I think it's fairly common - I was just giving my personal experience really. It's definitely the case that people who "follow" England tend to support smaller clubs.scspkr99 wrote:I'm older and the first World Cup I can remember is Argentina 1978. Scotland made it England didn't, as kids then we weren't going to let Englands absence stop us enjoying it and gangs of kids were singing we're on the march with Ally's army. Can you imagine that now. By the 80's Liverpools Scottish contingent were more important than the English players.
I've definitely mellowed. I've thought at times that proper club fans are too invested for international football to matter that much and I've always considered the mad random Bournemouth and Swindon flags indicative of an England support who's demographic was the lesser teams unlikely to secure any real glory for themselves. I now think that's largely bullshit. I still think there's a pretty significant section of club supporters that think as I do though.
I find the opposite pull from following big clubs though... in today's world where Premiership titles can be bought, the Champions League is largely Two Spanish Clubs Vs The Rest Of The World and even the FA Cup becoming an irrelevance domestically, the International game seems to have a tiny bit more romance about it.... even when the England team has someone like John Terry in it.
Sturridge, Welbeck?
There was only really one result of note the game against the Dutch.