The Scotland fans made their voices heard before kick-off against England when they loudly jeered God Save the King, which was played to a particularly emotional Hampden Park
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Scotland’s home faithful jeered the England national anthem so loudly before the two teams met at Hampden Park fans could barely hear God Save the King.
As is always the case when the two nations meet, emotions were running high long before kick off and both teams left the tunnel to be met with a wall of noise from the Tartan Army. The last clash between the two sides came at Euro 2020, which was contested in London under the iconic Wembley arch.
This time around it was Scotland ‘s turn to host and their supporters did all they could to ensure their visitors were made to feel as unwelcome as possible before the game started. Prior to kick-off, many Scotland supporters made no secret of their intention to boo the anthem and made good on their promise when the time came.
Some viewed it as payback for the behaviour of England fans, who ignored a request from the FA not to boo Flower of Scotland before that aforementioned clash at Wembley during the Euros. It has to be said that the Three Lions squad did not look flustered by the Scotland jeers and continued to sing the national anthem.
The friendly match was organised to mark the 150th anniversary of international football, with Scotland playing England in 1872 - the first ever international fixture.
Though Scotland came into the tie with their tails up following Friday’s 3-0 win over Cyprus, which puts Steve Clarke’s men in a great position to qualify for Euro 2024. However, England managed to silence the deafening Hampden Park crowd shortly after the half an hour mark.
Two goals in two minutes and 47 seconds from Gareth Southgate’s side stunned the Scots into silence. The first came from Phil Foden, who intelligently adjusted his feet in time to convert Kyle Walker’s wayward shot into the back of Angus Gunn’s net.
The majority of those inside Hampden Park jeered the English national anthem
Soon after, the Three Lions had doubled their advantage when Jude Bellingham capitalised on an Andy Robertson mistake. The Liverpool left-back was guilty of some sloppy passing inside his own penalty area and laid the chance on a plate for the Real Madrid midfielder.
Joe Cole was on punditry duty for Channel 4 and during the half-time interval, the ex-England international claimed that Robertson was “caught in two minds” over whether to clear his lines or pass to a team-mate. In the end, he did neither and Scotland now have a mountain to climb to try and rain on England’s parade.
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