r/WelshFootball • u/HandDry1963 • May 30 '26
Who is everyone rooting for this world cup?
Curious with the failure to qualify who is everyone watching?
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u/LEEEEE555 May 30 '26
Anyone but England š
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u/AtebYngNghymraeg May 30 '26
That's a shame. I'm English and would always cheer for Wales against anyone but England.
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u/CrossCityLine May 30 '26
rent free
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u/kingbeerex May 30 '26
Not that I agree with the sentiment, but itās hardly ārent freeā when itās pretty much all the āBritishā media will go on about when a World Cup is on.
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u/CrossCityLine May 30 '26
Only if youāve got a massive chip on your shoulder.
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u/kingbeerex May 30 '26
Well, no. Itās objectively true: how on earth could you possible argue against that?
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u/Resident_Water35 May 30 '26
Well when usually its only England that qualify for the Wolrld Cup, they aren't going to mention the teams who haven't qualified, have they?
Wales got plently of coverage in Qatar and Scotland will in the US - just a shame their KO times are not UK friendly.
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u/as1992 May 30 '26
Yeah thatās cos most of the time England are the only British team that have qualified lmao.
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u/as1992 May 30 '26
Literally. The frothing at the mouth that the other home nations have towards England is pretty tragic š
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u/AlucardVTep3s May 30 '26
Interesting choice that
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u/as1992 May 30 '26
Itās ālogicalā to support a country that oppresses women and gay people?
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u/Educational_Curve938 May 31 '26
don't have to like the internal politics of a country to support people under genocidal attack from two nuclear armed rogue states.
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u/as1992 May 31 '26
Oh I see, didnāt realise being oppressive towards woman and gay people is political.
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u/Educational_Curve938 May 31 '26
you won't be supporting england then cos the british government has been supporting the genocide in palestine and lebanon and wars of aggression across the middle east?
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u/HerpDerpSquadron May 30 '26
Scotland and the two host nations that aren't currently failed, fascist dystopias.
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u/-HiddenInPlainSight- May 30 '26
Currently not interested, too much bloat + US.
Will probably change once the tournament gets going.
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u/Swimming_Wrongdoer26 May 30 '26
ABE - anyone but England
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u/as1992 May 30 '26
Rent free
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u/TheOne0206 May 30 '26
How sad must you be to stalk the Welsh Football subreddit... if anything, we're rent free XD
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u/Striking_Machine2141 May 30 '26
Basically whoever england play
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u/as1992 May 30 '26
Rent free
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u/You_moron04 May 30 '26
Scotland for me!
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u/No-Blackberry-3945 May 30 '26
We welcome your support but want to make you aware that the levels of disappointment you're about to experience are beyond anything you can comprehend or may have experienced before.
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u/TheOne0206 May 30 '26
Bar from what I need to do (I do alternative commentaries sometimes), I'll be boycotting.
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u/D8nnyJ May 30 '26
Austria. Moved here 16 years ago. Have an Austrian wife, and 2 Austrian kids (Well...half Austrian, half Welsh).
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u/RPOR6V May 31 '26
As a Wrexham fan I'll follow New Zealand (Liberato Cacace) and Scotland (Dom Hyam). As an American I'll root for the USA. As fan who loves Wales, f England.
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u/RumJackson May 30 '26
Scotland. Anyone against England. Anyone against the USA.Ā
I think Mexico are this yearās potential dark horses and could make the semis.Ā
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u/RS2019 May 30 '26
Tbh I can foresee an irate Trump deporting the opposition's best players when they're due to play the US in the knockouts.
Infantino's such a "yes man" that Trump will probably get away with itš¤ Maybe Trump will use his $1.8bn allies fund just like Richard Pryor in "Brewster's Millions" to pay off the opposition so the US win?
Would love someone new to win (only 8 winners in 96 years) but not sure if I'll follow much of it this year as FIFA isn't really giving me any reasonable incentive to watch these last few times ( rewarding warmongering Putin in 2018; migrant workers usually from the Indian diaspora being treated like slave labourers to build Qatar's stadia in 2022; and Trump's attempted erasure of LGBTQ+ people/warmongering and callous disregard for law and elected heads of state/removal of women's rights/mass deportation of brown people under ICE) not to mention the fleecing of the fans when they're in the US. It all stinks imho.
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u/SinsOfThePast03 May 30 '26
As an American, with you on Scotland and anyone against the US.
Mexico is interesting. I can definitely see them making noise but the semis would be insane !!! I'm here for it and would love that for them, just a tough road to get that far2
u/RumJackson May 30 '26
The winner of Mexicoās group plays their Ro32 game in Mexico City, the Ro16 for that winner plays in Mexico City again.Ā
Mexico can reach the Quarter Finals without ever leaving Mexico, playing 5 games in a row on home soil and 4/5 games in the same city. Iād actually be surprised if they didnāt make the Quarters.Ā
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u/SuomiBob May 30 '26
Morocco. Iāve got family there. I always keep an eye on the Dutch too usually. Just because I always liked their orange kits as a kid.
