{"id":3393,"date":"2026-04-01T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:33:01","slug":"wales-fans-boo-god-save-the-king-anthem-before-northern-ireland-match-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"Wales fans boo God Save The King anthem before Northern Ireland match | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_291662879-6c87.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27800724\" alt=\"Alamy Live News. 3E594B2 Cardiff, UK. 31st Mar, 2026. Wales fans and banners ahead of k\/o. Wales v Northern Ireland, international football friendly at the Cardiff city stadium in Cardiff, South Wales on Tuesday 31st March 2026. Editorial use only. pic by Andrew Orchard\/Andrew Orchard sports photography\/Alamy Live News Credit: Andrew Orchard sports photography\/Alamy Live News This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wales supporters made their feelings clear towards the God Save The King anthem (Alamy Live News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wales fans booed God Save The King before their friendly against Northern Ireland on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The two home nations played at the\u00a0Cardiff City Stadium after their defeats in the World Cup play-offs last week.<\/p>\n<p>Wales were beaten on penalties by Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Northern Ireland lost to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>As both teams lined up for the national anthems, Wales supporters began to boo and jeer as God Save the King was played inside the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Wales supporters were also chanting \u2018Wales, Wales, Wales\u2019 during the anthem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-embed__twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"all\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Northern Ireland sang God Save the King tonight in Cardiff, some Wales fans boo\u2019d and chanted \u201cWales! Wales!\u201d trying to drown it out. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jpncfw9SBJ\">pic.twitter.com\/jpncfw9SBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Gillibrand (@GillibrandPeter) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GillibrandPeter\/status\/2039072260581921034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The game ended up as a 1-1 draw as Jamie Donley opened the scoring for Northern Ireland before Sorba Thomas netted the equaliser for Wales.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is not the first time\u00a0Wales\u00a0supporters have booed the anthem after God Save The King was jeered before their game against England at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_291640783-56c1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27801066\" alt=\"CARDIFF, WALES - MARCH 31: Trai Hume of Northern Ireland and the team line up to sing the national anthem during the match between Wales v Northern Ireland in an International Friendly on March 31, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Huw Fairclough\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>God Save The King was jeered as Northern Ireland\u2019s players lined up for the anthem (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While representing Team GB at the 2012 Olympics, Craig Bellamy, who is now Wales\u2019 head coach, had called for the national anthem to be respected ahead of a game that was due to be played at Cardiff\u2019s Millennium Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I definitely expect it to be respected, I am not a big fan of that [booing], with any nation their national anthems should be respected all around,\u2019 said Bellamy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I dislike it immensely as a player [when fans boo an anthem], even when it\u2019s my own supporters who dislike a certain group or boo a national anthem, it leaves me very disappointed. 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