Soccer International news: Irish Football Association president Jim Boyce has called for a "football anthem" after voicing his disapproval of the booing of national anthems.

He is calling for Fifa and Uefa to look into the situation after saying he was "disappointed" at the reaction of a section of the Northern Ireland support at the weekend.

They jeered the Welsh national anthem at Windsor Park ahead of the World Cup qualifier between the two home nations on Saturday.

Boyce believes it might be better to have a general football anthem.

"I am considering taking this matter up with Fifa," he said yesterday.

"Perhaps a football anthem should be played at all World Cup and European games, like in the Champions League, instead of the national anthems.

"The time has come when Fifa and Uefa are going to have to look at this very carefully.

"There is nothing as bad as standing in a stadium to hear continuous booing of a national anthem.

"It is a worrying trend and very disrespectful.

"Because of what happened in Wales when their supporters booed our national anthem, I was hoping our fans would not react to that.

"Unfortunately a minority of them did react. It should not have occurred."