Shamrock Rovers supporters sang ‘Lizzy’s in a box’ about the monarch’s death as they attended a Europa Conference League match against Swedish rivals Djurgardens.
Similar scenes of public jubilation were also reported in Derry, Northern Ireland, where people were seen honking their horns, whistling and waving Irish flags. Irish football fans’ footage of them celebrating at the game about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II spread on social media.
Shamrock fans were filmed making the chant in the stands of the Tallaght Stadium on Thursday night, in footage seen more than 4 million times online.
“Shamrock Rovers FC has been made aware of chants by a group of individuals at last night’s game. Such highly insensitive and callous chanting is not acceptable at our club and is against the values that Shamrock Rovers FC stands for,” read a statement shared by the Daily Mail.
“Our ground regulations issued on match tickets and on signage at entry strictly prohibits such activity. This is also announced over the PA system before all of our games in Tallaght Stadium,” it continued.
This weekend, all football in Northern Ireland and in England from the Premier League to grassroots level, has been canceled as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth, who passed away aged 96 on Thursday.
Ahead of their European match on Thursday night, which went ahead after consultation with UEFA and the FA, fans of London club West Ham were seen singing ‘God Save the Queen’ before their meeting with Romanian team FCSB, RT reports.
Irish soccer fans celebrate Queen’s death, chant ‘Lizzy’s in a box’ at game, writes NY Post.
The crude ditty, set to the tune of KC & The Sunshine Band’s hit “Baby Give It Up,” rang out at Tallaght Stadium just hours after it was announced that Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has died at Balmoral Castle at age 96.
In clips from the match that have been making the rounds on Twitter, Irish soccer fans are heard singing in unison “Lizzy’s in a box, in a box!” while enthusiastically pumping their fists and clapping.
The stadium was hosting a UEFA Europa Conference League match between Irish Shamrock Rovers and Swedish Djurgårdens IF Fotboll, reported Fox Sports.
Similar scenes of public jubilation were also reported in Derry, Northern Ireland, where people were seen honking their horns, whistling and waving Irish flags.
The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK have a shared but troubled history dating back to the 1600s.
Ireland won its independence from Britain in 1922, but the Crown retained control of Northern Ireland, causing religious friction between the region’s Protestant majority and Catholic minority.
Long-simmering tensions escalated to violence in the late 1960s, marking the beginning of a decades-long nationalist conflict known as The Troubles, which came to an end in 1998 after leaving some 3,000 people dead.
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