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Fans at Wembley BOO Leicester and Chelsea players taking the knee moments before FA Cup Final kick-off as social media condemns 'idiots' opposing the anti-racism gesture

Fans at Wembley for the FA Cup Final have booed Chelsea and Leicester City players as they took the knee moments before kick-off.

A smattering of boos could be heard as both sets of players, coaching teams and the match officials made the anti-racism gesture, which has become a customary action before all football games in England since last summer.

Those booing when then drowned out by loud cheers seconds later, before Michael Oliver officially got the Cup final underway inside the iconic stadium.

Fans at Wembley have booed Chelsea and Leicester players for taking the knee before kick-off
A smattering of boos were heard as both teams made the gesture before kick-off

Wembley has welcomed back 21,000 supporters for the pilot event set out by the Government as they begin to ease lockdown measures on their roadmap back to normality.