Will English and Scottish People Ever Drop the Bigotry and Learn to Love Andy Murray?

Look at this face :)
Alas, Andy Murray (21) was defeated by the Swiss Roger Federer (27) last night at the US Open tennis tournament finale that took place in New York, only a day after defeating world number one Rafael Nadal, and surprising millions of people who watched his game. Surely, by getting this far Andy Murray has acquired himself a place on the world’s top four table, alongside Nadal, Federer and Djokovic.

TimesOnline had an interesting article yesterday that urged Britain to love Murray - more specifically for the English to drop their bigotry (incase they had any) against the young Scot, and to start loving him as a Briton and a UK champion.

While the crowds and fans across the pond were cheering Andy Murray’s historical victory – only after four years of lifting the junior cup of the US Open - not the same has been happening here in the UK though, more specifically; in Scotland.

Was it Scotland’s football defeat by Macedonia that had cast its shadows on the Scot’s tennis victory in America? I doubt it. Or was it Celtic fans heartbreak at their team’s defeat by their all time nemesis Rangers on the first old firm game of the season? Apparently, nothing can justify the apathy that Andy Murray’s accomplishments are met with here in Britain, and again more specifically in Scotland - his home country.

The seemingly never-ending feverish obsession with football, and especially football bigotry, is the one and only catalyst for stirring up the Scottish crowds. All other sports seem to matter less or not matter at all, even if it did concern a Scottish champion, who may one day lift up a cup for Scotland not Britain - an SNP’s potential mantra ;)