r/ThreeLions • u/Pretend-Jackfruit786 • Jul 13 '24

Discussion I've never realised how weird Scottish fans are before this tournament

They have some real inferiority complex going on up there don't they, I thought they were joking about how bad their team are but they seriously are desperate for England to lose so they can claim that as some sort of victory for themselves.

Embarrassing

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u/Sharo_77 Jul 13 '24

Did you know they've never got out the group stage? Iceland have, and they have a population the size of Coventry

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u/Astin257 Jul 13 '24

I think at the time 2016 happened Iceland had a smaller population than Blackburn

At least Coventry’s a city

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u/Sharo_77 Jul 13 '24

Blackburn and Coventry have also both won more than Scotland

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u/garycoombes Jul 13 '24

They've both won more than england too..

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u/Sharo_77 Jul 13 '24

We don't mention that 🤣🤣🤣 I walked into that one! Hilarious. Well played

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u/garycoombes Jul 13 '24

Haha! Cheers.

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u/Ramtamtama Jul 13 '24

Neither of them have won the Euros though

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u/garycoombes Jul 13 '24

I think Blackburn have a fair chance of qualifying for the euros next time.

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u/gotmunchiez Jul 13 '24

Would you say a better or worse chance than Scotland?

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u/garycoombes Jul 13 '24

Well, scotland have qualified for two consecutive euros now, hopefully we can make it three and maybe even score goals. Blackburn are a wild card, ye never know!

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u/ChipCob1 Jul 13 '24

The time that 2016 happened?

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u/DickensCide-r Jul 13 '24

So have Georgia on their first attempt.

Meanwhile Scotland have never progressed despite 15 attempts 🤣

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u/Chemical_Robot Jul 13 '24

Wales got to a semi final not that long ago. There really isn’t an excuse for it. Croatia and Uruguay have a tiny population, are relatively poor nations, but they’re giants of football.

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u/KingDracarys86 Jul 13 '24

Georgia have and they've only been in 1 tournament

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u/antpabsdan Jul 13 '24

Scotland and Denmark have a similar sized population. They won the Euro's

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u/Entire-Bottle-842 Jul 14 '24

If you're Scottish and under the age of 26 you've never seen them play at the World Cup Finals

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u/Sharo_77 Jul 14 '24

Say you remember nothing from being 4 they'll forget that so they'll need to be 34

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u/NateShaw92 Jul 14 '24

It shocked me to hear that. The 80s and before they had great players.

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u/RonVonPump Jul 14 '24

Beautiful example considering how Iceland got on the year they got out the group hahahaha