Unlike their Scottish and Welsh counterparts the English Football Association continue to play God Save the Queen, the British national anthem, even when England are playing other British nations. Why?, you may well ask. Well, according to Premier League chairman Dave Richards:
“There’s no distinction between English and British.”
How utterly bizarre. These people reside on a wholly different planet to the fans that they are supposed to represent.
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David Pleat says some England fans are scarring the country's reputation.
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By strange osmosis, lads too young to remember the Northern Ireland conflict - never mind World War II - still swallow the old England songbook and travel to away games to chant about wars, “10 German bombers” and the IRA.
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When England play Scotland or Wales at football or rugby, they get their own Flower of Scotland or Land of my Fathers national anthem, whilst England get God Save The Queen, the National …
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You might have seen the demand by Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell that BBC One should play God Save the Queen at the end of the day's programming to mark ou...
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Jonathan Agnew reflects on England's stunning and unexpected victory in the 2005 Ashes.