Euro winners Spain chant ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ at Madrid parade

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjk3zlpd5l4o

by Tinyjar

15 comments

  1. Gibraltar has been British for over three hundred years and Spain literally ceded it to us in 1713, and the population voted 98.97% to stay British but sure it’s still Spanish.

    When will Spain give back Ceuta or Melilla to Morocco? Oh wait they forget about that all the time..

  3. And how do the people of Gibraltar feel about that? Oh, right, they’ve been overwhelmingly in favor (90% or more) of remaining in the UK. Because can you imagine being tossed to another country against your will because some rich doofuses that chase a ball real good said so…

  4. Aren’t chants like this mostly jokes, just to trigger the English? I don’t understand why people are suprised and take it seriously, football fans chant stupid shit all the time.

  6. There’s nothing Spanish about the place, I wouldn’t say it’s entirely British but it’s certainly closer to British than Spanish. The only link it has to Spain is that it shares the Iberian peninsula and was once part of it 300+ years ago. Gibraltar and the other British overseas territories have very good deals, Gibraltar is basically independent minus military and foreign affairs, why would it give that up to be absorbed into Spain? Especially given the historical tensions between them. I find it so utterly predictable and actually rather pathetic that Spain’s national team have turned their victory into a political statement and attacked the sovereignty the UK and Gibraltar. They were the best team and outclassed England on the pitch but talk about being bad winners, maybe they didn’t deserve the win. Pathetic and embarrassing, time Spain gave up its juvenile claim to Gibraltar especially given its own enclaves in Morocco, hypocrisy and its highest.

  7. Always makes me laugh when players join in. Can you imagine Rice singing 10 German bombers, or whatever nationalist song?

    The UK media would have him hanged within an hour for racism, and would the main news story for weeks would be about English nationalism.

  8. Sure, let us just insult everyone in the world in the name of freedom of speech and be surprised everything is burning.

  9. English blokes getting offended by this joking chant are just pathetic lmao

  10. Jordan Pickford was going to start the squad off with an “Aquataine is English” chant if we’d won, but sadly we missed out.

  11. In Spain, the phrase ‘Gibraltar Español’ is often used jokingly. Most people don’t take it seriously.

    I’ve even said it with friends, but it’s not something I genuinely believe or use as a political statement. Politicians might try to make a big deal out of it, but to us, it’s just something we say in a lighthearted manner. It really doesn’t have much substance.

  12. Might have won the euro but won’t ever win Gibraltar. 4 Euros 0 Gibraltars, better luck next time.

  13. It must suck to have a piece of your country owned by another country. Sore losers Spain lollll

  14. It’s irrelevant song, I can write a song claiming “Spain is Australian”.

  15. A strange double standard is about.

    I mean it’s all in good fun but when we do it we are the worst fans on the planet. A shred of consistency would nice.

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