leonBrum RoyalSutekh
Guess some England fans are proud of the country and the St George cross and don't want to see the FA and Nike muck about with it, and there's nothing wrong with that. Let them take the argument to the FA to make it clear what they think so next time the FA/Nike come up with a "playful idea" they might think twice. Imagine if Nike had gone to the French or German FA with a "playful" idea for the French or German flags on their shirts.
Would have said the ******* ridiculous price for the shirt is what is actually most offensive and will hopefully see this shirt record neglible sales when compared to previous shirts.
+1 to all this. And as someone posted on Twitter earlier this morning - various fans groups change the colour of the cross when they put the club's name across the England flag, pictures shown on the Tweet were a blue England cross with Coventry and Chester fans, and a green cross from a Yeovil supporters group. Didn't see much of a fuss about them
its all bollocks anyway..............from the BBC
"Ed Cowburn, who designs football kits for a living, told the Today programme that the St George's Cross only became a regular feature of the England kit from the early 2000s.
"The St George's Cross has probably only appeared on about six kits as a distinct graphic element," he said."
So Joe the Stirling Taxi driver can stick it up his fat moronic arsehole.
The St George's Cross wasn't even regularly used by fans until the mid-90s; it was always the Union Flag.
England fans at the 1990 World Cup:
The St George's Cross only really started being used by fans during Euro 96 - probably due to England hosting the tournament and playing Scotland during the group stage.
Interestingly*, the Lion Rampant (or some variant) always used to be the most common flag used by Scotland fans:
