>>Here in England, every 5th car sports a pair of St George's Cross flags, fluttering from the back windows (I read somewhere that the - A15? - road has c. 3 every mile that have fallen off). Garages and £ shops have been doing a roaring trade selling them. Some housing estates resemble Loyalist estates in Northern Ireland with all the English flags draping from the windows.
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>>Is this only in England or have other countries who are taking part in the tournament experiencing a similar bout of "patriotism"?
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>Well, not every 5th car, but every 5th house, YES. And every 5th street in its entirety. And also every 5th residential area in its entirety.
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>The nice thing here is that the used color is orange, while our flag is red-white-blue. I think the psychological underlying idea is that orange is not so much associated with nationalism and patriotism, but rather with shared identity.

I'm so glad I'm not a Dutch player or, for that matter, an employee of Easyjet, cos orange is SO not my colour! :-)