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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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It's not a sporting rivalry.
"Rivalry" requires it be a two way deal. The English do not cheer against the Scottish.
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:42, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
Indeed, at the Wimbledon final, I imagine a lot of English people were cheering Murray on.

(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:45, Reply)
Yes, they were.

(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:47, Reply)
no, it is a rivalry in that we tend to enjoy seeing our bigger and more skilled neighbour lose.
I have no beef at all with the English, I have lived and worked in England tor ten years. Having a beef with the people as a whole would be irrational and silly. Sport is just a game remember, and the schadenfreude when, say, Germany beat England at football is immense. I can separate
sporting loyalties from real life.

Just to be clear here: supporting the other team in sporting events is not the same as anti-English xenophobia.
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