Why shouldn't they fly the flag?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....-Football-League.html

Berwick Rangers who are an English football team, but play in the Scottish League, have been told their fans can no longer fly the English flag when they play in Scotland.

Is this a reasonable request or should the team withdraw from the Scottish League?

[bookbinder]

This is not a reasonable request. It's only a game, after all!

[sandyRoe]

Celtic fans fly the Irish Tricolour. Why can't Berwick fans fly any flag they like?

[mightyWBA]

There are 5 flags flown from one of the stands at West Brom
England,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland and the Union flag...
Perhaps if this is true about Berwick a lesson in not been so petty should be learned :-)

[Haggis]

A lot of Glasgow Rangers fans fly English flags at Ibrox, don't hear much said about that!

[joeluke]

Berwick should be playing in the English (non) league

Just like Cardiff City, Swansea and Wrexham should be playing in the Welsh league

[mightyWBA]

In fact for as long as I can remember...and that's a long time.. there has been a Scottish flag with "WBA" on it next to an English one at the back of our main stand for every home match..Nobody has ever moaned about that and rightly so!

[mightyWBA]

http://i52.tinypic.com/2hdwo5v.jpg
Found a piccie of the Scots at West Brom that I took

Don't know whether the link will work!

[mightyWBA]

We were losing....How can you tell! Lol.

[steg]

"The call comes from Stranraer FC, a rival of Berwick in the Scottish Third Division. Officials at Stranraer told The Times that there had been escalating tension at their ground, Stair Park, and that Berwick supporters would from now on be asked not to bring Union flags or the St George's cross into the stadium."

they have been told no uf or george cross at Stranraer, not throughout Scotland

if they withdrew from the Scottish league the loss would be massive, about 200 - 400 supporters lol lol lol

[rich47]

Can someone explain to me what the English flag is which is being complained about.
The Union Jack or the St Georges Cross

[rich47]

By the way are Berwick citizens not considering whether that should be part of Scotland again?
For obvious reasons.

[douglas9401]

Well rich47, as far as I'm aware only one of the flags you mention is "English", the other having once been adopted as such by exciteable types but not so much these days. The clue is in "union".

[rich47]

So douglas can they fly the union jack?

[douglas9401]

I don't know Rich, I was just saying that the Union Flag isn't an English flag any more that it's Scottish.

[rich47]

Maybe AOG might reconsider his avatar background picture given that Irish & Scottish flags are included?

[douglas9401]

Or change the end of his screen name to "brit"? :)

[ichkeria]

Another ludicrous piece of spin from the Daily Mail.
Plainly the call for a ban is daft, but it comes from Stranraer, and relates to the flags on the scarves being brought into their ground, which they reckon has caused trouble, Maybe there was a specific incident at a game between Stranraer and Berwick?
So of course they shouldn't be banned from "flying the English flag" and they plainly aren't going to be.

[anotheoldgit]

rich47

///Can someone explain to me what the English flag is which is being complained about.
The Union Jack or the St Georges Cross ///

Try reading the link, it is all there.

/// Berwick supporters would from now on be asked not to bring Union flags or the St George's cross into the stadium. ///

[Whickerman]

surely the same argument you apply (every day or two) when you post about 'if they want to live here they should abide by our rules'? If they play in Scotland they should abide by Scots rules.

Stirring done.