Adrian Durham slams England fans for booing Netherlands national anthem before Nations League semi-final defeat
Adrian Durham slams England fans for booing Netherlands national anthem before Nations League semi-final defeat

Adrian Durham slams England fans for booing Netherlands national anthem before Nations League semi-final defeat

Adrian Durham has slammed England fans for booing the Dutch national anthem on Thursday.

The Three Lions were beaten 3-1 by the Netherlands in the Nations League semi-final after conceding twice in extra time.

A section of England fans clashed with riot police in Porto ahead of the Netherlands game and were branded an ‘embarrassment to the team’ by the FA.

And they further damaged the travelling supporters’ reputation by booing the Dutch national anthem inside the stadium.

talkSPORT host Durham said: “The amount of flags were incredible in that stadium, the noise was incredible.

“The Dutch national anthem got booed by the England fans, they keep doing that, that’s got to stop.

“When we’re talking about respecting another country, respecting a city, that’s the first step. That booing of another national team’s anthem has to stop immediately.”

Durham wants disruptive fans to ‘educate themselves’ and thinks stadium bans should be handed out.

He added: “This has got to stop as well, during the national anthem for England, there’s a moment when the England fans shout ‘no surrender’ – and that has to stop.

“They know when it is, it’s not part of the lyrics of the national anthem, it has to stop. It’s part of the problem. So booing the other team’s national anthem has got to stop and the singing of ‘no surrender’ during our national anthem also has to stop.

“Those fans are in the stadium doing this – what we have to start doing is locating them, identifying them and banning them. That’s what’s got to happen.

“The way forward [is] teaching some England fans, I stress it’s the minority, teaching some England fans to respect opponents and to respect another country and its population.

“That’s got to be the first step and hopefully fans will learn and they’ll start to educate themselves.”

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