Have Your Say. Was the booing acceptable?

God Save the Queen was almost drowned out by booing from many of the Wales supporters making up the majority of the 70,000 Millennium Stadium crowd.

The Welsh anthem, Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, was also booed by many of the 7,000 England fans present.

England captain David Beckham said the booing inspired his team, who won 1-0.

Beckham said: "The players were hyped up for the game anyway but when they heard that, it definitely motivated us.

If someone booed my national anthem, it would just spur me on to do better Tanni-Grey Thompson

"I could hear Robbo (Paul Robinson) singing alongside me but not much else."

Former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe said he agreed that the booing of opposing teams' anthems often served to inspire them.

"It does inspire you more when people are booing," he added.

"You've got to respect each other's anthems and I thought it was a bit of a disgrace when the Welsh public were booing it."

During the first World Cup qualifier between Wales and England last October, the Welsh anthem was heavily booed by English spectators at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium.

David Beckham said the booing had inspired his team

Dr Rob Thompson, a psychologist at the University of Glamorgan, has led a research project into the behaviour of sports fans.

He told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales: "When a group of people get together, especially sports fans, they tend to act as a collective.

"Their social identity becomes more important than their personal identity. They act in ways they wouldn't as an individual."

Eleven times Paralympic gold medallist Tanni-Grey Thompson said she believed the booing of anthems was unique to football.

She added: "I think it shows a huge lack of respect especially coming from athletics where the anthems are treated with a lot of respect.

"I think the worst I've seen at athletics was when a few people didn't stand up when a certain national anthem was played.

Five FA Cup finals have been staged at the Millennium Stadium

"Some of it comes back to confusion with national anthems that a lot of Welsh and Scottish people feel uncomfortable that God Save the Queen is played as the English national anthem.

"I think some English people don't understand why Welsh people get very passionate about that.

"If someone booed my national anthem, it would just spur me on to do better."

Welsh football fan Richard Owen: "I was quite shocked. I felt in a minority because myself, my dad and my brother didn't boo.

"We felt under some pressure from a section of Wales fans for not showing allegiance to Wales which was crazy.

"To an extent, some of it was comeback from the Old Trafford match when England fans booed the Welsh national anthem, but I don't think that excuses it."