Blanco 4,900 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: I'm sure you'd do the same for Ireland, haha, and I probably wouldn't blame you. Actually no. I would prefer that Boro win a major trophy than Ireland tbh. That way I can be smug to 99.99% of the population over here for a year ๐ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,817 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: It would be great to share the joy with millions rather than a few hundred thousand. That's the reason I'd take Boro over England. Feels more special when it's a smaller group of people who get to enjoy the moment.ย ย I wouldn't complain at an England Euro, World cup double though... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, boro-unger said: That's the reason I'd take Boro over England. Feels more special when it's a smaller group of people who get to enjoy the moment. ย ๐ ย I wouldn't complain at an England Euro, World cup double though... ๐ก ย Link to post Share on other sites
LBP 3,012 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 What a feelingย ย Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 How many times in the past would we have lost that type of game...especially with how the draw has opened up.ย @SmogDaneย I shed a tear purely because of the people no longer with us that would have loved to see that and the last world Cup. (Thinking of close family). 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,959 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 12 minutes ago, LBP said: What a feelingย ย Are you dancing on the ceiling? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Essuuaitch 330 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 welldone England and good on ya GSย for being proactive rather than reactive with the Grealish introduction. once again Pickford was immense and the back 3 all had great games.ย sidenote , ive noticed that its 7/7 so far in this KO round for teams wearing white. Link to post Share on other sites
Aphex_Boro 1,425 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Seeing James McClean wearing a full Germany kit before that match actually makes me want to see England win it all now 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus 63 478 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 24 minutes ago, boro-unger said: That's the reason I'd take Boro over England. Feels more special when it's a smaller group of people who get to enjoy the moment.ย ย I wouldn't complain at an England Euro, World cup double though... Goodย omen for the Boro. The one and only time England won a cup, weย were promoted the next season. Glorious memories of Englandย 1966 and Boro promoted 66/67 season. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Well done England. Deserved win.ย 3 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, boro-unger said: That's the reason I'd take Boro over England. Feels more special when it's a smaller group of people who get to enjoy the moment.ย I wouldn't complain at an England Euro, World cup double though... I think for me it's partly about the connection to the area too.ย I don't hold much connection to the entirety of England but I love coming from Middlesbrough, I've lived and worked in a few places around the country and I still remember 5.5 years ago when I was living and working in London, I hit a real brick wall. I was really unhappy, I'd just moved jobs and I felt like an imposter working amongst people that I just couldn't make a strong connection with. Interestingly, there was one lad who I worked with who I remember quite well during the 3-4 months we worked together, was a Romanian lad about my age and even though he wasn't a huge football fan, it turns out him and his family were Steaua fans and he remembered growing up with that Middlesbrough game as part of their history so we got chatting a fair bit through that.ย I don't know if that connection is what started to drive me home but it was part of a process. I spoke to him a lot, I was reading Jonathan Wilson's Brian Clough Biography 'Nobody Ever Says Thank You', I was listening to an awful lot of Cattle & Cane. 12 months later (just after we got promoted as well) I was back in Middlesbrough living with my brother, working for a company based in Sunderland. As with everyone, had my ups and downs since then but I've rarely doubted my ability to connect with people in some way since, always been working with people from Boro, people who just know what it's like to have grown up up here. I just love it and I don't think I would swap it for anything. So yeah, for me, I will always support England but I'll never ever feel the way I do about England as a whole as I do with the mighty Boro. For me, it's not just about the club, it's about the town. If there's such thing as patriotism about a town, that's where I sit. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,964 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 38 minutes ago, Erimus 63 said: Goodย omen for the Boro. The one and only time England won a cup, weย were promoted the next season. Glorious memories of Englandย 1966 and Boro promoted 66/67 season. I was camping in Scotland with mum and dad, they would have enjoyed today, God Bless There Souls..ย 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus 63 478 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Quote ย I was reading Jonathan Wilson's Brian Clough Biography 'Nobody Ever Says Thank You', I was listening to an awful lot of Cattle & Cane. @ wilsoncgp ย Just googled that Cloughy Biography. The photo on the front coverย of him smoking amazed me. I never realised he was a smoker. I'm surprised they didn't airbrush it out in this anti smoking era. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,220 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 47 minutes ago, Aphex_Boro said: Seeing James McClean wearing a full Germany kit before that match actually makes me want to see England win it all now Lol, he didn't, did he? Link to post Share on other sites
Aphex_Boro 1,425 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 In all it's gloryย 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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