Union Jock: Sleeping with the Auld Enemy

ISBN-13: 9780224080156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str.

Aidan Smith

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From his earliest years, Scottish-born Aidan Smith was taught one golden rule about soccerno matter who England is playing, you support the other team. If the opposition have a dodgy human rights record, or are cruel to wasps, or can't even be located on a large-format map, well, that s too bad. Now a full-grown man, Aidan Smith should be old enough, and ugly enough, to be above petty, playground-formed sports squabbles. Besides, he's about to marry an Englishwoman. Maybe it's a sign. But can a Scotsman ever cheer for "Ingerland?" In this hilarious study, Aidan Smith investigates the age-old EnglandScotland enmity, both on and off thesoccer field. The Scots may have suffered at the hands of the Auld Enemy for centuries"Braveheart," Culloden, Jimmy Hill calling David Narey's goal a "toe-poke but now they're a nation on the rise. But what do the fans, players, politicians, and Sassenach invaders really think about their English neighbors? Would supporting England be a denial of their Scottishness?"