For many of those born in England to Irish parents, they had a big decision to make growing up about which national team to support. Some of them opted for both their country of birth and heritage, while others would throw their lot in exclusively with Ireland.

Some of our former internationals are prime examples of that, with the likes of Gary Breen and Kevin Kilbane massive Ireland fans throughout their youth despite growing up in the UK.

One of the other high profile examples comes from the world of music.

Oasis star continues to back Ireland over England

Oasis star Noel Gallagher was born to Irish parents in Manchester, meaning he had close ties to this country during his younger years.

When it came to supporting a national team, he sided with Ireland over England. He still does not count himself as an Three Lions fans up to this day.

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This was something he made clear on the pitch at the Etihad Stadium a couple of years ago.

@irishunity i’m irish #oasis #noelgallagher #irish #fyp ♬ Whatever – Oasis

Gallagher will attend the latter stages of this summer’s World Cup, including potentially some England fixtures. In saying that, it seems as though he will not be supporting Thomas Tuchel’s side despite Wonderwall being adopted as the team’s unofficial anthem in North America.

Noel Gallagher won’t be supporting England at the World Cup

Speaking on talkSPORT on Thursday, he opened up on another reason he had no affinity for the England national team in his youth. He went on to say that he would be bringing his two sons to the World Cup final.

It’s one of the reasons I’m not an England fan. When I was growing up it was all Liverpool and United players. I couldn’t get behind that.

I love seeing John [Stones]. John is my mate, he’s coming towards the end and his time at City is done. He’s coming towards the end of his career. It’s great to see him playing well. [Marc] Guehi looks solid as he always does…

My two lads are going to final, they’re England fans. I was like it would be just your luck, you jammy little sods, that you’d see England winning the World Cup final in New York while they’re singing your dad’s song.

Like their life isn’t good enough already.

Perhaps he would have been a bit more excited about the tournament if Ireland had managed to qualify.

His is a common story among those part of the Irish diaspora, but it’s great to see that Gallagher has remained steadfast in his refusal to support England.