Agreed.
I'm seeing an awful lot of flags.
Some houses and clubs have flags instead of curtains now.
Even garden sheds are sporting flags.

Nah, I like the variants Joe, mainly I suppose because of seeing them at England games with your club team name or initials on - you know: supporting the national team and all that but still celebrating your club.
Can't stand the Union flag though - has really unpleasant associations for me

Ooh my son said that exact same thing to me this afternoon.

How old did you say you were "Joe"

C'mon peeps......is it not time to stop being 'sat on' and stick up for ourselves?

Just for you Joe  Btw as far as I know we still have a ban at the Emirates on ANY national flags with or without wording - apparently it's racist. *shakes head*


They didn't seem to enforce it much during our Emirates cup matches with Rangers or the CL quali with Celtic though!

Oops I stand corrected - apparently we are allowed now to have our flags back at the Emirates!!
I suppose they thought it made too much work for the stewards to police - being as they have to spend all their time enforcing the strict 'no noise' dictat from the board

I'd stick up for us any day I just don't like the "extras" on the flag. I prefer the traditional version.

The need to stick up for ourselves is heavily exaggerated though. Every rumour I've ever heard about banned flags always seems to have no basis in fact.


Except maybe the Emirates one? Cos I hadn't heard about that Common sense always prevails in the end though.

No it was really true Ducky, I didn't know the origin behind the ban until I was reading about it today. It was a Cypriot thing apparently, the Greek Cypriots reacted to a Turkish Cypriot flag at the Emirates so the board just banned every flag.
Fair enough some might say but this IS England - and I (along with loads of Gooners) was really miffed at the overkill. Because so many complained they have rescinded the ban.

Ahhh I see, thanks Veggie.  Stupid decision and I'm glad it was reversed.

I'm pleased to see it was not specific to the England flag though..... leaves me free to continue pointing and laughing at all the FB groups stressing about our pretty red cross.

A bit off topic but I LOVE flags! I have a bit of a collection. A very useless collection as I've nowhere to put them. Well that's not quite true.....I could put them anywhere I suppose.... but it would look a bit daft.

I have two England flags that have been signed by all the members of Linkin Park! 

flag relevant input there!

Oooh I like!

mmmm...  we got to meet n greet them at the Leeds Festival... on our way to the meet n greet (herded by a clipboard lady) we realised we had nothing for them to sign (the kids weren't keen on the "mummy's boobs" idea)... so I quickly bought a couple of england flags.

I propelled two children towards Chester (hubba hubba) & Mike Shinoda (& the rest of them)...  I just drooled & went starstruck...   the kids were cool as cucumbers and had a banter with them!

Only slightly related, but...

For the last week or two, I've been flying this flag on my car;


I've lost count of the number of people who have asked me which country, or football team, it represents....

Plenty of those flags in Brum this weekend Sarum, Pride weekend.  Going to have a look down there later on and meet my college mate who is down for the weekend with his partner. We always go to Pride and then hit the pubs later on.

Re the England flag, I have 2.  One that is displayed outside on St Georges Day and when the World Cup is on and one that has West Brom on that sometimes goes to matches.  I really like to see all the flags being flown regardless of what country they are from, when the Dutch were playing group matches at Villa Park in Euro '96, there were loads of Dutch flags about with the Cross of St George and it was great.  I will only fly the Cross of St George though, the Union Flag to me still has NF connections sadly.

Not really keen on flags.....but the only England flag being flown in my road is fluttering from an Iranian's car...when the WC starts he'll put one in his garden as well

Is it a coalition?

You could say that, Brisket...

Sarum!
Being Welsh, I couldn't give a monkey's about the England or Union flags..

It's illegal to print anything on a National Flag or drape it over your person - dontcha no.

I'm the same as Sarum - being Irish I don't give a damn either.  

Being Scottish,I ain't fussed either.
The union flag up here tends to be associated with Glasgow Rangers. etc.

I got a free England flag today when I bought the red England top from DW Sports.Is that good or what?

How much did the top cost you, Crunchy?

£35 they are from DW but I got 10% off because I use their gym.

Chester

uh huh!!! 

I am a Scot, married to an Englishman. We always viewed the Union Jack as our flag, as it signified the union of our nations. It saddens me that it has been hijacked by right-wing groups.

I agree Yogi, but I think that the only way they can hijack the flag is if we let them.  I am proud of the flag of St. George and of the Union Jack and I respect those in this union who are proud of their respective national flags.  Don't let them win is what I say.

Ha Ha yeah. I got my red England top yesterday but no flag with it.

Saw this and thought of you



It reads: Somewhere A Rednecks head is spinning

Me neither kt. In my daughter's road almost everybody has flags hanging out their windows. I don't like this sudden surge of national pride when we just had months of people saying that we live in 'broken Britain'. Make your minds up.

Oooh, I like it....thank you