Search results

Well yes, I agree: I'd like to think it was just a bunch of (English) Albion fans with no thought of what it might mean to anybody else, trying to support Mitoma. I'm merely raising the point that the flag in question is an issue for various people around the world, which these guys may well be...

Whether it's accepted by the Japanese or not is not really the issue here, is it? I completely understand the "butcher's apron" thing: it's very commonly heard around Irish sporting events, and also Welsh and Scottish ones where England are concerned, but it's not specifically associated with...

Plenty in the home end too, as seen on the (presumably) United fan who stood up to video Joao Pedro's goal celebrations, to much ridicule from a bunch of The Leeds United fans on Twitter.

I'm not comparing it to the swastika. I'm just saying that many people do in other countries. And yes, it seems China doesn't like what it stands for either, but a few sources I've read suggest their government hasn't made a big deal of it in the same way the Seoul government has because they're...

Bit of a questionable move by whoever was waving it. Could cause a great deal of offence, and indeed has already been picked up on by some horrified Korean Twitter followers, amongst others (it's viewed in similar terms to a swastika in South Korea, and by many Chinese people). Probably more...