I bet Britain would win the gold medal for the proportion of their citizens who find their national anthem distasteful!

I'd very much doubt it. I am pretty sure that most people don't give a toss.

I wouldn't read too much into whether players lined up before a game sing or not. After all, has anyone ever seen an American player sing their national anthem at a big game? They always seem to stay silent while some entertainer murders it.

The one's who really seem to love to sing are the Italian players who always seem to be channelling Pavarotti. Whereas the Spanish simplify matters by not having any words to their anthem, and it doesn't seem to hurt their game.