Originally Posted by
Grist_To_The_Mill
I’ve been to Croatia 4 times in the last 5 years and I’ve always thought that they have much more national pride and unity than we have.
Around Split there’s massive support for Handuk Split and for miles around even the bus shelters are painted in their colours and nobody from alternative teams tries to vandalise them.
The homeland war did of course polarise the country even further and the national pride in Croatia grew from that. There are many Croatians that lost parents and children in the war, something England supporters can’t thankfully claim.