A council painted English flags on roundabouts after football fans appeared to take their Euro 2020 excitement to the traffic islands.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in south-east England have asked fans to stop painting roundabouts ahead of the semi-final against Denmark on Wednesday night.

And the RBWM council has already repainted some of the roundabouts for “safety reasons”.

“Although we had to repaint the roundabouts for safety reasons due to the possibility of motorists being distracted, we encourage the community to show their support for the national team during Euro 2020,” a statement read. of the RBWM board.

“There are safer ways to do this and we are asking people to use their own property to display the colors of England.”

Still, the council said they were showing their support for England ahead of their Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark by flying the St George flag from Maidenhead Town Hall and Windsor Guildhall.

England supporter Ben Meredew said on Facebook: “If you showed any ‘support’ you wouldn’t paint roundabouts white again!

Another fan said: “You’re not showing any support at all. You jump on a strip wagon to try and score Brownie points. Do you think the residents donate a monkey whether you fly the flag or not? Riding it all year round would be the right thing to do BUT you won’t do it for fear of upsetting the left-handed cranks around us!

England will face Denmark at Wembley on July 7 to see who takes on Italy in the final match of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.

If they win, England will have reached the final match of a major football tournament for the first time since 1966, when England historically beat Germany to become world champions.

It would also be the first time the country has qualified for the UEFA European Cup final.