England fans" anti-IRA chants overshadow friendly ENGLAND MANAGER Roy Hodgson insists the Football Association is sorry for any offence caused by sections of the away support singing anti-IRA songs during Tuesday night's 3-1 friendly win against Scotland in Glasgow. All we can do is play our football and be grateful for the support and hopefully they will behave themselves and not get themselves into a situation where their chanting is being criticised. England fans had behaved well in the build-up to the match, joining in with a minute's applause for Scotland supporter Nathan McSeveney, who died from a fall here during the Republic of Ireland match on Friday. But once the match had begun some Three Lions supporters tainted their reputation when the anti-IRA songs began. Hodgson admitted that he had long ago stopped listening to what fans are singing during matches. Asked about the chants on BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: "After a long career in football, I learnt long ago that the crowd are either signing or are silent in the background but when they chant or sing most of the time I don't have a clue. I thought their support was excellent. I will leave any discussion about any words they have used. Police Scotland reported no football-related disorder in the immediate aftermath of the match and said they had not received any reports of offensive chants.