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Rossmillan
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Given England have progressed at the Euro’s, I was googling the origins of the chant/song “It’s coming home”.

I couldn’t help but draw a parallel…..

Both teams haven’t had a major trophy since the 1960’s

Both teams invented the modern version of the game.

Both teams are playing games at the home of football

Both teams have had long suffering supporters.

Im turning this into my new theme.  Come on dees bring football home…..

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    13 minutes ago, Rossmillan said:

    Given England have progressed at the Euro’s, I was googling the origins of the chant/song “It’s coming home”.

    I couldn’t help but draw a parallel…..

    Both teams haven’t had a major trophy since the 1960’s

    Both teams invented the modern version of the game.

    Both teams are playing games at the home of football

    Both teams have had long suffering supporters.

    Im turning this into my new theme.  Come on dees bring football home…..

    So not the Adele version then?

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    Don’t tell me that. I can’t begin to enjoy any international tournament until England have been knocked out. 

    If someone were to tell me that we could only win the flag if they also won the Euros I’d be in a right bind. 

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    13 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Don’t tell me that. I can’t begin to enjoy any international tournament until England have been knocked out. 

    If someone were to tell me that we could only win the flag if they also won the Euros I’d be in a right bind. 

    Maybe just take pleasure in Collingwood being [censored] for the time being while we are on top.

    We can't have it all.

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    3 hours ago, Rossmillan said:

     

    Both teams invented the modern version of the game.

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    The authors of it's coming home Skinner and Baddiel were very liberal with the truth here. Scotland has more of a claim to inventing the modern game than England.

    As an aside I couldn't stand it if England won. World's worst supporters. Booing opposing national anthems, mixing politics with sport in every match. Nazi references 80 years on, really? Slamming their coach one minute, praising the him next. Picking fights, glassing innocent bystanders... Just filth.

    We still have hope that Belgium (perhaps minus Ezard and de Bruyne) or Italy will spoil the party. But if the Poms get over Ukraine the have a home final at Wembley. Makes a big difference.

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    8 hours ago, Rossmillan said:

    Given England have progressed at the Euro’s, I was googling the origins of the chant/song “It’s coming home”.

    I couldn’t help but draw a parallel…..

    Both teams haven’t had a major trophy since the 1960’s

    Both teams invented the modern version of the game.

    Both teams are playing games at the home of football

    Both teams have had long suffering supporters.

    Im turning this into my new theme.  Come on dees bring football home…..

    Both teams have a history of stuffing up!

    Watch England now lose to the Ukraine on penalties

    If they do win the Euros i'm glad i'm the other side of the world because their supporters will be insufferable

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    4 hours ago, dee-tox said:

    The authors of it's coming home Skinner and Baddiel were very liberal with the truth here. Scotland has more of a claim to inventing the modern game than England.

    As an aside I couldn't stand it if England won. World's worst supporters. Booing opposing national anthems, mixing politics with sport in every match. Nazi references 80 years on, really? Slamming their coach one minute, praising the him next. Picking fights, glassing innocent bystanders... Just filth.

    We still have hope that Belgium (perhaps minus Ezard and de Bruyne) or Italy will spoil the party. But if the Poms get over Ukraine the have a home final at Wembley. Makes a big difference.

    Essendon supporters on steroids. They wreck every town centre their national team is based at tournaments on foreign soil. 

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    8 hours ago, Wrecker46 said:

    Maybe just take pleasure in Collingwood being [censored] for the time being while we are on top.

    We can't have it all.

    I’d take more pleasure in Collingwood’s demise if we were one of the long list of clubs to have actually beaten them this year.

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    10 hours ago, Rossmillan said:

    Both teams haven’t had a major trophy since the 1960’s

    Both teams invented the modern version of the game.

    Both teams are playing games at the home of football

    Both teams have had long suffering supporters.

    There are other compelling reasons in play as well.

    1.  The last time we won the flag, the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo.

    2.  We won our last flag in 1964, which is 57 years ago.  I was born in 1957 which is 64 years ago.

    Make of that what you will, numerologists!  :D

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    23 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    There are other compelling reasons in play as well.

    1.  The last time we won the flag, the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo.

    2.  We won our last flag in 1964, which is 57 years ago.  I was born in 1957 which is 64 years ago.

    Make of that what you will, numerologists!  :D

     

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    27 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    There are other compelling reasons in play as well.

    1.  The last time we won the flag, the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo.

    2.  We won our last flag in 1964, which is 57 years ago.  I was born in 1957 which is 64 years ago.

    Make of that what you will, numerologists! 

    Going by the Chinese calendar (and why wouldn’t you ?), we will play, but not necessarily win a grannie in 2024. The years we’ve played for the flag since and including 1964 were all in the year of the Dragon. 
    Make of that what you will, people who believe in that sh*t. ?

