Watching England tonight will be a nerve racking occasion, which has just been increased by the news that Carson has replaced Robinson in goal. The current Charlton player of the year endeared himself to the fans last season and I'm convinced if we had avoided relegation, he would be playing for us now on a permanent basis( I so want him to do well for two reasons). If we cant avoid defeat tonight then we surely do not deserve to be in Austria/Switzerland next year. The rest of Europe want England to qualify because of the revenue generated by our massive following and the people of Scotland will be overjoyed and dancing in the streets if we succeed- sorry fail. Why is there such hatred of England from Scottish football fans -history I know but maybe what really galls them most, is we don't care and I for one wanted Scotland to qualify on Saturday. Apparently most Scottish football fans would rather beat England in any game than win the World Cup.
If we fail then next years premier European tournament for me will be an occasional glance at the highlights and rooting for the underdog, as I did for Greece last time.
Come on you Reds/ - oops England
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Theres also a hatred of England from English fans. Come on Croatia
I am a Scot and it's not quite as bad as you think. It's become a national hobby up there but I maintain that the vast majority of Scots who you might befriend on holiday would admit to you privately that they aren't quite so anti and that they would be pleased for you. Apart from the history - let's face it - we're talking 250 years ago, most people don't recognise that half of Scotland has always been very loyal to England (there were nearly more Scots on Cumberland's side than clansmen facing them at Culloden). For me, the main reason in our lifetimes has been the English media, commentators in particular and their appalling bias to England and antipathy to Scotland. You really would have to be a Scot to have recognised how bad it was. Jimmy Hill was cringeworthy. At best they were simply patronising. I'm sure if they cut the worst/best examples of it and put them together even the most ardent England fan would be surprised how obvious it was. As Scots we need to get over it because it breeds a national inferiority complex that we just shouldn't have. C'mon England!
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