Declan Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Continuing Proof that Jersey is a very strange place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Anyone who gets upset/annoyed/riots about England or any football team losing, is pathetic. "Lets cause loads of trouble because our rubbish team lost!!!" knobjockeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Personally, I think that the stupid thing is that it's only a game. I think that it's a pathetic display of immaturity when people start riots over losing a game. It just shows everyone that their sour losers and shouldn't be allowed to get involved if that's the way they react. Be disappointed but don't be a fool and ruin the atmosphere for everyone else. Potentially damaging anyones chance of going to Euro 2006. It's like watching children breaking their toys whilst they are having a tantrum! Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearz Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 It was pleasing to see that the England fans over in portugal behaved themselves after losing tho. Just a thought, but could the trouble across England after the game have been caused by those who were banned from travelling to Portugal for Euro 2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 More likely, to be the knobhead faction who like a little rumpus (you know those that travel to riot not because they have anything to do with the issues that sparked it, but for the craic), and drunkards who probably feel a little silly this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddy Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Slightly off topic but can anyone tell me what nationality the Jersey natives are? I have no idea. Do they have their own nationality? Jerx? (xxxx, I know). Or are they just British? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I know they call them Jersey Beans for some reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddy Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 According to the internet they're simply "Channel Islanders". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
access55 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Weird one really, I think the are UK Citizens. Apparently they call them Jersey Beans because of Bean Croc or something they used to eat a bit like Scousers being called after Scouce. Loads of French names their too not sure how that works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Slightly off topic but can anyone tell me what nationality the Jersey natives are? I have no idea. Do they have their own nationality? Jerx? (xxxx, I know). Or are they just British? One of the main websites for Jersey is This Is Jersy One page that briefly describes the Island's history Is Here. It includes the great line The Island militia was reorganised on a parish basis, and each parish had two cannons Details of the 2001 Census for Jersey are on the Statistics page of the Jersey Government Website it's a 3.4Mb .pdf download, so I haven't read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I think the are UK Citizens. Like us, they're not part of the UK, so I don't see how thay can be UK Citizens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karellen Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Same as the Manx, I think they are "British Citizens" with the right of abode in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lectro Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Doesn't surprise me one little bit. In my experience a lot of Jersey beans are the most racist people I have every had the displeasure of meeting. They treat the Portuguese/Madeiran community with complete disrespect and contempt. They treat them as lowly servants and would not be seen as equal. I always found the Portuguese to be warm and friendly if not a little wary (not surprising really). I worked with both Beans and Portuguese over there and I can honestly say that the behaviour and attitude of some of these Beans was disgusting. This was not just a few bad eggs but a huge % of the Beans I met. Unfortunately this rubs off on some English speaking workers who now live there - who take it as the norm. Obviously not all are like that and I did meet and work with some decent Beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 They are have Crown Dependency status, like us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karellen Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 BUt I understand that they dont pay the Crown for any Dependency, like what we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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