England win Euros/Boro get promoted

[Marvanelli]

Where's the best parmo?

 

[h_m_boro]

Boro every single time.

And I'm not even that ar*ed about getting promoted and becoming cannon fodder every week.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Promotions do come and go, but the feeling I had at the Brighton game was unbelievable. Not sure an England trophy won would match that.
Similar for a playoff final win at Wembley.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

England for me.

Love that everyone gets involved, fans of different clubs coming together and non-football fans too.

England doing well is one of the few things that unites the country.

I've seen Boro get promoted, I've seen them win a cup. They get a go at promotion every year and multiples chances at cups each year too.

 

[Humpty]

For those that don't want us to become "fodder" every week in the Prem, how exactly do they see us making the jump beyond that level if we don't go through that phase as a club?

 

[Humpty]

England doing well is one of the few things that unites the country.

You sure about that?

 

[LaPennaBianca]

You sure about that?

Yes

 

[WilliamMunny]

Perhaps the question in the OP should just have been "who on here is an England supporter as well as a Boro supporter?"

 

[BoroPhil]

Boro by a mile. I'd pick Boro scraping into the playoffs ahead of England winning anything.

(but I do also want England to win)

 

[UgoAfro]

Boro are in the playoff final

England are in the Euros final.

Same day, same KO time, which do you watch?....

Who scheduled this? I'm livid.

 

[Brian Marwood]

England doing well is one of the few things that unites the country.

The other is a good old Jubliee celebration or Royal Wedding although I have never stuck my head in a bucket trying to get an apple with my teeth for any England game like I did in 77.

 

[Humpty]

Yes

That’s certainly not the case in the north west

 

[FabioPorkpie]

Boro. Very easy.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

That’s certainly not the case in the north west

Being from the North West I'd have to take issue with this. But obviously our experience differs.

 

[Humpty]

Being from the North West I'd have to take issue with this. But obviously our experience differs.

You should be well versed with Liverpool's approach to England surely?

 

[SCG]

Boro win Promotion
Pools get back to the FL
Stockton Town, Redcar Athletic, Redcar Town, Boro Rangers and Whitby town win promotion
Then England maybe

 

[Brian Marwood]

You should be well versed with Liverpool's approach to England surely?

The North West isn't just Liverpool.

 

[BoroMart]

We'd be talking about winning the Euros for decades.

If it happens, sadly, I think a large and vocal section of the footballing fraternity won't be able to talk about it without saying, "won it in spite of Southgate" as their opening comment. We are in a different era to '66. We are in the age of misinformation, where memes, crackpot theories, ignorance, and entitlement are abundant. A Euro win would be accompanied with "we should win it with that squad", "he had a lucky run", "Spain didn't turn up for the final", "it's hardly a world cup", "won it with boring football, yes we scored 22 goals in teh competition, but it was against weak sides". etc. etc. Then it will be "we MUST win the world cup with this team" and whichever poor sap takes over as manager will be on a hiding to nothing and utterly vilified at every turn.

I mean we even get that at Boro with Steve McClaren largely not being fondly remembered.

 

[Humpty]

The North West isn't just Liverpool.

Thanks.

 

[parmoboy]

Would love to see England win the Euros but if I had to choose I'd prefer to see Boro get promoted.

Getting promoted would present us with an opportunity to re-establish ourselves as a Premier League club.

Seeing England win a tournament would be great but once the nation would be done celebrating there wouldn't be much else to look forward to.