The National Anthem at football matches

[IsleworthRanger]

Why o why do the FA allow it to be ruined year after maych after match at Wembley by some high shreiking posh bird?

[Shania]

That´s trendy, but nevertheless a shame.

[IsleworthRanger]

Just let the band play and the fans sing it is enough

[TW7R]

On the same sort of lines, it's the first time I've ever turned the Chanel over during abide with me.

That performance was an absolute discrace. More worried about a politically correct line up than the quality of the singing. It was a discrace to a proud cup final tradition.

Anthems should be sung by the fans just accompanied by the band.

[QPR Richard]

Should be Jerusalem and not GSTQ. This is the English FA cup final after all, not the British.

[twranger]

Why o why do the FA allow it to be ruined year after maych after match at Wembley by some high shreiking posh bird?

How do you know she's posh?
Do you know her?
Thought she had a good voice, as it goes!!

[DeepcutHoop]

Should be Jerusalem and not GSTQ. This is the English FA cup final after all, not the British.

Jerusalem is pish.

[jpsuperhooper]

looked like she had a good set of ........ lungs

[QPR_NW10]

I personally don't think the anthem should be sung.

In internationals the players are English, the fans too ( or you wouldn't support England) but at club level...hardly any players were English so means nothing to them. The fans aren't all English so again means nothing to theme and the fans don't have to he English either so why bother with it?

The anthem is over used anyways. At internationals the band plays it 5 or 6 times a game. Should be sacred in my opinion. Think the anthem is only in very rare occasions to percent the over use

[WeAreQPR12]

Why o why do the FA allow it to be ruined year after maych after match at Wembley by some high shreiking posh bird?

She was fit though, so that was good enough for me.

[Factamondo]

Why o why do the FA allow it to be ruined year after maych after match at Wembley by some high shreiking posh bird?

couldnt agree more isles....ffs it aint glyndbourne or last night of the proms..........it was 'the working mans game' when i was a boy............must say the bints in evening ball gowns also look totally out of place stood there....i say body paint em in team colours instead!

[Factamondo]

How do you know she's posh?
Do you know her?
Thought she had a good voice, as it goes!!

tdubya posh or not give her a standard 6 inch meat injection n she'll reach the highest of notes!

[IsleworthRanger]

I personally don't think the anthem should be sung.

In internationals the players are English, the fans too ( or you wouldn't support England) but at club level...hardly any players were English so means nothing to them. The fans aren't all English so again means nothing to theme and the fans don't have to he English either so why bother with it?

The anthem is over used anyways. At internationals the band plays it 5 or 6 times a game. Should be sacred in my opinion. Think the anthem is only in very rare occasions to percent the over use

Its the English FA Cup Final played in the Capital of England and you object to the anthem being played because some of the fans are not English?

We already pander to the Welsh by not playing it when one of their teams plays at Wembley even though its also their National Anthem and I recall when we played Cardiff in the Play Off Final it was not played in case it upset them!!

I sincerely hope they play it when England play Ireland leter this month as the FA are warning us that will not accept the chant of "No Surrender" during ir even though this has been sang for years since the troubles ceased in the North of Ireland and is now sang against mainly Al Quaida or any group who threatens our Nation

Can you imagine if a steward came down the steps at the old Wembley in say 1941 and tried ejecting Winston Churchill because he said me must never surrender to the Nazis?

The whole Country has gone mad

[Rousdon Rangers]

Classic attempt at watering down any hint of being proud of this once great country of ours. That's the first comment me and my bro made when that appalling rendition bellowed out. Not surprised and certainly did the trick of keeping any Nationalistic fervour well and truly low key. Disgraceful.

[DeepcutHoop]

Classic attempt at watering down any hint of being proud of this once great country of ours. That's the first comment me and my bro made when that appalling rendition bellowed out. Not surprised and certainly did the trick of keeping any Nationalistic fervour well and truly low key. Disgraceful.

Yes, this last year or two has seen the biggest attempts at watering down national pride ever. /sarcasm

THe country being smothered in Union Jacks for the jubilee, and the Olympics making people prouder than they ever have of being British. We've never been a massively nationalistic people, for obvious reasons, so the Olympics and the excitement that went with it was very interesting.

Some opera singer singing the national anthem at a sporting event is hardly an attack on patriotism is it? Even if it wasn't quite to your taste.