Watched last night’s game against Switzerland in the Chelsea Pub in Linz, Austria and ended up standing next to a guy who was wearing a red England shirt.
I assumed he was from back home and so asked him from where. It turned out he was Swiss, but he thought that they were so bad he’d switched allegiance to England. As I’d already sunk a few beers, I spent the rest of the evening trying to convince him he was a traitor to his country, but at the final whistle he just pointed to the TV and said: “That’s why I don’t support Switzerland.”
It’s difficult enough getting my head round the fact that half of Croydon supports Manchester United rather than Crystal Palace, but supporting another nation seems just plain wrong.
Gaff of the night (and in my defence I was on my fifth pint):
Me – Why isn’t Paul Scharner playing for Switzerland tonight?
Fellow customer – Because he’s Austrian.
Me – Fair enough (exit to the bogs in embarrassment).
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