Shock: Scotsman for Ecuador

June 23rd, 2006 | By: Trent | 2 Comments »

Scotland First Minister Jack McConnell is rooting for Ecuador to beat England in the World Cup second round. McConnell has recently stated that England fans and English people in general should feel welcome north of Hadrian’s wall. Nevertheless, he noted that he’d be pulling for the underdog come Sunday.

You can scroll down that linked article to see what Franz Ferdinand band member Nick McCarthy thinks of England.

N.B.: I don’t have anything against England. Fact is, I love England and the English Premier League. Nevertheless, a little fun week-long rivalry never hurt anybody, right?

Tags: Ecuador, England, Franz Ferdinand, Jack McConnell, Nick McCarthy, Scotland

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Comments

By LLC | June 23rd, 2006 at 7:34 am

The Scottish are just bitter and jealous because they were not good enough to qualify!

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By alan | June 23rd, 2006 at 2:58 pm

he should shut his trap, there have been a number of attacks in scotland on people wearing england shirts in the last couple of days. including one seven, yes seven year old boy

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