The England football manager Gareth Southgate has said that his players would take the knee during the Euros this monthA Conservative MP is boycotting England’s football games because he believes the Football Association has lost touch with traditional supporters over “taking of the knee”. Lee Anderson, 54, said the gesture of resting on one knee to symbolise solidarity with black rights activists could alienate fans and politicise the sport. SponsoredHe made the remarks on Facebook after Gareth Southgate’s side faced Austria at Middlesbrough on Wednesday in a warm-up for the European Championship, which starts this Friday. Before kick-off all 22 players knelt around the centre circle in support of Black Lives Matter but were jeered at by portions of the crowd. Southgate, the England manager, said his players would take the knee during the tournament and they did so before the final warm-up against

Source: The Times June 06, 2021 17:03 UTC