Hi,
Was reading a post further down regarding Australian attitudes towards the ‘Brits’ and was wondering why people feel the need to emigrate to Oz emblazoned with St George cross clothing and similar Scottish saltire stuff.

Was watching the Wanted down under series again and cant believe the amount of families that feel the need to wear football strips etc when travelling/living in Australia. I’m one of the biggest Scottish patriots going and have a total passion for my club team which I feel no need to mention, yet when my family and I move to Oz next year, I’ll be trying to blend in as best as possible.

Not having a go, but quite frankly it’s a total embarrassment and no wonder the locals don’t like it..

Is this a big problem?

JD

I hear you and have never understood it myself, not being a sporty type.

However, do you think the Aussies suddenly abandon their rugby jumpers and green and gold attire once they hit London? Do you honestly think a Brit would begrudge them if they did wear it on occasion to support their team or see it as they weren't trying hard enough to fit in? I don't.

I don't think it's an issue, it's just like wearing a Newcastle unt top in London for example.

People don't wear Newcastle United shirts in Newcastle at the moment!!

Carnoustie!!!! That's where I'm fae!

I don't see anything wrong with people wearing footy shirts for the teams they have supported all their lives. That attachment doesn't just disappear the second they set foot on Aussie soil - although there are many posters on here who think they became true blue dinki di Aussies just then.

I see plenty of Aussies wearing premiership footy shirts too.

I am sure aussies take on instant ockerisms when overseas, vomiting green and yellow beer and starting to use words like cobber and sheila while wearing nothing but underdaks and a southern cross flag. Yet back in OZ they had perfectly normal personalities.

I dont see that many brits round here wearing footy shirts etc, although the polyester clad child/dad in mid summer is always a give away More of a problem is the poms who 2 weeks after arriving have a aussie accent and surfboards superglued to the polished 4WD.

I see what you are saying, but in my opinion it is totally different arriving in one of the most cosmopolitan European cities with a population of 10M+ with a football top on than arriving in a new, young, up and coming continent of 20M, emblazoned with the country you came from. Australians want to hold onto their identity as much as the brits do, and 'we' aren't exactly welcoming of a lot of cultures.

Apologies for taking this too far. It's just a wee annoyance I have.

Series 1 was filmed during the world cup so football shirts of all nations were quite visual in Australia at the time particularly as the socceroos were doing a bit better than usual.

BC, it's still pish mate!!!

Surely not! I'm spending 2 weeks in Monifieth over Xmas...cannae wait!

Hope you get snow!

Hey, it's only 2 weeks!!

It's nothing new, you see plenty of British chavs wondering round Europe covered in football strips, some people it appears only have a wardrobe consisting of football jerseys, so to see them in Australia really isn't a surprise. Football tops should be worn when either watching a game or playing a game, otherwise left in the drawer.

Was that emigrate, or colonise?

We have been back in Australia for almost two years, and I'm feeling a stranger in my own country. Poms (read GB) everywhere: voices on radio, tv, supermarket announcements, banks... you name it. I'm trying not to be um... what's the word - racist?.. but I am getting seriously overwhelmed and teed off because I find the voices, clothing, car number plates, "english" pubs so in my face. I've always been in favour of Australia being a salad bowl of people from different places and I now find my interest quickens when I meet someone not from the UK, there are so few of them.

I'd be interested to know how many people who have moved to Australia, live next to an Australian, ie someone with a recognisable Aussie accent. I know we all came from elsewhere originally, but you have to define the Aussies somehow.

I also agree with the comment about Aussies wearing footy jumpers etc while overseas - they do indeed. But when did you last hear someone complimented on the fact!

Spot on! Anything else is *chav alert*