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Wales supporters made their feelings clear towards the God Save The King anthem (Alamy Live News)

Wales fans booed God Save The King before their friendly against Northern Ireland on Tuesday night.

The 2 home nations played on the Cardiff City Stadium after their defeats within the World Cup play-offs last week.

Wales were beaten on penalties by Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Northern Ireland lost to Italy.

As each teams lined up for the national anthems, Wales supporters began to boo and jeer as God Save the King was played contained in the stadium.

Wales supporters were also chanting ‘Wales, Wales, Wales’ through the anthem.

The sport ended up as a 1-1 draw as Jamie Donley opened the scoring for Northern Ireland before Sorba Thomas netted the equaliser for Wales.

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It isn’t the primary time Wales supporters have booed the anthem after God Save The King was jeered before their game against England on the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

CARDIFF, WALES - MARCH 31: Trai Hume of Northern Ireland and the team line up to sing the national anthem during the match between Wales v Northern Ireland in an International Friendly on March 31, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Huw Fairclough/Getty Images)
God Save The King was jeered as Northern Ireland’s players lined up for the anthem (Getty)

While representing Team GB on the 2012 Olympics, Craig Bellamy, who’s now Wales’ head coach, had called for the national anthem to be respected ahead of a game that was as a consequence of be played at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

‘I definitely expect it to be respected, I’m not an enormous fan of that [booing], with any nation their national anthems must be respected throughout,’ said Bellamy.

‘I dislike it immensely as a player [when fans boo an anthem], even when it’s my very own supporters who dislike a certain group or boo a national anthem, it leaves me very disillusioned. I’m not into that in any sport, not only football.

‘Every national anthem, it doesn’t matter whether it is your worst enemy, it’s only one or two minutes and try to be quiet and respect it and that must be the identical for everybody.’

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