I think you meant Athletico Bilbao don’t employ non basque players. They’re all Spanish. Just like Barca fans are Spanish, they may both want independence from the state but they don’t have it so for the time being they are both part of Spain whether they like it or not. I may want to be a turnip, I can tell people I’m a turnip and believe I’m a turnip but I’m actually not, I’m an English human.

You’re geting there olympus, I know exactly what I meant.

I’m an English human.

Being human is a biological fact though. Being English is a societal/political construct. Granted, turnips are always vegetables with the sole exception of Graham Taylor 😆

Do I not like that!

Neither do we, Graham. You’re useless.

I believe cutting the nets is a basketball thing.

It’s Athletic Bilbao.

I believe cutting the nets is a basketball thing.

Really? Because Barçelona are also big on basketball. There is even an FC Barçelona basketball team. So maybe they got the idea from them?

That non Spanish victory was very popular here in our pocket of Andalucía. 😀
We had beeping car horn and fireworks. Good game too.

my spanish uncle is from catalunya. OH MY GOD IF I TELL HIM HE’S NOT SPANISH HE WILL HAVE AN IDENTITY CRISIS FROM WHICH HE WILL NEVER RECOVER.

Yeah just like those silly **** from cornwall ain’t English till they need the nhs etc!

scotland has nhs and wales has nhs, whats the point?

so please don’t be rude about the Cornish. although i’m a foreigner from the wrong side of the river i have lived and worked in Cornwall for nearly 30years and i consider myself fortunate to have married into a Cornish family and be welcomed into it.

from the first time i ever came here i knew it was a special and unique place, and i have nothing but utter respect for the Country and its people.

we live in an increasingly bland country, so rather than be small minded and rude we should embrace strong regional identities and enable and encourage them to flourish.

was a special and unique place, and i have nothing but utter respect for the Country county and its people

Ftfy

Have you met SurfMat yet?

Belfast is in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK and therefore British.