and half Italian, born and raised in southern England. Yet when it comes to these football tournaments I will always support Italy over England. I absolutely hate the way the fans go about it and I'd feel ashamed to support the same team as them, so I will always support Italy first

[@theastonvillaseal585]

I’ve got Irish blood but I’m English born and raised so obviously I’m biased, but as obnoxious as some England fans can be, I do find it funny how many are pretty much bashed by foreign fans for passion and optimism, something that could easily be said about every other nation that actually shows an interest in football. Just a tad bit of hypocrisy here and there…

[@Wolfenhawk]

I don’t think anyone has ever bashed England for passion and optimism - what kind of football fan would you be without either? If you’re confusing these for toxic arrogance and unbearable presumptuousness, then there is your answer.

[@theastonvillaseal585]

@@Wolfenhawk toxic arrogance is a bit of a stretch, and definitely an excuse for the many

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@theastonvillaseal585 I think the many (like yourself) are genuinely sound as fans. It’s the 10% that are absolute scum that ruin it for the rest of you. You can hardly smash up your own host final city in the euros and racially abuse the team over a rubber ball and say that’s not toxic? I can’t even begin to get started with what the abuse Celtic nations face from England fans.

[@F.O.O]

@@WolfenhawkWe get bashed for singing it’s coming home. If a playful song is toxic arrogance then the rest of Europe needs to learn to crack a smile every now and again

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@F.O.O So you don’t consider racially abusing your own players for missing a pen and smashing up the capital you hosted the final in is toxic? Great to see my comments are being reported too!

[@SirLolcat]

Whenever a football argument between me and literally any English person breaks out and I bring up the world cup they tell me "well you lost two world wars against us so at least you're good at football.". I'm German if you can't tell.

[@alistairmrkerr1336]

I am Scottish and am proud to say I have never heard of Scottish fans chanting two world wars or the RAF one , Scotland may not have the best Football team but our Fans are #1

[@SirLolcat]

@@alistairmrkerr1336 absolutely, most Germans were sad to see you guys go. My dad was well disappointed

[@Aaron-ld1lu]

It's usually just banter though, no one is being serious

[@alistairmrkerr1336]

@@Aaron-ld1lu usually? So sometimes it is a racist chant that is as factually incorrect as it is vile

[@shrisiva4016]

​@@alistairmrkerr1336Yeah you just sing anti-English songs instead 👍

[@MichaelW969]

American of English descent here learning to embrace your football and EURO 2024. I recently watched the Netflix documentary on the 2022 final and was shocked to learn that some security and others inside the stadium were hoping for a loss due to the violence and destruction that would encude . How sad. Either way I will still root for England. Good Luck 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@kJ922-h3j]

In 2018 when ‘it’s coming home’ went international online for the first time, that really made the arrogant English fans reputation grow massively. But nobody knew about the actual song, when and why it was originally made and most importantly self deprecating nature of it!

[@felixmustermann790]

its coming home is known by football fans since it came out, doesnt matter which country, it didnt become mainstream in 2018

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@felixmustermann790 it does matter if we are saying English fans singing/saying it is arrogant, because they don’t know the story of it and the timing of it when the full song was made in 1996 by two comedians

[@alexwbower]

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with the hooliganism, but I think that none of us actually believe it’s coming home, it’s just a way to hype ourselves up and it’s a fun song at the end of the day

[@veldrensavoth7119]

When Spain won the World Cup the entire world lost. I had never been so throughly disgusted disappointed ashamed to be a alive then when i watched them win.

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

Three Lions is about hope and optimism, the belief that we can maybe do better this time and avoid all of the heartache of the past that is referenced in the lyrics. It isn't arrogant, it's hopeful. The sentiment of the song is not that we WILL win, but that PERHAPS this time we could! Also, it's a massive anthem that is great to sing along to!

[@chuckles471]

People sing it arrogantly. The chant that came from that song is "it's coming home" that is part that fans sing most and most intensely. It's that phrase on t-shirts banners, even underwear. That is why the song is popular. It doesn't matter what the whole song means, it's how it's used.

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

@chuckles471 it's the part fans sing most and most intensely (and the part that appears on all the merch) because it's the bloody chorus 😂

[@garethmorgan3665]

​@@chuckles471For someone called chuckles you dont have much of a sense of humour , do you ? Yes there will be some numb skulls with unaddressed mental health issues that belt it out between gritted teeth but the vast majority sing it in the spirit in which it was intended. It's ironic . I live in London and have friends from around the world, I can tell you irony isn't solely the preserve of the British . If you are from another country and think Three Lions is evidence of English entitlement you are being deliberately obtuse in order to justify your irrational hatred of another people .

