correct lex but its a waste of time trying to get­ certain people to understand that.

Andy Murray is a good Scot (go into any pub in the­ entire country when England are playing - and in every­ one the Scots will be hoping England lose and rightly­ so). Tim Henman is a public schoolboy born with a­ silver spoon in his mounth - very nice and very­ English. So my point is.........we have been propping­ up Englands economy for years with the oil revenue­ (with only a fraction coming back to Scotland from the­ treasury). You wonder why we don't like you - and­ why Andy is part of the culture that despises rip off­ England - I say come on Andy do it for Scotland !!!!

Regardless of how many people say it, Football does not­ come with support laws, it's uncanny to think­ rivals will support each other in that sport, in Tennis­ it's seen as immature and arrogant not to support­ British players, and stupid not to support your own­ national ones against other national ones.

It's­ all common sense, just like we all know how well Andy­ can do if he plays at his best.

Amazing to see that some people are still on this­ "anyone but England" thing which happened­ more than 2 years ago... And btw, are some people aware­ of the power of media? the way they manipulate players.­ Murray was not even 20 when he joked about that.. And­ that makes him a racist? Shame on your for blaming your­ only gifted british player. You'll regret it when­ you'll wait another 20 years before having one guy­ in the top 3. And shame also on people critisizing­ Henman for not having won Wimbledon. In all his semis,­ he lost against eventual champion (Sampras twice,­ Ivanisevic and Hewitt). Not too bad.

English people (predominantly) will support any other­ British team apart from when they are playing England.­ This is an artifact of the nature of the Union whereby­ there is feeling in England that it makes us stronger­ (which is how I feel, being, as I am, English).

On­ the other hand there is a feeling in the other parts of­ Britain that they were coerced into the Union by an­ aggressive England, or sold out by local sympathizers­ etc. etc. so they (predominantly) have a negative­ feeling towards the union (and so the English) so any­ opportunity to do something that makes them feel better­ than the English (going to the pub to cheer for the­ other team when England are playing etc.) they will­ take, gladly.

We can argue till the cows come home­ but the truth is we feel a fundamental cultural­ difference over the nature of local rivalries. I­ genuinely wish Andy all the luck in the world, unless­ he come up against an English man. Equally, I wish­ Scotland all the best in all sports, except when they­ are playing England. I don’t need Scotland to be­ unsuccessful to feel that England are successful; but­ it is nice to beat your neighbours when the opportunity­ arises.

ataha what are u talking abt when u say "he has to­ go­ through all the heavy weights, even Soderling­ inspired­ will do damage, not to talk of Tsonger,­ Roddick and­ Djokovic, Karlovic and Verdaco still in­ contention." correct me if i am wrong but he would­ only have to beat one of them and that would be in the­ final assuming they had beaten roger in the semi. none­ of the players u mentioned are in his side of the draw­ man. lol

Murray will do very, very well this year and I have a­ feeling a lot more of the crowd will be backing him,­ wich in the end helps a LOT at home games.

Chill out­ damien, you look like a fool !

Why don't all you people grow up, and start­ concentrating on the real issue instead of throwing the­ toys out the pram and slagging anyone who doesn't­ agree with your thinking.
Point 1 Andy Murray is­ Scottish first and British second, just as Tim Henman­ was English first and British second. Point 2 the­ comment made in the "FUN" interview with­ Henman was banter pure and simple, I have the same­ banter with my son in law who is English and very­ patriotic about England, but that doesn't stop us­ from having good natured rivalry. Point 3 Murray is­ British and as such should have the backing of TRUE­ BRITISH SPORTS FANS. So come on folks lets get behind­ Murray or whomever you want to support but stop all­ this negative twaddle.

Pinklady, Murray said that he wouldnt support England­­ when Tim Henman was standing next to him. The two of­­ them had been having your usual friendly banter just­­ before the interview started. The comment he made was­­ directed at Tim and has been blown out of all­­ proportion

I also support english teams in europe !!

Thats­ nothing at all to do with what I was talking about­ !!

Look at the jealous freaks, muwahahahaha just­ cause henman couldn't live up to your expectations­ HAHAHA

Typical english child, racist, under educated,­ arrogant, annoying and probably very, very badly­ parented, if only you knew the true meaning of being­ English LOOL

Your german queen cant stop the scottish­ now, hahahah

I think what he said is people dont support their­ rivals, not some random team !!

I always want english­ premier teams to do well, yes, but thats not we are­ talking about lol

ENGLAND v SCOTLAND­ 'FOOTBALL' = RIVALS

Man utd. v Chelsea ­ RIVALS

You know what I mean, dont play the I AM DUMB­ card on me.

I wonder if this negative vibe is all­ coming from the same deranged person ?

Probably­ !!

Murray is an amazing player, he will do so well in­ his life as a professional tennis player, It's good­ to see proper english tennis fans back him up, that­ shows the true nature of Tennis, no rivalry between­ national teams ( Unlike football of­ course)

Yes rms damien i am a member of the BNP ( Britain needs­ pakis)
If celtic/ rangers or any other scottish team­ are playing in Europe i will support them,

Keep dreaming Andy, You are not going to win Wimbledon

Im scottish, half english, my dad goes to all the­ england games, my mum goes to all the scotland games,­ so I know how it works.

They do not support each­ other, its a football thing, as I said if you dont­ understand it then your a child just being annoying,­ and know nothing of the true rivalry football.

I have­ been a keen football supporter all my given life, so I­ know how the score with football rivalry, nothing to­ cry about because your neighbour doesn't support­ his rival !!

All those Man Utd fans hate the fact the­ Chelsea fans wont back them, it hurts them through and­ through LOL

Get a grip, stop lying, get a girlfriend,­ have a drink, stop being so @#$% !!

Currently, Murray is the only real threat to the Fedex.­ But up till now murray is displaying great maturity by­ remaining realistic. He knows his chances now are much­ better, but still understands that he should take it­ one match at a time. But to really achieve his­ Wimbledon dream, which he actually believes is possible­ (this is another positive), he must play consistently­ for 7 matches, sth which he actually has not achieved.­ Nevertheless, the signs are looking good for him right­ now & he just needs to get through the first­ matches in confident style.
Besides, u never know, if­ Nadal lost in RG in an early round, why not Federer in­ SW19???????

LEX put your kilt on and try and grow a set of balls,­ you know nothing about football and for thinking Murray­ will win a grand slam you know nothing about tennis

What is with all the un-educated fools in here­ ?

Football is always about rivalry, no proper­ scottish or english football fan can say they will­ support their rival !!

You are angry at someone­ because of this ?

This shows that youir just a child­ full of hate probably taught to you by your dad, who at­ his best probably supports the BNP and sticks his­ fingers up your bum !!

I wonder what insane straw our muppet boy will grasp­ next time ?

Lex, you are quite clearly not a football fan, and also­ makes me wonder if you are a brit, football is life for­ most britons, so your comment is very ignorant

And­ Paul was making the exact point I was, I would support­ any GB nation, even Ireland if they were in a­ competition where England isnt participating or when­ they get knocked out

And Scotland a rival to England­ in football? Now you really dont know anything about­ football...