Rodri remarks about Gibraltar

[TeaCider]

What about England fans singing the 10 German bombers in the air song?

If it had happened in the stadium, the FA would probably have been fined.

They were already fined €10,000 because England fans booed the Slovenian national anthems.

 

[atypical_boro]

What about England fans singing the 10 German bombers in the air song?

Ha, well yeah they shouldn't do that either.

The Spanish-Morocco thing is a lot more directly comparable though, isn't it? Maybe Rodri thinks Spain should hand those back though.

 

[GibbosEmpire]

If it had happened in the stadium, the FA would probably have been fined.

They were already fined €10,000 because England fans booed the Slovenian national anthems.

Pretty sure there's video footage of fans singing it in and out of the stadiums in Germany

 

[indeedido]

Ha, well yeah they shouldn't do that either.

The Spanish-Morocco thing is a lot more directly comparable though, isn't it? Maybe Rodri thinks Spain should hand those back though.

Maybe a fair bit beyond Rodri's reasoning.

 

[JackG]

UEFA and on the grounds that he's making irredentist claims against another UEFA member's territory.

Same reason Serbia were fined during the tournament for their fans displaying flags showing Kosovo as part of Serbia, and Albania for their fans displaying flags claiming the territory of neighbouring UEFA members too.

It'll probably be a bigger fine in this case because it's actually multiple Spanish players doing it at an official event, rather than fans.

They're perfectly entitled to do so. It was in a public square in Spain. I'm not convinced that UEFA has any locus in this matter.

 

[Andy_W]

Did they arrive on a small boat from the UK ?

I think that's how we took over Gibraltar from Spain in ~1700

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

He's right though. WTF is the UK doing still hanging on to a lump of the Spanish mainland thanks to a treaty dating back to 1713? If it was Spain controlling Landsend wouldn't we be arguing the same?

Have you ever been? It's more British there than some places in Britain.

 

[Osboro]

Didn't we swap menorca for it?
Could always swap it back.

 

[Kike Solas Fitness Camp]

And what's Great Britain doing hanging on to a lump of the Irish mainland.

missed the part where Gibraltar spent 40 years being blown to bits, men women and children being shot in the night just going about their daily business. NI is completely different and you know it

 

[joeydiaz]

What about England fans singing the 10 German bombers in the air song?

You think that’s bad, have you heard Phil Foden singing it!?

 

[LessoftheLip]

I'm not convinced that UEFA has any locus in this matter.

Saying it while holding UEFA's trophy won't go down too well with them.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

I have no idea why, in a moment of national triumph, they have brought up something they consider an ongoing national humiliation.

 

[norfolkngood]

missed the part where Gibraltar spent 40 years being blown to bits, men women and children being shot in the night just going about their daily business. NI is completely different and you know it

A fine grasp of Irish history displayed there.

Just to bring you up to date though. In 1988 two men and a woman were shot in Gibraltar whilst going about their daily business.

 

[Kilburn]

What are Spain doing hanging on to two cities in Morocco?

Totally agree They should give up all of the plazas de soberania before asking for Gibraltar back. Otherwise it's hypocrisy innit?

 

[LessoftheLip]

A fine grasp of Irish history displayed there.

Just to bring you up to date though. In 1988 two men and a woman were shot in Gibraltar whilst going about their daily business.

They were members of the IRA.
What business were they conducting in Gibraltar?

 

[Andy_W]

Because 99% of the population want to remain British according to the 2003 referendum

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The thing is that's sort of a closed referendum isn't it?

Is a referendum valid if you take somewhere over, then have a vote between the people who took it over and their loose descendants?

We only took over it in the first place with the Germans and Dutch to secure trade in the med when we were a superpower, seems a bit out of date, especially considering Spain's within the EU and Schengen etc.

Just seems like and old rich brit tax doge to me?

 

[Kike Solas Fitness Camp]

A fine grasp of Irish history displayed there.

Just to bring you up to date though. In 1988 two men and a woman were shot in Gibraltar whilst going about their daily business.

and why was that?

 

[sambaDTR]

They’ll be wanting Benidorm back soon,

 

[parmoboy]

A fine grasp of Irish history displayed there.

Just to bring you up to date though. In 1988 two men and a woman were shot in Gibraltar whilst going about their daily business.

Were they there on holiday?

 

[Kosovo]

What about England fans singing the 10 German bombers in the air song?

Massive difference because it’s a Spanish player singing the song who’s happy to play his football in England.