AS the dust has begun to settle following Scotland’s marvellous 30-21 Calcutta Cup win over England at Murrayfield, what struck me and others was the number of fans streaming out of the stadium before the match was over.
These were not English fans, it should be noted, but supposed Scottish “fans”, who departed before they witnessed Scotland winning the Calcutta Cup four times in a row, for the first time since the 1890s.
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Individuals were not leaving a few minutes before the end – unforgivable in itself – but on some occasions a whole 10 minutes before the final whistle.
It is incredible that, with the game still on a knife edge and history to be made, individuals would decide to depart, not even bothering to stay for the whole 80 minutes.
Countless people would have given a right arm to attend what is one of the most highly sought-after events in the sporting year. In future, those not wanting to stay until the end may therefore want to consider doing the honourable thing and forego their tickets for true fans.
Alex Orr
Edinburgh
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