“Racist bastards” – chanted English fans during Hungary’s anthem
The UEFA Nations League did not start off peacefully between England and Hungary and things only got worse. “You racist bastards, we know what you are.” – chanted English fans during the Hungarian national anthem according to Guardian.
The English regularly whistled during the opponent’s anthem, which was a response to the fact that some of the Hungarian fans previously booed the English anti-racist gesture, the kneeling, before the match between the two teams. – reports 444.hu. Yesterday, English fans expressed their opinion by calling Hungarians racist during the national anthem.
The national soccer team of Hungary. Photo: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade since posted a video on Facebook, commenting: “The national anthem was also heard in Wolverhampton thanks to the best fan base in the world. And the English only show their true colours….”
The BBC’s reaction
The BBC did not leave this incident without comment. Alex Bysouth tweeted:
“That anthem was something – Wolverhampton certainly keen to make the most of hosting international football. They also weren’t afraid to voice their opinion during the Hungarian anthem.”
He added: “Hungary had a three-game stadium closure – one suspended – for racist and homophobic behaviour by fans during Euro 2020, and the sentiment of the England fans’ chant was that the visiting supporters “know what they are…”.”
Read alsoHungarian children booed England’s kneeling soccer team! – VIDEO
The antecedent
Let us have a look at why English fans felt the need to rudely interrupt the Hungarian anthem. Hungary has had a couple of previous incidents that led to yesterday’s chanting and booing
In the World Cup qualifiers, which – ironically – ended with a 4-0 English victory, the kneeling English players were booed by Hungarians. In addition, Raheem Sterling, who scored the Hungarian goal, received racist insults from the stands.
Both the players and the English press described the mood of the match as hostile. After this, Hungarian adult fans were banned from the first match against England in the Nations League.
Although the majority of the stadium was filled with Hungarian children, they did not prove to be too well mannered either. When members of the English national team, as usual, knelt before the kick-off expressing their protest against racism, Hungarian children whistled.
In yesterday’s match, however, no loud booing could be heard from Hungarian supporters.
Read alsoHistoric victory: Hungary defeated England 4-0 in England! – PHOTOS
Source: 444.hu, theguardian.com, m4sport.hu
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7 Comments
Tradition dictated that people stand for national anthems. The UK team was booed by children. Being called racist by an English team is laughable. All through history, the British looked down on all foreigners. Their treatment of the people of the colonies were not great, they oppressed India, participated in slavery, etc.. If anyone knows about racism it is the British. The Hungarian team revenged the actions of the British fans by soundly defeating the English team. Well done Hungary.
Some Hungarian fans were arrested for injuring a police officer. Adults should never act like savages when attending games. Fans should act like civilized human beings, if they cannot, they should stay at home. The badly behaving fans owe an apology to the injured police officers.
Ironic, that the English fans were stereotyping Hungarian fans by calling Hungarians racist.
Then again, I think it’s a distraction by the English soccer fans for how poorly the national men’s England soccer team has been of lately. They were demolished 4-0 by Hungary.
Athletes are on the field for one purpose only and thats to play a sport. No one gives a damn about there political ideology. The Hungarian children were right to boo. And doesnt Hungary have black players? If they do they cant be racists. The brits are well know for being racists.
Dear readers!
The sole purpose of an English football chant is to annoy the other side and to interrupt their gameplan.
Manchester fans sing songs about Liverpool slums, Liverpool fans sing about the Manchester Utd plane crash. My team (Rangers) in days gone by had a very nasty song about the model wife of a Celtic player.
Chelsea fans used to wave money at fans from poor areas of the country!
In a few cases these chants help your team to win. In this case at Wolverhampton the English chants did not affect Hungarians who won even easier than in 1953!
go hungary .we protect humans .facts. english wars on the people prove whos racist . everyone in ireland and Scotland would agree and the list goes on . no hungarian puts thier sex life in anyones face . we protected all the fkn weirdos when they were cast from thier countries . shall i go on . keep it straight .
Just look at their history. Who is racist? When they lost the shoot out to the Italians, the black players got racist messages for a long time. They were always hypocrites .
All that said, for the people of Hungary the national anthem is actually more like a prayer. It is that important! A people who have suffered untold atrocities at the hands of various invaders, use the words of that anthem to recount, remember, acknowledge the hurts, the love, the hopes of and for the people. Only those who do not have true patriotism for their own country would not understand that & disrespect an anthem.
My second memory as a child of 3 was watching my grandfather going to the barn to water our animals & suddenly his head exploding like a dropped egg as his body moved forward another step before folding onto the ground. My grandmother & I were in a dug out space beneath our family bed & had been watching his progress. Minutes later we watched as black booted feet goose stepped in wide rows of legs past our house as our village was invaded in 1956. The beautiful Hungarian anthem still brings tears to my eyes 67 yrs later despite having lived in Canada since the age of 9.