[@qwertymehta8342]

@@chuckles471 And even if we do sing it arrogantly, why does it matter? It's funny how everyone is so laser-focused on everything we do. Personally I couldn't name a single song that is sung by other national teams' fanbases.

[@gerghghherb880]

Exactly, the song is about HOPING we win even though history has taught us we probably won't. Are other nations seriously telling us we shouldn't even hope we win? Do they not hope their countries win? Its just hate for no reason

[@dannyesse3043]

The day we win something we shall stop singing “football’s coming home”

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

As a Finn, I have always liked England as a team. Maybe since I grew on Beckhams, Scholes', Giggs' and tons of other cool ballers. Nice defenders like Ashley Cole.. I still feel England has certain level of coolness to them.

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

On the other hand, whilst vacationing I despise most English football fans 😅😅

[@echoonyoutube]

As a German, I think that the thing with the 9 year old girl was completely unnecessary and idiotic behaviour. Also, didn’t particularly like the use of laser pointers during a penalty against Denmark that much.

[@GamerFrisco]

Let's not pretend no other country has a minority of idiotic fans and some who would do anything for their team to win like using a lazer 😂. Let's be fair now, you Germans are meant to be reasonable

[@samuelpinder1215]

The media blew it out of proportion Also she'll be able to make a tiktok or something out of it in a few years

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@samuelpinder1215 but the media don't "blow it out of proportion" when they report about valiant English hooligans being assaulted by police in Italy or Spain?

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia do your media not report on the Lazio fans arrested in Scotland for doing nazi shit at celtic Park. All the Italian "tough" guys that run around with knives. No knives and they were nowhere to be seen except running when actual men tried it on with them. Embarrassing and ignorant from the italians to say its just us

[@Matthew-x6d7c]

@@samuelpinder1215the problem is it’s England fans and hooligans more times then anyone else. Do other countries do stupid and reprehensible shit? Ofc, as a one off but it seems like almost every tournament. England fuck something up, trash a few places or beat the shit out of people consistently.

[@Teddyngham]

They are actually playing the quarter final now against Switzerland.

[@LT.KILLIAN-14031]

hows the euros englisman ?

[@Teddyngham]

@@LT.KILLIAN-14031 I'm Faroese. The flag is Faroe Islands, but Germans used to shoot down our ships during the WW2 because they thought we were England, so I get the confusion.

[@StelBoy2008]

As a British Greek Cypriot living in England, the only time I would ever want England to win anything is if Harry Kane retires trophyless. It would just be hilarious for England to finally win something after Kane retires with only silver medals to his name.

[@akari8168]

I remember when the women football team of England won the finals of the Euro cup against Germany. The English fans had nothing better to do to make fun of a crying German girl in the audience. Apparently there were several tik toks or other videos mocking the sad German fans, that crying girl in particular. So they not only are bad losers but they are in particular horrible winners as well

[@shizzlepie]

You know what, you're right. Toxic people on social media exist only in England!

[@southyyy]

Ngl some people's hatred for Englands national team is just weird.

[@tomk6292]

Wharton is the truth. People have gotten to know his quality over the last few days with another masterclass. It will still shock people when he gets on that plane I’m sure.

[@peterhopko8515]

I totally get why people resent England/England fans due to the violence/history etc... but objecting to "It's Coming Home" as a chant is the softest thing I can possibly imagine. Football was invented in England, and it's something to take pride in. Should England Fans "We may or may not win, who knows?". Just a dumb thing to complain about.

[@liamfitzdrums]

For me, "It's Coming Home" is a bit like a joke that I've heard one too many times. I don't particularly hate it but I could do without it.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

You need to understand that: -football is now a global game, regardless of who invented it. Being the inventor doesn't give England any special privilege, just like inventing the railways then letting others getting better at it did England no good -for much of that global fanbase, the "English humour" behind "It's Coming Home" is totally lost on them Now good luck telling the world that it's a great song but they just can't understand its meaning because they are too dumb.

[@peterhopko8515]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgiaI’m not even English. It’s like getting insulted at Sunderland fans for singing about Sunderland being “by far the greatest football team the world has ever seen”. It’s fans supporting their team. If you find that insulting, touch grass.

