Group says the England boss ‘should have the support of every democrat and everyone concerned about freedom of speech’
The match in Dublin will be Birmingham-born Carsley’s first since taking interim charge of the team and comes against the country he represented 40 times as a player.
“I was always really focused on the game and my first actions of the game. I really found that in that period I was wary about my mind wandering off. I was really focused on the football and I have taken that in to coaching.”Tributes paid to ‘colossus’ Ron Yeats after former Liverpool captain dies, aged 86Some critics have gone as far as suggesting Carsley should be sacked if he refuses to sing God Save the King in Dublin.
In a statement the group said: “Carsley has every right to not sing the anthem. But this is a timely reminder that we need a new anthem, one that speaks for everyone, that is about country and the people, not king and god.“We should be able to raise the roof singing our national anthem, we should not be put in a position where that conflicts with profoundly held beliefs.
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