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\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\nRoberts will lead a team of police to Russia to work with local Russian police and security services to protect up to 10,000 Britons expected to travel to Russia to support their team. The supporters traditionally gather in city centres before international tournaments and display hundreds of flags – but police are warning them to be sensitive about how they go about showing their national pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would not expect people to come across to this country, get drunk and drape flags on the Cenotaph so we need to extend the same courtesy when we go abroad and treat places with due reverence,\u201d<\/em> Roberts said.<\/p>\nFootball Supporters\u2019 Federation chief executive Kevin Miles hit back at Robert\u2019s comments, arguing that English football fans should be allowed to hang flags in bars whose owners had taken their money. He pointed out that most British football fans were seasoned travellers.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of them have particularly strong opinions about how people in Britain should adopt to our way of life and the corollary of that when we go somewhere else then you have to respect their culture,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\nEnglish fans have been told be on their best behaviour in Volgograd – formerly Stalingrad. The Russian city will host England\u2019s opening game against Tunisia, but is also city of significant importance to the Russian people. The battle of Stalingrad saw \u00a01.1 million Russian soldiers killed, wounded, or captured during the Second World War. As a result, the city is home to a number of important war memorials.<\/p>\n