[@peterhopko8515]

One more thing, just because football has gone global doesn’t change where it comes from. That’s a matter of historical fact, if you’re insulted by that get a grip. If you don’t think England is in a real sense Football’s home, you just don’t understand the English language.

[@brc9739]

Violence and history? Every fucking european country has that history too, not sure why we should be singled out

[@minowrld4713]

I’m In the state of Oregon, can’t make it out to see those games but I wish you safe travels and the best of luck on your games!!!

[@FC-zb2gz]

English is a more international language, if the English on the whole could understand and were exposed to the French / German and Spanish media around tournaments they would probably find it equally insufferable. Scotland and the rest of the UK have to watch English pundits on TV banging on about England 24/7 so its understandable why they want them to lose, sometimes I turn on the radio and its almost as if the pundits are just saying Foden/Bellingham/Foden/Bellingham over and over again like they are in some sort of nonsensical trance

[@ErinStephanie-mf2qk]

I remember when I first heard Three Lions. On Baddiel and Skinner’s Fantasy Football show on BBC2. It premiered two months before Euro 96, with little fanfare. But what struck me, was its modesty, and how it railed against the very arrogance, it now symbolises among England fans since. Who’ve completely missed the entire point of the song. IEngland had recently failed to even qualify for USA 94. A year earlier, the far right had got an England friendly in Dublin abandoned. To follow England in the mid 90s, for reasons on and off the pitch, was embarrassing. England weren’t expected to do much in that tournament. And the song acknowledged this harsh reality. Dare to dream, but keep your feet on the ground.

[@cliffthelightning]

Im dutch and i take great satisfaction in our team always losing because it makes the infantile soccer people very mad

[@hardycampbell]

As long as the Limeys chant "Bringin' it home", they will NEVER win anything other than silver medals.

[@magnusvangthomsen8907]

As a Dane, I've always been kinda a neutral towards the England fans, sure they have done some disasterclasses, but I've never had an opinion on it, until Denmark met England in the euros 2020. I was watching the game from Denmark on a big tv screen with thousands around me and some of my friends. And since Eriksen had already fainted in the tourney, we kinda played in pride of him, so when thousands of fans sang the national anthem of the first semi final Denmark had been in since 1992 and the entire Wembley stadium booed us, it was just so disrespectful and I who was a neutral towards the England fans before had lost all of my respect to them. We had played such a great tournament, and it felt like the whole nation was joined together for the fist time in many years. There was also the big fight that took place after the match was over between the England fans and the travelling Danish fans. There were kids and men and women that were getting harrassed, violently beat up and so on. And then nothing happened after all of that. I only saw two videos before being to disgusted to keep watching them, but from what I saw and the reports after it was not just a fight, it was a fight that never was necessary, and England had even won the game which imo was very unfair and not the right choises taken by the ref. I don't think I can ever forgive those England fans..

[@oxthree448]

where are the videos of these attacks then mate?

[@BSell-b1q]

Why do you automatically blame the English for those fights?

[@ZireNag]

I'd just like to share with you as an Englishman. Many of us are disgusted when we hear our own fans booing other nations anthems. Me and my Dad were sat watching a game recently and we were, again, as usual, in complete disbelief of it. We're not a wealthy family, not highly educated or anything. We're very working class, but still can't understand the idiocy of it. Growing up I used to feel our nation prides itself on traditional gentlemanly values somewhat. Adulthood taught me that unfortunately we are a nation full of many utter idiots who respect nothing. My exceptions may be Germany, France and Scotland for obvious reason. I may understand it then, but wouldn't join in myself.

[@shrisiva4016]

​​@@BSell-b1qBecause he's xenophobic. Imagine making Eriksen's heart attack about that. Disgusting

[@leonpaul9443]

You massacred our people and stole all our little hotties we have long memories only joking I live in the old danelaw.

