Know the reason behind why Liverpool supporters boo the UK national anthem when it is played
It was heard that the fans who support Premier League club Liverpool were apparently booing the United Kingdom national anthem ‘God Save the Queen,’ ahead of the Carabao Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley.
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It’s not a surprise because it is not something that happened for the first time. Liverpool played a major cup final at Wembley for the first time since the year 2016, the last time they appeared at the Carabao Cup. Such big tournaments are the opportunity where fans to convey their attitudes because of the audience and the worldwide broadcasting. The moment where the supporters express their anger and frustration since the 1980s following the Conservative government’s “managed decline” of the city. The feeling of not being a priority or being cared for.
It was anticipated that the final will be collected with some politics in it because of the ongoing military crisis between Russia and Ukraine and at Roman Abramovich since Chelsea was playing.
Why Did Liverpool Supporters Boo God Save The Queen
The booing is done by the fans against social and economic inequality in a left-leaning city. The UK national anthem always meets with impoliteness whenever Liverpool are playing. ‘Scouse not English’ baring can be seen often that communicates the sort of struggles Liverpool locals withstand in concern to patriotism and nationalism.
Several decades back from the handling of the Conservative-led government on English ground, Liverpool feels that they never actually got supported by their government and relate that they are more as their own Scouse commodity and less as English.
During the 1980s, the Merseyside was declined in industrial ways that caused a lack of employment and poverty under the reign of Conservation prime minister Margaret Thatcher while she did not try to relieve people and even cut the services of the public.
Liverpool, which once directed industrialisation suffered economically after World War II despite playing a key role in it.
It was then in 2011 disclosed that prime minister Margaret was the reason for “managed decline” as she was privately thinking of abandoning Liverpool.
Meanwhile, the people in Liverpool were already perceived that the government did not care about their region and they were never the preference. This gave rise to the “us against them” consideration among the people who have been governed under the Conservative power and the mentality keeps going stronger.
Liverpool also includes migrants from different countries and they don’t even consider themselves English. Mainly from England’s ancientest African and Chinese populations as well as huge Irish people who influenced the identity of Liverpool. Being immigrants, the people in their new residence “Liverpool” are treated and felt like aliens by the English people.
Hillsborough Disaster
The Hillsborough disaster is also the reason, tragedy in Sheffield because of which, 96 football fans died.
It was during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final that was played between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest that is remembered for the worst tragedy that occurred in Stadium.
The stadium was congested that resulted in the human crush killing of 96 fans of football and the incident also injured 766 supporters. The incident was later blamed on the fans of Liverpool by a British tabloid named The Sun, which was finally, in 2016 found that the supporters were not responsible and guilty of killing 96 fans and that it was accidental.
It is said that a police officer, who watched the overcrowding communicated to the control room to ask them the match was halted for later so that the fans enter the ground safely but his plea was dropped off. No one managed to control it, neither the police officers nor the ambulance could help the struggling fans.
The Sun, as well as the South Yorkshire police, pointed their finger at the supporters in the field for the death and tragedy that led to many campaigns for decades to disclose the lies of the tabloid and the police blaming fans.
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