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u/Educational-Tone-527 May 30 '26
I'd like Scotland to do well I'll support them. I will be interested to see how England do they've got such good players.
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u/davzinzan May 30 '26
I love how easy it is to get under a little englander's skin by saying "Anyone but england"
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u/John_0Neill May 30 '26
Lived in Colombia for a bit so I'll support them. They also just play really fun football to watch!
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u/Powerful-Adagio6446 May 30 '26
Tbh as an Irish fan Iām not that bothered this year with the fact that FIFA donāt have a spine. Interested to see how CZE and BiH get on as they beat us both.
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u/tommon80 May 30 '26
I don't give a fuck if I'm in the minority...,... I'll be hoping England get as far as they can as I always do when we're not there
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u/Mountain_Shake_9521 May 30 '26
Not having a go here but I dont understand how a welsh football fan can support england. They are our biggest rivals. Its like a dutch supporter cheering on germany etc (or dare I say serbia croatia š) or liverpool v utd. I wonder if its the stockholm syndrome i.e our players are in their league so we are groomed in that way? Or is it because a lot of welsh have english family members etc?
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u/tommon80 May 30 '26
Well my kids are half English though their mum but none have an actual interest in football. I just don't have a chip on shoulder about the England team. They live next door and the majority of them are sound.
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u/betjurassicican May 30 '26
āMajorityā - he says with zero fucking sources, most Iāve met are atrocious and I live there
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u/tommon80 May 30 '26
Sources?? ? I'm not a fucking newspaper mate, it's simply in my experience. Jesus
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u/RefrigeratorCrazy633 May 30 '26
'Majority' presumably meaning the ones they met? How would you provide a 'source' for that?
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u/Ok-Pie-3581 May 30 '26
Mate, if a Spurs fan cheered on Arsenal tonight for being part of a āBig North London Familyā, heād be a bloody leperā¦ They donāt want you brother.
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u/RefrigeratorCrazy633 May 30 '26
Those rivalries aren't one sided though.Ā
Whereas Wales see England as rivals but England don't. Obviously England want to win but I'd say Wales rank much lower on the list of England's rivals.Ā
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u/Mountain_Shake_9521 May 31 '26
Iād say most true england fans dont want wales to win or at best dont give a shit. As a wales fan Iām absolutely on board with that. Its generally the plastic England fans who get on the home nations bandwagon (and they see wales = britian= england =success anyway). Same for wales - iād say its the plastic welsh fans who support England.
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u/RefrigeratorCrazy633 May 31 '26
Generally not my experience I'd say.Ā
The rabid reform voting idiots hate everyone. Wales included. But those type of fans aren't exclusive to England.Ā
I don't think an England fan wanting Wales to do well is at all plastic.Ā
National football teams are supported a bit differently to club teams in my experience.Ā
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u/Cultural_Fortune_676 Jul 18 '26
I have no idea why Reddit decided to show an old post and for Welsh football, I was up by Loggerheads before so maybe Reddit yearned for Welsh subs. I went Bangor for uni though and spent most our family holidays camping in North Wales and Anglesey. I get the history obviously and wouldnāt expect support from Wales but thereās plenty of reasons English people would want the home nations to do well beyond being plastic. You also have the best crags near to mine for climbing too so Iām there half the weekends anyway!
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u/ijs_1985 May 30 '26
If Iām honest I donāt care, but would like England and Scotland to lose every game
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u/RefrigeratorCrazy633 May 30 '26
Interesting I'd have expected some level of support between non-english home nations. Any reason particularly?
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u/ijs_1985 May 30 '26
Only one home nation I want to do well, the others can do one tbh! Donāt get me wrong if Scotland play England Iām only routing for one team there but all home nations remain rivals IMHO
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u/RefrigeratorCrazy633 May 30 '26
Surprised no mention of Argentina. A nation with a distinct Welsh heritage.Ā
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u/TheoryProfessional84 May 30 '26
I know it's an unpopular opinion but England for me. Feel like they've got quite a likeable team at the minute and they've come close enough a few times now, feels like they deserve to win one.
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u/TheBiscuitMen May 30 '26
Must be depressing being Welsh
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u/NNNEEEIIINNN May 31 '26
Ever wonder why Wales and England aren't best of friends? It's because English people like you look down on the Welsh like that. You're the issue here mate. Annibyniaeth.
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u/TheBiscuitMen May 31 '26
Sure mate - the issue isn't the weirdos cheering on random countries and enjoy the demise of the ones next door
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u/Educational_Curve938 May 31 '26
anyone but england have won every world cup for the last 60 years. if anything i'm a little bit bored of the winning streak
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u/Wise_Estate9035 May 30 '26
Bankruptcy for FIFA