Boxing - National Anthems

Albert · Post by **Albert** » 25 Aug 2007, 18:12

In the UK no matter what the sport the anthems are not respected of the opposition.

Tonight at the Bernard Dunne fight did you notice the anthems were respected.

How refreshing, and thats coming from a Brit!!!!!!

thepocketrocket · Post by **thepocketrocket** » 25 Aug 2007, 18:15

Mentioned it on the thread...props to the Irish

JC · Post by JC » 25 Aug 2007, 18:16

Yup great to see.

mattym · Post by **mattym** » 25 Aug 2007, 18:30

yep. The yobs who boo the national anthem of the opposing fighter are shameful small-minded gits with no brains or class.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » 25 Aug 2007, 18:32

Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.

mattym · Post by **mattym** » 25 Aug 2007, 18:38

Albert wrote:Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.

lol i think if they had piped up the Spanish national anthem right AFTER the knockout it wouldda been a different story lol

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 25 Aug 2007, 19:08

the thing is, when you look at a Calzaghe-Lacy fight where an American says this title belongs to my country then not only are they hyping the fight but adding to an atmosphere of jingoism. Martinez had come over with little hype and few respected his record. It's not like he said my team are putting a big bet on me to win in the first round and that I'm going to bash him up like a crash dummy.

Manc_Red · Post by **Manc_Red** » 25 Aug 2007, 19:17

I hate booing but even in ireland youll get lunatics going mad if the British anthem go's up.....

Rugby fans in ireland will fully respect the British Anthem but say Footy or Boxing there will be booing left right and centre

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 25 Aug 2007, 20:23

Before you guys start giving us props the British national anthem would have been booed if it had to have been played tonight .

A lot of ignorant people who can't let the past go .

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 25 Aug 2007, 20:26

BigEars wrote:Before you guys start giving us props the British national anthem would have been booed if it had to have been played tonight .

A lot of ignorant people who can't let the past go .

Any other anthemn would be respected in Ireland but the hurt and resentment runs too deep for some (esp when pi55ed..

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harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:23

i wish they wouldnt play anthems at all

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:42

Albert wrote:Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.

They were asked in Dublin too. Michael Pass asked the crowd to respect the spanish anthem just before it was played.

On another note, Pass was also singing along down the microphone to "is this the way to amarillo" - very very funny.

el_grande_mauro_mina · Post by **el_grande_mauro_mina** » 27 Aug 2007, 18:07

Manc_Red wrote:I hate booing but even in ireland youll get lunatics going mad if the British anthem go's up.....

Rugby fans in ireland will fully respect the British Anthem but say Footy or Boxing there will be booing left right and centre

They have never played 'God Save the Queen' at Landsdowne road and if they won't play it there then there is no chance at Tolka Park, or Croke park home of Gaelic football.

No problem for me by the way, 'God save the queen' is an awful dirge.

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 27 Aug 2007, 18:54

Wales wrote:
Albert wrote:Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.
They were asked in Dublin too. Michael Pass asked the crowd to respect the spanish anthem just before it was played.

On another note, Pass was also singing along down the microphone to "is this the way to amarillo" - very very funny.

What was Michael Pass doing there ? , Mike Goodhall was the announcer .

Good Save the Queen is sung everytime England have played Ireland at Rugby in both Landsdowne Road and Croke Park .

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 27 Aug 2007, 18:54

mattym wrote:yep. The yobs who boo the national anthem of the opposing fighter are shameful small-minded gits with no brains or class.

as someone who was born in england and has lived his whole life here, I have no qualms with stating " The yobs who boo the national anthem of the opposing fighter are shameful small-minded gits with no brains or class." otherwise known as the majority. No offence intended, but it's true

el_grande_mauro_mina · Post by **el_grande_mauro_mina** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:21

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Good Save the Queen is sung everytime England have played Ireland at Rugby in both Landsdowne Road and Croke Park .

Thats not true at all.

God Save the Queen has not been played at Landsdowne road in my lifetime.

I'll let you google and find out for yourself instead of me looking up and posting links.

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 27 Aug 2007, 20:52

Carlos-Wigan wrote:.

Good Save the Queen is sung everytime England have played Ireland at Rugby in both Landsdowne Road and Croke Park .
God Save the Queen has not been played at Landsdowne road in my lifetime.

lol , how old are you less than 3 ?

