Politics and sport are uneasy bedfellows at the best of times and that’s particularly true in the modern era, when absolutely everything is so heavily politicised.
Earlier this week, as football prepared to pay tribute to the longest reigning monarch in British history, there were widespread concerns about how fans of certain clubs would react. An announcement on Monday that God Save the Queen/King would be played ahead of this week’s EFL matches was met with understandable apprehension in Swansea.
It may be the British national anthem but that song is usually booed when sung by away supporters at the Swansea.com Stadium. The British anthem was never taught at my school and I’m not sure how many residents of Swansea would even know the words, so aside from arguments over its appropriateness, there was a risk of the whole thing looking a bit silly.