[@spime93]

I'm an American fan, but it feels like most English fans will just disregard my fandom due to my country's sports culture, and the terminology we use (we call the sport "soccer" among other things). I get it, it can sound funny calling it a "roster" instead of a "squad," but it really does bug the hell out of me and other American fans that we can't talk about ⚽ without being ridiculed for our nationality. That being said, I do think there's a lot of good English fans that are being wrongfully painted as awful due to a small vocal minority. It really sucks. I wish you guys the best of luck for the Euros though. 🤝

[@benjaminaraya8073]

Same here, for me it’s also especially how our players are treated like they are terrible and anything else is a lie while ridiculing you for as if it’s obviously a fact

[@edmann1820]

If we're taking the piss out of your country it means we like you. You guys do it with Canada, that friendly but slightly mean banter. In Europe we take it to another level though. I have no problem with you calling a squad a roster. Nor a shirt a jersey, we also used to call it a jersey back when they actually wore jerseys. But yeah soccer is a faux pas.

[@spime93]

@@edmann1820 Of all things, why is the word soccer the big trigger word? That's the thing I've been wondering about for a while

[@edmann1820]

@@spime93 This is going to be long so strap in. There are many different types of football. There's Rugby football. There's Gaelic football. There's Aussie rules football. But there's only one original. One that professionalised first, formed leagues and associations etc. We don't change the names of other types of football. To do so would be to delegitimize them. It would be arrogant. They're all equally types of football and they can all share the name. Every country has it's historic internal divisions. In America the big one is race. In Britain it's class. Class is how you discriminate against people who look the same as you. Football is the working class game in Britain. The only people who will call it soccer in Britain are the upper classes. So by calling it soccer you're unwittingly taking a side in a historic divide. The reasons for this go back to the amateur professional split. I can go into more detail if you'd like but this is long enough already. Thirdly, and this may just be me, but I'm offended on American's behalf. Back when football was being introduced to America your higher ups decided that regular American's couldn't get their heads around more than one type of football. Like the rest of the world can. As if Americans were too stupid to understand the concept. I'm not on board with that type of condescension.

[@fullmooneve1651]

I've not made jokes about the US team since 2002. That was an awesome team. You guys still have quality players and strategy. But yeah, "soccer". Just no 🤣

[@LazarouDave]

27 y/o English here - and man I hate us sometimes. The team and It's Coming Home I can tolerate. Our fans behaviour, I most certainly cannot, trashing streets, stadiums, local businesses, whatever it is, we have absolute whoppers representing us on the international stage, and it's embarrassing, the words of our manager in that 1980 match hit home with me, I agree wholeheartedly with what he said. Bin off these absolute tossers we have as our fans, who often actively seek out trouble or start it in the first place, and replace them with Civil human beings who aren't on day release from a zoo, and we might actually show we have respectable fans that can go to these games too. But while we have people behaving in their current manner (for the most part) we're never going to be liked, and that's the unfortunate reality.

[@brc9739]

Mate every european team’s fans have trashed shit before its not a unique english thing

[@callu947]

@@brc9739 Its a uniquely english thing when you can't even have a major final in your National Teams home stadium without there being riots

[@Luparumray]

​@callu947 that was unique because you don't normally have 20,000 empty seats at cup finals (covid restriction). I think if it was a full stadium, there would have been less carnage for sure. The scum rioting that day were almost certain they'd get a free seat. Not justifying it of course.

[@XanderPhillips]

They don’t like the fans… wait until they find out about Taylor swift fans

[@MrProvincial]

I'm from Eastern Europe, I've never even been to England. But it just so happened that I've been cheering for them for the past twenty years and boy, I've had my share of heartbreaks. I do get where hatred is coming from - fans always ruin everything, it happens with movies and TV series, it's the same with football. In my country there's a lot of dislike towards the English. But my heart is forever settled. It's England till I die. I just want to see them win a tournament so bad.

[@gajodealfama2280]

I love english people, I live in england and the british are some of the nicest, funniest and most chill people ever. I have nothing but great things to say. Love their sense of humour. I always love when Portugal plays england in euros and world cups, always a great and emotional match.

[@fdfmfdf6399]

You have a problem, dude! 🤣🤣

[@gajodealfama2280]

@@fdfmfdf6399 maybe you do

[@Chamberz333]

are you being held hostage?

[@fdfmfdf6399]

@@Chamberz333 😂😂😂

[@shrisiva4016]

The replies are part of the problem

[@maxc5338]

Could you imagine if the U.S. had beaten England in the last World Cup. The melt down would of been great and the U.S. would hold that over them till they played again

[@ianharrison3662]

I don't think England have ever beaten the USA in a World Cup Match; two drawn games and the 1-0 loss in 1950.

