Sussex Fans Patriotic?

[rochdale seagull]

On my weekly flights from Manchester to Gatwick I idled my time on the taxi drive between home and Manchester airport this morning and then again between Gatwick and Horsham (where I work) counting the number of cars which had those little England flags fluttering out the side windows. At the manchester end I counted over 50. At the Sussex end I counted just 7. The distance between both airports and work/home is roughly the same. I annouced this fact to my Southern based colleagues (actuaries and statisticians) who tried to explain it away by highlighting the fact that my poll was not statistically significant as I had counted at different times of the day and that a different type of road user would be driving in the early hours( blue collar more likely to have flags) when I had to catch my flight as opposed to those later in the morning when I had landed (white collar business types less likely).
Anyway having carried all sorts of statistical tests the result was unequivocal - Northerners are more patriotic than Southerners (well West Sussex folk anyway). Can this be really true?
Luckily I was able to point out that there must be a sizeable contingent of sussex fans out in portugal as I spotted yet another Brighton flag in the Guardian's main photo on the Sports section - (has Smith & Jones on tour printed on a George Cross).

 

[Strike]

I can see loads of cars around here with England flags sticking out.

 

[the full harris]

maybe it is because those england flags on your car look shit and only pikey northerners would want them?

 

[Yorkie]

I drive from Newhaven to Eastbourne every day and I would say every third car has them.

I shall do a count up today but I reckon I must see at least 25 each trip.

 

[tinx]

I agree with the full harris, ITs the sort of thing that apeals to pikey northerners, can't stand them.

 

[Bozza]

Here in the West, it's flags for fun.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Sussex people obviously have more class than Mancs.

 

[Safeway]

Sussex people obviously have more class than Mancs.

Exactamundo.