article_snippet.sent: The breakdown in the relationship between the the FA and England Supporters Travel Club led to the offensive chants during England’s 1-1 draw with Italy in Turin on Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: The tasteless repertoire of songs ran from ‘
article_snippet.sent: ‘F*** the Taliban’ to
article_snippet.sent: ‘F*** the English FA’ — the last one due to the huge discontent over the decision to switch double loyalty caps from away trips to home games at Wembley.
article_snippet.sent: The Football Supporters Federation, despite putting out a statement yesterday reaffirming The Football Supporters Federation opposition to abusive chanting, believe The Football Supporters Federation is inevitable that the songs — and the World War Two favourites — will be sung when England play the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on June 7.
article_snippet.sent: There were offensive chants made by England fans during the game against Italy in Turin on Tuesday - there is no suggestion the fans pictured were involved .
article_snippet.sent: The FSF are in no mood to work with the FA because of the caps dispute and claim that, having taken legal advice, anti-IRA and WW2 songs are not law-breaking and that the FA the FA showed no interest when the FSF first tackled England fans singing offensive songs in 2005.
article_snippet.sent: The the FA regard loyalty caps and abusive chanting as two separate issues.