[@edi0157]

As a Romanian I actually like the England NT, have supported them for the past 3 tournaments (because we haven’t qualified for any of them so I had to find someone else, used to support Italy at previous tournaments but then they haven’t qualified either lol). Sure their fans cause quite some trouble (way better than it used to be but still not ideal, sometimes they are also discriminated against though like at the 2022 CL final) but I do feel like it is the more relatable country out of the major nations with this constant hope of winning something that never gets realised and I can definitely take the “It s coming home” chant as a joke with a grain of hope, I ve been trained by so many years of laughing at Becali (FCSB, formerly Steaua s owner which is the team I support) doing outlandish predictions that fail to become reality so I can take some Englishmen getting hyped for tournaments lol, I rate the self-depreciating “but what if…unless..🥺” hope of it all. I mean, I can be like “Florinel is the superior Coman over Kingsley, he s the only one that scored directly from a corner” too, doesn’t mean I believe it, hell, Coman will probably not even play that much at the Euros despite the massive season he s had for us (but the fact is true, he did score from a corner kick some years ago in a derby against Dinamo). The fact that you all haven’t won anything in this long is honestly mad given how you were always around there as one of the top nations, feel like in some ways it must be worse to support England than a lower national team like us because in our case you don’t have the expectation or even the hope of winning but with England you always look at the squad and feel like “come on, this team definitely has a chance of winning, don’t they?”. I also think that the current squad is fairly likeable, as for Southgate, for the longest amount of time I thought you all have been really harsh on him given his massive results (first Euro final. Ever. Lost on penalties at that. Yeah the penalty against Denmark was probably a dive but still. Semis at the WC 2018, easy bracket be damned. Quarter loss to France due to a missed pen in 2022. Before him y all were losing to Iceland ffs) and probably still are but the fact that he s been ignoring Tomori is a bit insane ngl and I presume you have a point when it comes to weak football being shown (think that at tournaments you ve been fine though). Then again, Greece and Portugal played like shit too and they won this tournament in the past 20 years. Hell, we, Romania have been playing like absolute shit and we won our group undefeated. Ahead of Switzerland. We got 4p in the matches against them. You know, the team with the almost invincible throughout the whole club season Granit Xhaka in midfield? When you hear that you think we ve been insanely good. We weren’t. We literally drew a match to Belarus and almost the second too. The first Swiss match we ve scored twice in 3 minutes at the end for the draw and Puscas didn’t even mean to pass the ball on one of them. But results are what is remembered. Which is why I am strangely hopeful for us this year but I digress. In the end, let s all get behind our teams, hope for fair refereeing and enjoy a great tournament. I won’t be supporting you lads this time primarily because we re in it of course but I have still predicted you to win, I think and hope you will get over the hump eventually as you deserve to celebrate a trophy too

[@Jsjsjajajaksjaksksk]

Mucho texto

[@Aaron-ld1lu]

Sunt englez și am fost de multe ori în România. Este o țară frumoasă. Fii binecuvântat 💪🇷🇴🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

[@edi0157]

@@Aaron-ld1lu Mulțumesc, la fel si ție. Chiar ai scris corect, dacă ai scris fără Google Translate felicitări, nici măcar noi românii nu punem diacriticele in comentarii pe net și așa dar tu da. Mă bucur că ți-a plăcut în România. Până la urmă chiar am jucat bine la Euro deci știam eu ceva, nici eu nu mă așteptam să jucăm așa bine, am impresionat mai mult ca voi englezii dar na, voi aveți echipă mult mai bună și până la urmă aveți și rezultatele, e foarte posibil să luați tot turneul chiar. Ce a făcut Anglia mă așteptam să facem noi la un nivel mai mic dar nu, chiar am atacat cat am putut și am jucat fotbal, păcat de accidentările cu Olanda. English translation for reference:Thanks, same to you. You really have written correctly, if you wrote it without Google Translate congratulations, even us Romanians don’t use diacritics in Internet comments and all but you did. I am glad you liked Romania. After all we really have played well at the Euros so I knew something, not even I was expecting us to play this well, we impressed more than you Englishmen did but anyway, you have the way better team and after all the results too, it is very possible that you end up taking the whole tournament. What England did is what I was expecting us to do on a smaller level but no, we really attacked as much as we could and played football, shame about the injuries against the Netherlands

[@Aaron-ld1lu]

