The Football Association will ask every England fan attending Wednesday's potentially explosive clash with the Republic of Ireland not to sing offensive songs during the friendly.
England's last meeting with the Republic 18 years ago had to be abandoned after 27 minutes due to rioting by visiting fans at Dublin's Lansdowne Road.
The violent political history between the two countries means there is potential for trouble, and for offensive chanting such as the 'no surrender (to the IRA)' song, to take place.
With 10,000 Irish fans due at Wembley, the FA are keen to ensure Wednesday passes off as peacefully as possible and will send an email to every England supporter who has a ticket to the match, requesting that they refrain from chanting songs which might cause offence.
In the email, which will be sent to fans on Tuesday, England manager Roy Hodgson says: "Ahead of the Ireland fixture, on behalf of The FA, I would like to ask our supporters to please respect our opponents and welcome them in the right way.
"Wembley is considered the world over as the home of football and we ask those attending to not take part in any chanting - particularly of a religious or political perspective - which could cause offence to our visitors or fellow fans."
Hodgson will also ask England fans to refrain from such chants in his programme notes for the match, which is close to a 90,000 sell-out.
Source: AFP
