Rugby World Cup final (Spoilers)

Soulman · Post by **Soulman** » 2003-11-24 01:41pm

The_Lumberjack wrote:I long for the day when the English or Union Jack can be flown outside of a sporting event without automatically calling to mind skinheads sporting swastikas and owning vicious dogs and morality to match. I think we sort of got there during the last Football world cup, when you couldnt move for union jacks, and for a change, it genuinely seemed to be a support-the-team movement for the most part.

Rugby's always been good in that way. During the world cup different teams supporters were actually somewhat mixed up without barriers between them. I think I even saw people drinking beer in the stadiums, all without any violence to speak of.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-11-24 02:35pm

[grudgingly]Well Done England[/grudgingly]

I did find the "The Empire Strikes back" being shone onto some Australian building rather amusing though

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-11-24 02:40pm

Sharp-kun wrote:I did find the "The Empire Strikes back" being shone onto some Australian building rather amusing though

Eh? Details? Link?

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-11-24 02:43pm

BoredShirtless wrote:
Sharp-kun wrote:I did find the "The Empire Strikes back" being shone onto some Australian building rather amusing though
Eh? Details? Link?

I read it in the metro, so can't give a link.

I did find this though, much as I despise the source:

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_p ... ews3.shtml

Last night the agony was piled on the Aussies when the words "The Empire Strikes Back" were projected in 10ft letters onto the doors of their High Commission in London

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-11-25 06:21pm

Well, the moment I saw it wasn't raining I knew we were boned. Hideously horribly boned.

We were lucky to have made it that far. Hell it was pure luck that got us through all of our fucking matches.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-11-26 04:14am

weemadando wrote:Hell it was pure luck that got us through all of our fucking matches.

Well, that and our guys decided that the world cup game against Australia was an excellent time to forget how to aim a pass.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-11-26 06:54am

The_Lumberjack wrote:I long for the day when the English or Union Jack can be flown outside of a sporting event without automatically calling to mind skinheads sporting swastikas and owning vicious dogs and morality to match. I think we sort of got there during the last Football world cup, when you couldnt move for union jacks, and for a change, it genuinely seemed to be a support-the-team movement for the most part.

That's because most of the hoolies couldn't afford to go all the way to Korea and Japan to watch the football. They'll be back in force at Euro 2004, unfortunately.