An Ipswich couple will have split loyalties when England face Scotland in Euro 2020 tonight - and have described the game as “a blessing and a curse”.
Scot Chris Millen, 37, will be watching the Group D fixture with his 38-year-old English wife Laura at a social club on Friday evening.
Chris, from Livingston, is expecting to be the only Scotland supporter at the venue.
He said: "I'm really excited because this is the first time competitively in my adult life Scotland will play in an actual tournament.
"For them to be drawn against England … yeah, it’s a kind of surreal feeling."
Laura, originally from Mansfield, described the mood between the couple as a “friendly rivalry at the moment”, adding that she has teased her husband about Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall's error against Czech Republic on Monday.
She said: "It’s a blessing and a curse because obviously I support Scotland unless they’re playing England - to hit each other in the group stages is quite interesting.
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“We met in Scotland. So I’ve always been a big advocate for Scotland to qualify into a tournament."
Chris joked that he would wear Braveheart-inspired face paint for the game to show his support for the Tartan Army if he had any.
He said: “I imagine I’ll be the only one, so once the scoreline comes in, which I expect - not hope - I expect England to romp home, I think for the hour after that I’ll take a faint ribbing."
Laura asked her husband: "But obviously you’re going to turn up in your Scotland top regardless?"
He replied: "Oh yeah, I’ll be there, Braveheart, everything, the flag… if I had face paint that’d be on!"
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