@edi0157 I wrote it without translating, but I'm not that good at Romanian, hence why I'm replying in English now. I am still learning. Romania played extremely well, and it's a shame they didn't get into the finals as they definitely deserved it. But there is always the next Euros, so hopefully they get further that time 💪

[@elliotsloan3983]

A lot of our fans are just negative, negative and negative. Everything is just "Southgate is crap" "We're never winning anything." These people can't call themselves supporters. Ultimately, this just puts more unnecessary pressure on players and coaches. (LOVE THE BARNES ❤ SHIRT IN THE BACKROUND BTW ❤)

[@georgecarr9844]

First and only time I'll ever agree with a Norwich fan anyhow enjoy the championship 😂

[@briton3851]

@@georgecarr9844 COYB

[@bot6349]

Southgate is crap tho, that's not an England thing but a universal thing...

[@hydrolifetech7911]

Southgate is shite though

[@Humanshieldchorus00]

As an irishman - i have no love for the English fans whatsoever, and do enjoy seeing them lose. You seem like a nice guy and i hope that you are able to experience so sucess as guys like you deserve it

[@arnoldl8705]

We don't even know when you're playing to return the favour 😂😂😂

[@JustGohan04]

*I thought the US was hated by everyone.*

[@Ionut-7]

As a Romanian I don't hate England, one of my fondest memories was the Romania - England game at WC 98, and of course you all remember Euro 2000, right :D Serbia is Romania's second best neighboring country (after Moldova), so no support from Romania in that game, but go England in the matches against Slovenia and Demark (teams that stopped Romania from going to the WC & Euros (2002 & 2004).

[@JanTheViking]

Greetings from Serbia my Romanian brother.

[@cCiIcCo]

Respect from a Serb living currently in Germany 😃👍 I'm very worried about the match between England and Serbia in a few weeks, because Im sure you remember when Russian hooligans were fighting English fans in Marseille during the European Cup in France. Well Serbian hooligans were also there with the Russians fighting against English fans. I'm afraid that this time the Russians will accompany Serbian hooligans to fight the English again. Let's hope that it won't happen.

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@cCiIcCogermans have a zero tolerance attitude to hooligans, that also wasn't the fault of the English.

[@samuelpinder1215]

Romania seems like a cool place, know a few Romanians in my area who are cool too 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇷🇴

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@cCiIcCogood luck but I think we'll win 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@bijikedelai]

As a neutral that lives far away from europe, lowkey there's a sense of happiness to see England failing again and again to win a championship 😅. However, i would also love to see this England golden generation bring it home. I think it would be monumental to witness. Kinda similar when i can be part of history when Messi finally lifting a world cup. 😁

[@pedroafonso4018]

Where you from?

[@hiocfukbffukvgdujvdstjkjg3158]

Yall fought hard for it.

[@WoutGaming]

As someone from Belgium I always support England as my second nation. I love how passionate the fans are and how the tournament brings everyone together.

[@Wolfenhawk]

I hear this a lot from Belgians. I wonder why so many of you support England in tournaments?

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

No surprise, Belgium is not even a real country and spent a whole decade not qualifying for tournaments. You'd have to take your chances elsewhere given those circumstances.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@Wolfenhawk Belgium is not a real country, it's a confederation of two entities (Wallonia and Flanders, with Brussels in between) masquerading as a country while those two entities function almost independently of each other. I would have said imagine Ireland and NI playing under a same banner, but Belgium is worse as the two don't even share a common language. Can't be easy to relate to the idea of a "national team" when the nation itself doesn't exist, so the people would be seeking other teams to support, and it wouldn't be one of their neighbours like the Netherlands or France. Other than that I'd say that there are lots of Belgian players in the Premier League, that Belgium unlike most European nations has no history of antagonism with the British and that the people probably relate to a team with a massive history of underperformance in football competitions.

[@auramix9493]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia But in the UN and every international orginisation, it is called Belgium yes? I mean what the hell is this comment, of course Belgium is a fucking country. You dont call the USA not a country because its states govern differently lmao

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Fair enough. The Belgians have been a footballing powerhouse the last two decades though, I’d have a lot of support for them if I were a Belgian national

[@mariodriessen9740]

