SCOTLAND and Ireland fans were filmed singing about their dislike for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations ahead of the teams’ Nations League clash on Saturday.
Hours before the match at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, supporters on both sides were seen singing “f*** the Jubilee” and dancing.
The footage, showing members of the Tartan Army in their kilts alongside Ireland fans sporting their team’s scarves, was viewed more than 150,000 times on Twitter.
Scotland & Ireland fans singing in Dublin today pic.twitter.com/u16zI4b5fa
— Scottish Football Away Days (@days_scottish) June 11, 2022
While some who disliked the celebrations to mark the Queen’s 70th year on the throne shared the clip adding positive commentary, others suggested the singing was “sectarian” and "embarrassing".
The match was played just a week after Jubilee pageantry included a £15 million parade through London, featuring a hologram version of the Queen waving from a golden carriage.
Scotland’s Jubilee celebrations were muted in comparison to England’s, with reports of low turnout to events across the country and cancellations in some cases.
Despite the singing and dancing in Dublin prior to the Scotland vs Ireland match, there were disappointed faces afterwards.
On Saturday night Andy Robertson admitted Scotland deserved to be booed off by the Tartan Army following their dismal 3-0 defeat.
After losing their World Cup play-off semi-final to Ukraine at Hampden Park, the Scots began their Nations League campaign with a 2-0 home win over Armenia.
The result and performance gave Steve Clarke’s men confidence for the trip to Dublin to play an Irish side who had lost their opening two League B Group One games and indeed were looking for their first ever Nations League win.
But the home side dominated from the start and goals from Alan Browne and Troy Parrott gave them a deserved interval lead before Michael Obafemi, making his first international start, thundered in a third early in the second half.
Skipper Robertson conceded the performance was “nowhere good enough” and said the Scotland fans were right to vent their frustration.
He told Premier Sports: “To the fans behind the goal booing us off, completely correct.
“We know they travel a long way, we know they pay a lot of money and that performance is nowhere near good enough in a Scotland jersey.
“We will need to assess as a team, we will need to assess individually and we have to hit the reset button because everything was good last year, but this year the performances haven’t quite been up to scratch as of yet.
“We knew they were under pressure, two defeats in the first two and they were probably getting questioned.
“We had to weather the storm, but we didn’t do it.
“We gave them easy corners, win big tackles which got the crowd up and that set the tone for the game and unfortunately we didn’t get into the game until we were 3-0 down.
“The overall performance was nowhere good enough and not good enough for a Scotland jersey.”
Robertson believes Scotland need to get back to the level of consistency shown in the eight unbeaten games before the Ukraine defeat.
