I was there with my mum 2 young sons and daughter. I had been out the night before to their hotel stirring up trouble with a whistle and U-R-GAY signs and was pumped. Outraged at their treatment of our boys and then that offensive military anthem began. People stared booing. My kids were with me! Major dilemna! They looked at me seeking permission. You could not even hear the music. Only Boos. I looked at Mum. She would never. And then I booed. So did my kids. I have been to 30 Socceroos games and Rugby and Rugby League Internationals as well. I have never heard Aussies disrespect a nations anthem before and hope we never have to do it again. But hey they spat at our boys. They booed our anthem. It was the most hostile sporting crowd ever assembled in Australia. I am so glad Bresc gave us the thumbs up. Dukes did too. It was awesome. What a game. What a night. Ordinarily booing a nations anthem is about as wrong as you could get. But not this night. It doesn't come across on any video but I truly could not hear anything of that anthem in the stands. It was gold! I love Bresc
Hate that soccer encourages booing. Shit display of sportsmanship. This is why soccer players and fans are the biggest brats of any sport. Congrats Marco
You don't understand the context. When the Socceroos went to Uruguay, their fans not only booed the Australian anthem, they spat on the players and let off fireworks at their hotel to stop them sleeping. I've been to a heap of international games and have never considered booing the oppositions anthem, but that night… it just felt like the right thing to do.