Dutchie here. I like England and I think England did an amazing job of keeping hooliganism out of the stadiums for many years now. Of course I’m talking about club football in England itself. Outside of England the English fans don’t have a good reputation, but at least in England itself you can go to a stadium for a derby between two rivalling teams and the worst thing that can happen is that the fans of the rivalling team sing louder. I get jealous of the wonderful atmosphere. I watched the FA cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United and the atmosphere was AMAZING! Now in the Netherlands, my team (NEC Nijmegen) played the final in the Dutch equivalent of the FA cup against Feyenoord. Needless to say I was buzzing and it was great, but the referee had to stop the game two times because half of the stadium caught fire, so it felt. Hooliganism in the Netherlands is a growing problem. And it seems like a growing problem in many European countries. I won’t even mention the frequent fights and deaths caused by football fans in some South American countries. So please realise that we see those things as well. England has set an example of how to ban hooliganism in and around their stadiums and the world is watching and I know for a fact that at least in The Netherlands we can only hope that one day we get to that point where we can say “we did it, we banned hooliganism out of our stadiums as well”. And I’m sure other countries will try and copy ‘the English approach’ for a safer and friendlier visit to a game of football as much as we’d like to. And let me just emphasise the fact that I personally love the English. I love all of the UK. One thing I’ll never forget is the extreme difference I experienced when I went to Paris for four days, where I didn’t receive a single kind word, or a friendly face, while a year later in London I received nothing else BUT only friendly responses from all those Londoners. Talking about a culture shock. 😅 For French people who read this, know that I’m aware that the French can be just as friendly and polite as anyone and just by occasionally watching some reality shows from England (my mom watches this, don’t blame me!) I’m fully aware of the fact that there are assholes in England too, just like there are nice people and terrible people to be found in every country all over the world. 😊 🧡🧡🧡

[@danimalplanet18]

My issue is this complete ignorrance, almost disdain for anything in the football world outside of England - whereas there's very little English about anything in your own league: your clubs are foreign, most players are and much of the income comes from abroad too (broadcasting, merch). But because your league is of this very high level, you automatically assume your national team is as well - but it's above average at best. This, on top of being hardly aware of the football countries around you, creates both literally and figuratively an 'island mentality' that you must be the ones to win everything and then are surprised when you don't. Plus, youse can't manage mainland European beers and that's where astonishment turns to aggression. In general, I don't see the added value of alcohol at a sporting event (the contradiction of it alone....) but because of the English, I'd be in favour of a total ban. So, be more open and respectful about other teams and other countries and when you visit them: behave. Don't slip back to colonization-mentality and act as if you own the fekkin'place.

[@robinspiekman9916]

This is not even a football issue. Im dutch and worked at hotels my whole life. I encountered every single etnicity. But the most troubling towards other guests and staff and the rooms where always english people. We had a special routing that when a english person left a room we check the room fordamage and 99% of the time the room was damaged broken. Or the people inside where drunk and drinking against the rules sleeping in hallways etc etc. At this moment we put other nationalities in front of english people..

[@reneliebregts64]

I feel like euro 2016 shows best whats the problem is with England. They get drawn into a group with Russia Slovakia and Wales, they drew with Russia, beat Wales, and got another draw against Slovakia, placing them 2nd with 5 points with Wales topping the group. This is where the trashtalking started as England claimed that "they were the best and could beat everyone." In the R16 they were drawn with Iceland, and the media was clowning on them a LOT, but then the match happend... and they lost to Iceland 2-1 dispite having 68% possesion and 500+ passes

[@MrMmnngghh]

....and one of those 500 passes was from Rooney to the touchline.

[@Rigg96]

Not one person thought we had a good enough squad to win in 2016, not to mention hodgson being in charge as well. There is a difference between the perception of the English media and the actual fan base.

[@oliverboisen7475]

And old Roy getting out-thought by a fucking dentist lmao

[@pedrorealo]

