Some interesting responses here.
Personally I'm staunchly patriotic, English first then British but would think twice before displaying the cross of st George due to the negative conartations. I think I'd have fewer reservations about the union flag, despite as others have pointed out its...
I've had countless arguments with my German girlfriend on this issue, she associates the flag with racists and sees the union flag as the 'proper' flag. Other polish, italian, Spanish friends I have say similar things but this couod be due to the kind of people who fly the flag
I've been looking at a number of images from the '66 world cup and notice thst most if not all flags in the crowd are Union flags as opposed to the flag of St George.
A question perhaps to the older posters, when did England fans adopt the English flag?
Quite a lot of people I know...