birchesgreen
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Especially the Spanish one, none of them did!
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If I ever do a quiz, that'd be a good question to ask!
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In contrast, the Italians absolutely belt theirs out.
birchesgreen
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It is indeed, didn't an MP get caught out by it?
The difference being, the Spanish anthem doesn’t have any words to sing, unlike the Welsh anthem John Redwood failed to sing.
Isn’t it before every sports event?
61653 HTAFC
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It might well be, but I was only aware of it in the NFL. Then again they make kids do a pledge of allegiance in school, so it doesn't surprise me that they play the anthem every time they open a fresh bottle of milk either!
But they're a young country, they'll grow out of it eventually.
Xenophon PCDGS
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I heard this on YouTube and they were certainly singing words to the music on there.
birchesgreen
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It used to have lyrics but were a Franco era thing.
Often accompanied by fly pasts from the US Airforce as well.
Halish Railway
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At the Cedar Fair chain of Theme Parks they play the national anthem before they open the gates as well.
Back on topic, I don’t get the trend of booing national anthems in this tournament that seems to have happened at every game, it’s not something that has happened at previous tournaments AFAIK.
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The England fans have a long history doing it, if memory serves correctly. It's frankly childish, tedious, immature and totally counter-productive.
Yes I agree. It would make me want to perform better just to stick it up them if I was playing.
Fully agreed, it's no wonder England fans have such a bad reputation when you look at what the minority do. The vast majority (myself included) would never even consider disrespectful behaviour like that (or various other things like smashing up everything in sight as part of the 'celebration') but there's always those that let the rest of us down.
Back to the tournament though, a well deserved win last night (although Schmeichel was fantastic and probably the best player on the pitch for me) - let's see if we can end Italy's unbeaten run at 33 games...
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It might be a bit more obvious currently, given England fans made up the lion's share of the crowd (if you'll pardon the pun).
I agree though it is childish and rude behaviour and anyone who participates should be ashamed of themselves.
Do any other countries do this?
I've heard booing of anthems in matches that didn't involve England this tournament, though I can't immediately remember which nations were involved.
Geezertronic
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Both sets of fans appeared to be booing each others anthems in the England vs Scotland match and if memory serves it seems to be a regular occurrence in matches against our nearest friends
AlterEgo
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Booing anthems is relatively common. Italy do it all the time. It’s part of the pantomime of football, and while it might be better if that particular part wasn’t, football is theatre and it’s not some sin unique to England.
English fans aren’t really much worse than anyone else’s, certainly not since Football Banning Orders became a thing.
English fans aren’t really much worse than anyone else’s, certainly not since Football Banning Orders became a thing.
I’ve been listening to That Peter Crouch Euros pod which is always a chuckle. But I’d like to recommend this episode from 15 minutes in where they discuss alternative versions of the rap in ‘World in Motion’ if any of you have a few minutes spare…
www.bbc.co.uk
That Peter Crouch Podcast - That Euros Series: Episode Nine - BBC Sounds
England are in the final so the boys discuss what might happen if football does come home
www.bbc.co.uk
birchesgreen
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Talking of Crouch's podcast i saw this today which make me laugh.
AlterEgo
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I’m already nervous about Sunday. I feel sick thinking about it!
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One of my weirdest experience was being abroad in a crowd of about 30000 booing "their own" national anthem.
(Split 1990 Yugoslav anthem - the Croat anthem got a different response)
(Split 1990 Yugoslav anthem - the Croat anthem got a different response)
Butts
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It's only a game of Football !!
If you win great, if not at least you made it to the Final and gave yourselves a fighting chance.
Already? I was nervous at 2235 on a Wednesday!
Who boos at the theatre? More of a pantomime if you ask me...
Xenophon PCDGS
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Booing of another country's national anthem is just another expression of tribalism, which shows that civilisation still has a long way to go.
Yep. We're all basically the same species clinging to a rock hurtling through space. Why People take arbitrary dividing lines drawn on maps so seriously (beyond a bit of friendly rivalry) I have no idea.
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