Hi there. I'm Portuguese and I don't hate you, pretty sure the vast majority of foreigners feel the same way. However, I think, for the most part, your analysis was pretty spot on. The one bit I'd mostly disagree with is the colonisation part. Particularly in Europe, I don't think anyone really resents you for that, also because there's several other European countries (mine included) with a colonial past. Outside of Europe I can see it, but it's not just exclusive to England or GB - there's definitely still lots of resentment from formerly colonised countries towards former colonisers and I honestly can't blame them. One aspect you didn't talk about, and that I occasionally see thrown around by England fans, who think everyone else hates their country, is Brexit. That one, I'm afraid, is the least plausible of all. There's 2 groups here: those who know what Brexit is, and those who don't. Neither of those care. In fact a bunch of people from the 1st group, myself included, would like the UK back in the EU. On the other hand, the other bits are spot on in my opinion. Even though it's a generalisation, and there's idiotic fans everywhere (we certainly have plenty in Portugal), I think some foreigners dislike your fans rather than your country and national team. As I said before, it's a generalisation, and like with other countries, it's a small minority that gives the rest a bad rep. Hooliganism, in the past, and less organised forms of that sort of behaviour nowadays (like in the day of the last Euros' final) certainly play a part in some foreign fans disliking or hating you. Again I'm pretty sure they don't really hate the country or the national team, they mostly just associate all of them and end up rooting against England because they don't like their fans (in reality it's a minority of those fans). Since, as I said before, every country and club has idiotic fans, the one thing that for me sets England apart is that your minority of obnoxious fans is particularly vocal. This leads me to my next point, which you also covered: the arrogance. This is just my perception, but a good number of foreigners seem to get annoyed at you guys in particular, because on top of the arrogance some fans (and definitely the media) show, England doesn't really have anything to back it up in the past decades - talking about trophies of course. I bet if you ask most foreign fans, they'll tell you the French (again generalising) are also arrogant. The difference with England being... they actually have something to show for it. So in my eyes, foreign fans are annoyed at the arrogance shown by some French fans, but they kind of understand it in the sense that, hell, you gotta recognise they've earned it in a way. However, in the arrogance part, as far as England is concerned, I'm pretty sure most foreigners target the media as much as the fans. And this is one of the aspects that's been holding England back in my opinion, which is not exclusive to you guys, since for instance in Mexico the same thing has been happening for a long time. What I mean is that your media, like the Mexcian one, puts too much pressure on your national team, and most of the time (nowadays the following is different because your team is really good) the squad quality doesn't match the level of expectations. This narrative then reaches the fans, making the least informed ones delusional. Even though professional footballers should remain immune to all of this, sometimes it can affect them. Right now the hype does make sense, because for me England has the 2nd best team in the world, only edged by France because their goalie and defence are better. But from the midfield onwards, there's no doubt in my mind England is second to none. At the end of the day, it's all a matter of perception. Plenty of English people I see posting content online are fairly knowledgeable and are aware that, even though right now their national team is really talented (and will be at least for the next decade), winning a major competition is hard, for a number of reasons: 1) There's always at least 5 or 6 other contenders in the Euros, and 7 or 8 in the World Cup. 2) These are short tournaments, where stuff like form or injuires are particularly important - 1 or 2 major casualties can make all the difference. 3) Luck (both of the draw and during matches) is a major factor. Portugal for instance played like dogshit during Euro 2016, but luck in the crucial moments, a favourable draw and a solid defensive display from the round of 16 onwards clinched it for us. And our squad was basically a peak Ronaldo surrounded by mediocrity. Which is why, deep down, I believe most of those reasonable English fans can see England winning the Euros / World Cup fairly soon. It certainly wouldn't surprise me. It's okay to be fairly arrogant, even wihtout silverware. If you have a very good national team, which you guys obviously do, it's only natural. Attitude wise, I think your (Vizeh's) approach is the right one: not be arrogant about your national team, but be aware of its quality. Regarding the vocal minority of idiotic fans, there's really nothing you can do. It comes with the sport and every other club / country has them. As for those who hate on you just for the sake of it, embrace it. Because one of the most satisfying things of winning is other people's butthurt. And even though right now England's defence is questionable and Southgate is tactically inept, I'd be very surprised if you guys don't win at least 1 major competition in the next decade.

[@pacempax5236]

Im an Aussie who hates England in the cricket, but because we aren't as good at football, Englands my second team. It's coming home

[@EliasRoy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

We aren't as good at cricket.

[@pacempax5236]

@@GlenRoss-ug5jm england or Aus? Aus no.1

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

@@pacempax5236 England

[@deividaslauzius4342]

As a lithuanian I love English national team always support them in every tournament and football is coming home !!!!

[@dannyesse3043]

Nice, I’m half English and half Italian and despite feeling more Italian I support England 100%

[@joebloggs8292]

Thanks. I like Lithuanians I know many from London. And the Lithuanian women are beautiful!

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

I'm half-English an half-Gibraltarian and i support England.

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

@@dannyesse3043 Do you sometimes support Italy?

[@dannyesse3043]

@@GlenRoss-ug5jm yes I do, I support England over Italy only in football