"No Surrender (to the IRA)" is a British football chant sung to the tune of the "Oil in My Lamp" hymn which expresses opposition to the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
during the five-year period that English clubs were banned from competing in UEFA competitions following the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster.
It expresses opposition to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which carried out hundreds of bombings and killings targeting British security forces and civilians during the Troubles.
[2] The chant has also been used by members of the English Defence League and, since the war on terror began in 2001, has been modified in some cases to refer to al-Qaeda and the Taliban instead of the IRA.
[2][5] It is not a criminal offence to sing "No Surrender" but in some circumstances it could be considered by some people to contravene article three of FIFA's statutes: "Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion".
[7] In addition to the song some fans insert a shout of "no surrender" into the musical bridge before the line "send him victorious" in God Save the King.
[4] In May 2013 England faced the Republic of Ireland for the first time since the February 1995 friendly which had descended into the Lansdowne Road football riot after just 27 minutes.
[7] Hoping to avoid any provocations the FA sent an email to attendees, signed by England manager Roy Hodgson, asking them to refrain from singing "No Surrender".