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From: Paul C on 5 Jun 2010 03:27 "Mehdi" <Benny(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote in message news:TM6On.50102$em4.30435(a)hurricane... > > Subject : Dying rivalries > > From : Pammiesheart(a)yahoo.co.uk > > > Was this ever anything more than sour grapes from the English because > > of the penalty shoot out defeats at the 1990 World Cup and 1996 > > European championship? I lived in england until 1997 and I wasn't > > aware of any rivalry between these 2! > > The 'Two World Wars, One World Cup' T-Shirt sums up the English viewpoint. > Obviously forgetting that the US and Russians had the decisive roles in > the World Wars and that Germany have won THREE World Cups. English fans and their media appear to have an obsession with Germany and WW2 Forget about the US and Russia - even the fans of the other countries which make up the UK - Scotland, Wales, N Ireland - don't have this unhealthy obsession.
From: Real Mardin on 5 Jun 2010 04:19 On Jun 4, 8:27 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: >> : Did you notice that we drive on the left hand side of the road and > : that the currency is Pound Sterling? > > I thought you drove on the Kara Yol on the right side and payed for > things in Lira? :-) That's my Galatasaray side, not my Nottingham Forest side.......*s* RM
From: John on 5 Jun 2010 19:36
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 08:27:01 +0100, Paul C wrote: > "Mehdi" <Benny(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote in message > news:TM6On.50102$em4.30435(a)hurricane... >>> Subject : Dying rivalries >>> From : Pammiesheart(a)yahoo.co.uk >> >>> Was this ever anything more than sour grapes from the English because >>> of the penalty shoot out defeats at the 1990 World Cup and 1996 >>> European championship? I lived in england until 1997 and I wasn't >>> aware of any rivalry between these 2! >> >> The 'Two World Wars, One World Cup' T-Shirt sums up the English viewpoint. >> Obviously forgetting that the US and Russians had the decisive roles in >> the World Wars and that Germany have won THREE World Cups. > > > English fans and their media appear to have an obsession with Germany and > WW2 Forget about the US and Russia - even the fans of the other countries > which make up the UK - Scotland, Wales, N Ireland - don't have this > unhealthy obsession. Sounds just like Scotland's twisted view when it comes to England-Scotland games. If any country has an unhealthy obsession with another country it would have to be Scotland and it's attitude with the English. |