Why does the England team have the UK national anthem?
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England and Northern Ireland both use God Save the Queen. Although both the Scots and the Welsh seem to view it as the English anthem and insist on booing. In theory we could use Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory - but both are equally ambiguous. Jerusalem is used by the England Cricket team I believe.\n\nThere several good articles on this debate in sources links below.\n\nThe only real answer I can envisage would be to commission a new piece of music. However that would no doubt just rekindle the argument. I'm sure we'd try and make it a corporate sponsorship opportunity "Come on the <insert sponsor name here> England Team..." etc. Can you imagine some horrible Three Lions-esque rubbish being played before a game?
398510
England,my England.To be born in England is to be honoured by god himself.If god did not love England so much why did he choose to have all the best people born here ?
261877
Because of the way rugby is played in Ireland, NI is included - therefore, the Irish national anthem is not known by the majority of Ulster men (as God save the queen is their anthem), so the IRFU asked for a rugby anthem to be created.
189048
Are you referring to the song, "A Portuguesa"?  It's the National Anthem of Portugal.  It was written in 1890 and is a song about protesting the British.
437043
that flag is being used to depict the united kingdom n not only england
1183799
Ireland is a close neighbour to England.\nJoin in with the spirit of things and wear the kits, rather than being the outsider.\nPeople who don't live in Manchester support Man U & wear the kit, you live in the U.K, you live in England it's totally acceptable to wear the kit
932122
Its has always been a favourite 'after rugby' song in every club in the land, long before it was taken up by the national team supporters. The inter action of the singers in the clubroom makes a fine spectacle !!! Obviously when it was started to be sung at Twickers the majority knew the words and since then it has been adopted as the team anthem.
437999
It is exactly what it is, the Pledge of allegiance to the flag! The anthem and the pledge are two different things, one you obviously pledge your allegiance to as an American, the other is the anthem which is our national "song" so to speak, which you abide by as an American citizen as well.  It's what 'Hail to the Queen" is to our Canadian neighbors..got it?
460868
No. We're not big on flag waving and dfeinitely not in school. Uniformed youth groups like the Scouts do it. Where did you find Brits that don't know the national anthemn?
606242
united kingdom hahahahahahaahahahahahhahahahahaahha its all about politics not the song thats why united kingdom hardly ever wins cause the other countries are jealous
1051164
The English don't have a lot to be patriotic about, on the other hand the Scottish,Welsh.and the Irish do!\nSt Georges flag has now become a symbol of the BNP (political fascist group ) and lots of England football fans are very sympathetic to this group of racists .
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I think the one thing thats worse than England flags flown from cars are England flags which have "ENGLAND" written over the middle of the Cross of St George - flown from cars. The flag itself represents England and obviously doesn't need the name of the country written over it!\n\nI also find it quite moronic how a few years back it seemed England fans didn't even know what flag to fly at these events and would be displaying Union flags.\n\nNow it's so widespread that everyone who wants to look like a "lad" sticks a few flags up from their cars. By all means support England but dont stick those cheap little Halfords England flags upon your car roof - they also suck up fuel economy and can be a hazard when they eventually fly off...I had to drive around one which was rolled up in the road...it was only when I drove past it and saw it was a little flag that I had  a little laugh to myself.\n\nAs far as the England flag representing thuggery and "chavs" , I think thats a little biased, based on a few token individuals who give the country a bad name by not being able to hold their drink.
574364
Because a tribe called the Angles / Engles once inhabited it. "England" literally means "land of the Angles."
1101489
Im not sure,Ive never heard the song being played after a match but the official anthem for this world cup is "celebrate the day".That could be it.\n\nbut i heard people say that the song is Go West by the Pet Shop Boys.\n\nbut i think the song is indeed "Stand Up! (Champions' Theme)" performed by Patrizio Buanne\n\none of these three could be the one u're looking for..
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England only has one flag - the flag of St. George (red cross on white background.) The Union Jack is the flag of the UK, and is made up of the Scottish, English and Northern Irish flags, while the Welsh bit is intimated but not included.
1074660
It's the old battle insignia that the English FA decided to use as the national team's synmbol.
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Well their away kit is a royal blue with small elements of red trim.\n\nFootball teams here in Britain don't tend to wear uniforms, they are reserved for the armded forces, police and fire etc.