27/2/2005 Ireland v England at Landsdowne Road , it was sung then .
It was also sung on 24/2/2007 at Croke Park .

el_grande_mauro_mina · Post by **el_grande_mauro_mina** » 28 Aug 2007, 04:32

BigEars wrote:
Carlos-Wigan wrote:.

Good Save the Queen is sung everytime England have played Ireland at Rugby in both Landsdowne Road and Croke Park .
God Save the Queen has not been played at Landsdowne road in my lifetime.
lol , how old are you less than 3 ?

27/2/2005 Ireland v England at Landsdowne Road , it was sung then .
It was also sung on 24/2/2007 at Croke Park .

It has been played twice then, it is a well known fact that 'God save the queen' was never played at Landsdowne road, every five nations between England and Ireland at Landsdowne Road I ever watched, God save the queen was never played.

lol , how old are you less than 3 ?

No, wouldn't I have to be older than 3?

Please don't live up to your national stereotype, we have all moved on since Bernard Manning croaked it!

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 28 Aug 2007, 07:13

BigEars wrote:
Wales wrote:
Albert wrote:Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.
They were asked in Dublin too. Michael Pass asked the crowd to respect the spanish anthem just before it was played.

On another note, Pass was also singing along down the microphone to "is this the way to amarillo" - very very funny.
What was Michael Pass doing there ? , Mike Goodhall was the announcer .

Good Save the Queen is sung everytime England have played Ireland at Rugby in both Landsdowne Road and Croke Park .

Sorry, ment Goodhall... Pass would have opted for the Elvis option, as appose to Smokey and Tony Christie.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 28 Aug 2007, 08:12

Terry D wrote:
Wales wrote:
Albert wrote:Anyone remember sometimes when Ricky fought at the MEN he or the ring announcer asked the crowd to respect the anthem of the opponent. Problem is they had to be asked.

Good respect from the Irish crowd. Even after such a shit result for them.
They were asked in Dublin too. Michael Pass asked the crowd to respect the spanish anthem just before it was played.

On another note, Pass was also singing along down the microphone to "is this the way to amarillo" - very very funny.
He really got into that Smokey song 'Alice' didn't he? I thought he was going to launch into the swearing version in centre ring.

You'll have to email me some photos if you get them onto your PC.

To go to the topic of the thread I think we should be able to have national anthems without booing.

The atmosphere as unusual, it was not outright aggressive by any means but the sheer volume of support for Dunne was massive and Kiko must have thought, "Blimey!" at one or two points.

It was a bit pantomimic with the fans shouting lustily and without rancour perhaps thinking that, like in Panto, the end was going to be a happy one for them and the hero Dunne.

I'll send the photos over either tonight, or tomorrow

J · Post by J » 28 Aug 2007, 08:27

Carlos-Wigan wrote:
BigEars wrote:
Carlos-Wigan wrote:.
God Save the Queen has not been played at Landsdowne road in my lifetime.
lol , how old are you less than 3 ?

27/2/2005 Ireland v England at Landsdowne Road , it was sung then .
It was also sung on 24/2/2007 at Croke Park .
It has been played twice then, it is a well known fact that 'God save the queen' was never played at Landsdowne road, every five nations between England and Ireland at Landsdowne Road I ever watched, God save the queen was never played.

lol , how old are you less than 3 ?
No, wouldn't I have to be older than 3? Please don't live up to your national stereotype, we have all moved on since Bernard Manning croaked it!

dude what are you talking about its been played EVERYTIME . I can only think you are putting the kettle on or something when its played fella.

Really i can gaurentee you God save the queen is played before every English rugby game anywhere. I dont miss em Im a rugby fanatic so just trust me on this.

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SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 28 Aug 2007, 08:43

Yeah, I remember it made the news bulletins when God Save the Queen was played for the first time at Croke Park this year. It was taken as a big gesture that the past was behind us.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 28 Aug 2007, 08:47

but ti was the first time england had played there, so naturally it'd be the first time the anthem was played there. As for Lansdowne road, I never knew it wasnt played there... always thought it was!

J · Post by J » 28 Aug 2007, 08:50

it was the first time that Englandf played there correct, and they did play it at Lansdowne road, can you imagine the uproar if they refused, the RFU would cancel the game.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 28 Aug 2007, 09:05

Whilst still on a rugby theme, out of respect for those players from Ulster of a unionist persuation The Soldier's Song is not sung.

Instead 'Ireland's Call' is used.

Political sensitivities over national anthemes run deep in Ireland, as most countries.