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    3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Going by the Chinese calendar

    2021 is the Year of The Ox!!  What further proof would anybody need?

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    And then there's the sock analogy. The Boston Red Sox and the MFC obviously wear the same colour sox/socks. They had the Curse of the Bambino while we have the Norm Smith curse (note the rhyme between Red Fox and Red Sox). So, we should anticipate that our drought is due to end because the Curse of the Bambino only went, oh, wait....86 years. Bugger.

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    8 hours ago, dee-tox said:

    ….Slamming their coach one minute, praising the him next. Picking fights, glassing innocent bystanders... Just filth.

    Sounds like a Demonland Game Day thread to me.

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    If you're looking for historical sporting alignments the only one that matters is this. 

    England won their only trophy in 1966 (thanks to a dodgy Russian linesman at Wembley)

    St Kilda won their only premiership in 1966. 

    Neither have won anything since. 

    Long may this continue. 

     

     

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    8 hours ago, AmDamDemon said:

    Yuck. Please no

     

    3 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Essendon supporters on steroids. They wreck every town centre their national team is based at tournaments on foreign soil. 

    AmDamDemon would know. Was quietly sitting on the canal having a beer one day when all of a sudden more than 35 large and heavily-armoured 'divvy' vans come flying down the road (Weesperplein). I thought there had been a terrorist attack. No, a friendly between Holland and England at Johan Cruyff Arena. Over 100 arrests, including ugly earlier mob behaviour in the Red Light District. 

    Such behaviour isn't exclusive to English fans (there was also an incident between Dutch and German fans on Spegelgracht near my house a few months later), but the hooliganism is such an ingrained part of their culture. I abhor violence, but do get a small kick out of seeing these Neanderthals get the baton treatment. The Poms taunting police and then running like cowards in Porto a couple years ago is a personal favourite. 

    Unfortunately they see it as a badge of honour. 

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    Italy will beat England in the final.

    Not sure what that means for us :(

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    I used to obnoxiously sing 'It's coming home' when watching games at home with other Dees supporting friends in 2018, then the following year I saw this video on YouTube that someone put together...
     

     

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    28 minutes ago, Lowly_Worm said:

    I used to obnoxiously sing 'It's coming home' when watching games at home with other Dees supporting friends in 2018, then the following year I saw this video on YouTube that someone put together...
     

     

    LOVE this! Thank you for posting. 

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    2 hours ago, Skuit said:

     

    AmDamDemon would know. Was quietly sitting on the canal having a beer one day when all of a sudden more than 35 large and heavily-armoured 'divvy' vans come flying down the road (Weesperplein). I thought there had been a terrorist attack. No, a friendly between Holland and England at Johan Cruyff Arena. Over 100 arrests, including ugly earlier mob behaviour in the Red Light District. 

    Such behaviour isn't exclusive to English fans (there was also an incident between Dutch and German fans on Spegelgracht near my house a few months later), but the hooliganism is such an ingrained part of their culture. I abhor violence, but do get a small kick out of seeing these Neanderthals get the baton treatment. The Poms taunting police and then running like cowards in Porto a couple years ago is a personal favourite. 

    Unfortunately they see it as a badge of honour. 

    Hi Skuit. An ex GF of mine is from Eindhoven so I have a big soft spot for the dutchies and PSV. I'm familiar with the hooligan element over there as well. 

    Being a Scot there are a hundred reasons why I won't support our southern neighbours in international football. Some political, some historical, some media related. Having lived in England for a number of years though it has always puzzled me why so many genuinely lovely, funny and welcoming individuals turn into such a grotesque collective every two years for the Euros or World Cup. It's the only time I wished I was somewhere else and brexit unfortunately has only emboldened them. 

    I think that there has been a deliberate attempt by both the media and political class over many years to airbrush the deeds and consequences of the English empire to the effect that it was at worst benign. As a result their people have been fed a deluded sense of place and entitlement in the world that the tories used to their benefit to get elected back in 2010 and continues today with their union jackery flag waving nationalism. 

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    Come on, then! I'll take you all on!

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    Nice theory but England supporters are thick and arrogant and entitled. It's important that they're knocked out of any tournament they're in, either at the very early stages to rub their noses in it, or at the very late stages, to rub their noses in it.

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    26 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    I think that there has been a deliberate attempt by both the media and political class over many years to airbrush the deeds and consequences of the English empire to the effect that it was at worst benign. As a result their people have been fed a deluded sense of place and entitlement in the world that the tories used to their benefit to get elected back in 2010 and continues today with their union jackery flag waving nationalism. 

    This will only get worse as a result of Brexit. The empire is shrinking inwards, until all they'll have left is England. And they'll be loving it.

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