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<blockquote data-quote="Norm" data-source="post: 214848" data-attributes="member: 175218">I'm with Gameboy - it isn't anti English per se.&nbsp; We have no issue with English golfers, Jensen Button, English cricket or the English rugby team because in sports other than football there is a general effort at an even handed commentary and newspaper reporting.&nbsp; May the best man win - and when the victory is over, there are celebrations and it's quickly history.&nbsp; But this is not the case with the &quot;national game&quot;.&nbsp; It's 40 years since 1966 and no opportunity is wasted on re-runs on &quot;national&quot; television.&nbsp; Why don't we see Stirling Moss on TV every week, but it's a similar timeframe to Bobby Moore and co.!I have many friends and workmates who are English, I don't hate the English.&nbsp; We know there are some people South of the Border for whom the World Cup has become tedious; just imagine what it's like for all the other UK non-English.&nbsp; Now where's that Mars bar?&nbsp; Better not, I might choke!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Norm, post: 214848, member: 175218"] I'm with Gameboy - it isn't anti English per se. We have no issue with English golfers, Jensen Button, English cricket or the English rugby team because in sports other than football there is a general effort at an even handed commentary and newspaper reporting. May the best man win - and when the victory is over, there are celebrations and it's quickly history. But this is not the case with the "national game". It's 40 years since 1966 and no opportunity is wasted on re-runs on "national" television. Why don't we see Stirling Moss on TV every week, but it's a similar timeframe to Bobby Moore and co.! I have many friends and workmates who are English, I don't hate the English. We know there are some people South of the Border for whom the World Cup has become tedious; just imagine what it's like for all the other UK non-English. Now where's that Mars bar? Better not, I might choke! [/QUOTE]

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