I remember (checks ChatGPT to make sure I have the game right) watching England play Argentina in
the 1998 World Cup and I was so emotionally involved in the game and wanting England to lose and
had huge joy/huge relief when Argentina won.
Some people in Ireland (and I was one of them) have a bit of a unhealthy thing about wanting England
to always lose in my opinion. I wouldn't call the overall camp – wanting England to lose – unhealthy
but I think that a good few people in the camp have a bit of a unhealthy attitude to England.
I think it is just an immaturity thing. I was 17 years old in 1998. In more recent years my biggest
preference in watching football including Gaelic football is to see a good game. I haven't thought much
about whether I want England to win the World Cup (I probably wouldn't want them to because we in
Ireland would be saturated with the victory for years watching UK media and much UK media is big in
Ireland) but I don't begrudge them doing well.
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