Re the patriotic thing.
I love patriotism (is that a word?) but i find from my experience that people are quite happy to complain about how **** England is, until the football comes along when it's all flags and national anthems (well the first verse anyway, no one knows the rest).
It just seems a bit like the reason you wave the flag and sing the songs is because thats what you do at an England football match, Not because your being patriotic.
also my housemate (who by the way is a greek guy studying sports management) has started a group about how it is ok to wear a football shirt wherever and i'm convinced i'm going to "beat" him with the amount of people who join.
So to get your competativeness (is that a word either?) going. lets try and beat the greeks!!
"GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN ...."