Euros 2nd team

[NickDRFC]

So seemingly Norn Iron has some support on here, but who is everyone's second team this summer and why?

Mine is the Polish as my grandad hailed from Poland. Unfortunately not a lot of chance of any glory with either them or England.

[Copps is Magic]

I find it very difficult to give much support to England anymore. I'm getting less and less nationalistic as I get older and I wasn't very in the first place. If anything I feel British, not English. Secondly, since 1996 (most of my life) England have been a second rate international team. They should be on par with Italy, Germany and Spain - but for one, going on two, generations they haven't been. Watching the cycle of over-rating players, then getting knocked out in the 1/4s is pretty desperate.

I'm on Nothern Ireland because of the Rovers connection and how they play as a team.

[Chris Black come back]

Ditto, Copps is Magic.

Bunch of lads with limited ability but playing for their lives in a cohesive team.

[bpoolrover]

Why do you support rovers then? Does it matter how good they are as long as the give 100percent?

[scaley back rover]

Germany is our second team as the lad and I follow Bielefeld . He was born there so it makes sense

[German Rover]

Germany for me. I'm living in paderborn again and I genuinely love this country.  I'm considering staying after I finish with the army.

[The Red Baron]

Northern Ireland for me, but I'll be rooting for Wales when they are not playing England.

Also glad to see Hungary there. I like them because they showed us how football should be played and were the best team never to win the World Cup- and yes, I include the Cruyff 1974 team in that.

[Mustapha-Dump]

England, then whoever is playing Wales

[graingrover]

Belgium where we live ... and half the team play in the Premiership.

[roversdude]

England then errrr England
I'm the opposite to Copps is Magic- I am more and more English

[drfchound]

England and only England.
Once we get knocked out I dont care who does what.

[IDM]

Germany for me too.  Family ties

[Draytonian III]

Northern Ireland for me,as my long time girl friend lives there. I've been to their home matches and they show  so much pride an passion for their shirt . Luckily ,due partly to a poster on here we've got tickets to all three group games and a option for a last 16 ticket . 

[NickDRFC]

Northern Ireland for me, but I'll be rooting for Wales when they are not playing England.

Also glad to see Hungary there. I like them because they showed us how football should be played and were the best team never to win the World Cup- and yes, I include the Cruyff 1974 team in that.

I'm actually in Budapest at the moment. Amazing how many mentions there are of Puskas around the city, either in named areas or just chats with locals. I reckon that I'll be rooting for them as well - impossible not to after spending time in as beautiful a city as this.

[Samson Vidal]

Spain for me, Spanish blood runs through my families veins. Well, one half, other half is yugoslavian but they don't really exist anymore.

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

Italy. My Gran is from Trieste. The usual pattern is to support England until they go out and then follow Italy for the rest of the tournament.

[RedJ]

Spain for me, Spanish blood runs through my families veins. Well, one half, other half is yugoslavian but they don't really exist anymore.

You could argue, except in a political sense, did Yugoslavia ever really exist?

[Sammy Chung was King]

All the other home nations. Usually the dutch i enjoy to see playing, but they haven't made it. Out of the bigger countries italy, but i love a smaller nation turning a few over, as long as it's not england they do it to!.

[Padge_DRFC]

None. ETID.

[essexrover]

Spain for me, Spanish blood runs through my families veins. Well, one half, other half is yugoslavian but they don't really exist anymore.

Not Serbia then ?

[essexrover]

Oops my mistake they qualify. Doh !

[andysly]

Always go for Holland after we fail but at a loss this time.
Realistically we'll stay in longer than the Irish, can't support the Welsh.

[DonnyNoel]

Ditto - usually the Dutch for me. Combine bits of the British game with their own flair and technique. This time it'll probably be one of the Eastern European nations that we look down upon based on reputation but realise they knock it about a lot better than us!

[les@donr]

My national team has always been Italia, my late mother came from Napoli.

[Al4475]

Sweden cos that's who I got in the sweepstake at work (and the dutch aren't there - they have always been my second international team) then wales as my surname is of welsh extraction and my great parents hailed from the valleys!