Ex SFA chief Gordon Smith has admitted it feels pointless asking fans to show respect for the Royal family ahead of today’s Scotland v Ireland clash at Hampden. Loud boos rang out round the stadium on Wednesday night during a minute’s applause for the Queen, who was patron of the Scottish Football Association, before the 3-0 Nation’s League win over Ukraine.
It came months after the Tartan Army and Irish supporters were filmed singing “f*** the Jubilee” as the UK celebrated the late monarch’s 70th year on the throne ahead of the reverse fixture in Dublin in June. Now former SFA chief executive Smith has begged fans to show decorum in and around the ground. He also pleaded with supporters upset by chanting not to react.
His intervention comes after matches in Scotland and Ireland have seen chants mocking the Queen’s death since she passed away earlier this month. She was laid to rest last Monday and her family’s mourning lasts six days. Smith said he was “expecting” more anti-Royal family slogans in Glasgow this afternoon.
