Why do england fans sing the nation anthem when every other club doesn't ?
2006-06-15 20:51:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
because it's the only time english people are patriotic.
2006-06-15 20:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Funnily enough, England doesn't actually have a national anthem! God save the Queen is the national anthem for the whole of the UK and is adopted by the English as Wales and Scotland have their own. During the Commonwealth Games, England adopted 'Land of Hope and Glory'.
2006-06-16 05:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"You'll never walk alone" is Not the national Antham, nor is "England england" & guess what! "Rule Britania" isn't either!
However, " God Save the Queen" is..
I don't recall hearing that at any match by the spectators during a game, only at the beginning of a game IF the band/s play it.
This Flag waving craz in England right now, is just football gone stupid!
95% of the population don't even know The George Cross is the England flag, 99% of them don't even know when St Georges day is!
The Union Jack is the United Kingdom flag of England Scotland Wales & Irland, no longer united, sadly.
To be a patriat is not to stand up and shout I'm English, then throw a beer glass in someones face, this is NOT patraitism, but hooliganism.
2006-06-16 04:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by Bob H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reply to BOB, the national anthem is sung at the beginning of the match, the begining of the second half, and right at the end of the match, in about the 85th minute, why? to piss people like you off!!! go and play some cricket.
2006-06-16 04:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by mrwhitehouse27 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is good to see the English players singing the National Anthem too, but I did notice Jamie Carragher was the only one tight lipped!!! Does he have Irish roots I wonder????
2006-06-16 04:12:52 · answer #5 · answered by kht20 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only are they patriotic, when the players listen to the national anthem it makes them very proud to play for their country.
2006-06-16 04:06:41 · answer #6 · answered by mosaic27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was watching the Socceroo fans on the news(and weeping Japanese fans) and I quite clearly heard a rousing chorus or two of Advance Australia Fair.I suppose they do that because they have a Union Jack up in the corner of their flags and it reminds them of when their great grandpa got deported to Botany Bay.
2006-06-16 04:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by mystic_master3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont even have their own anthem, its the UK Anthem they sing, wheras the Scots, Irish and Welsh (me) have their own anthem. England do not.
2006-06-16 06:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the shortest National Anthem, the words are easy to remember and when you are a drunk punter (customer).. Easy is good.
It is an Anthem, unlike the American anthem, they don't have to have different renditions of. Again one version, easy to remember, drunk sports fans, EASY IS GOOD..
2006-06-16 04:00:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we love our nation, even though most people hate us. Travel to Bermuda and see how much the 'colonialists' love us.
We like everyone to know just who England are and what we are about
2006-06-16 03:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe bez they like their "beautiful & encouraging" nation anthem?
2006-06-16 03:56:08 · answer #11 · answered by Party's Queen'' 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