2. A Generation Has Missed Out
A game involving two British teams should be an event, a spectacle that will make the whole country stop and watch. When the rare time does come around an attempt is made to make it seem as if it is a big deal with the games routinely being labelled as the battle of Britain, the truth however is that these occasions are unfamiliar and nobody really knows how to treat them, can it really be considered a derby if we go so long without playing each other? As a man in my twenties I consider it a damn shame that I don't know what it feels like to consistently play our rivals, I am English and I have no recollection of the last time we played Scotland and that is just plain wrong. As I grew up I was constantly told that Scotland are the enemy, I heard how the other teams from the UK would love to beat England and that we should want to beat them. I get that this is how it is meant to be, I understand that for those of a previous generation that was the way things were but it just isn't the same anymore. For people who grew up when I did the enemy are Germany and Portugal, the other teams from the UK never come to mind. The Six Nations shows what beating each other means to the fans of the British teams and as a football fan that is something that myself and anyone in my generation has missed out on, next season will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the British Home Championships end and it seems to be the perfect time to bring back the Home Internationals and make sure the next generation does not go through the same thing.