Foraging natives
Sir: Simon Collins is right about England supporters’ world class barracking [Spectator. Oct 24th]. Having wasted my youth in the 70’s on the football terraces of Portman Road, I still enjoy watching football, much to the amusement of my Australian husband. He was mystified once by the English fans singing ‘Rule Britannia’ during an international game (I think he thought it was rather high brow for football hooligans) ‘England are playing Argentina’, I explained.
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