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Republic of Ireland fans have been filmed taunting England Supporters of Elizabeth II sang an incendiary song a day before the second anniversary of her death.
Footage shows a crowd of supporters outside a pub in Dublin singing “Lizzie’s in a box” before… Republic of Ireland loses 2-0 to England in the Nations League on Saturday.
Other fans were filmed making “v” signs, although it was unclear whether this was in the direction of England fans in pubs and bars before kick-off.
For Saturday’s game, a steel fence was erected as part of Operation Dearoil, which ran from Friday to Sunday morning. Around 12,000 English fans had applied for around 3,000 tickets.
Police urged English fans to “respect local culture” before the clash in Dublin, but stopped short of asking them to refrain from singing anti-IRA or sectarian chants. The Irish Times At least three men have reportedly been arrested by the Garda public order unit following an incident after the match.
The taunts of the late Queen have overshadowed the fallout from Lee Carsley’s first game in charge as caretaker manager. Carsley caused a storm before the match when He said he would not sing the national anthem. and He kept his word on Saturday.
Sources said Sports Telegraph Authorities on both sides of the Irish Sea have avoided asking fans not to sing specific chants for fear that doing so would have had the opposite effect.
The offensive song echoed Scottish fans mock Queen Elizabeth at Euro 2024as fans in Dusseldorf sang “Lizzie is in a box” while others in Frankfurt chanted “Harry Kane licks the bus windows” when they met England fans in the city.
In scenes that angered much of the Tartan Army, who pride themselves on Scottish fans behaving well, other fans chanted about Kane “licking the bus windows” and “eating spaghetti with his hands”.
