England interim manager Lee Carsley heads for WRONG dugout in major blunder against former team Ireland

ENGLAND interim manager Lee Carsley took a seat in the WRONG dugout in Dublin.

The comical blunder comes after Carsley made 40 senior caps for the Republic of Ireland across eight years.

Carsley hilariously took a seat on the WRONG bench
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Carsley hilariously took a seat on the WRONG bench

Ireland host the Three Lions for the first time in four years this afternoon.

But Carsley's tenure as England manager got off to an embarrassing start after he accidentally got comfortable in the Irish dugout.

The 50-year-old then quickly realised his mistake and jumped off the home side's coaching seat to head over to the England bench.

Before kick-off, Carsley boldly claimed that he would NOT sing the "God Save the King" after representing the Boys in Green during his career.

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The ex-England U21 boss said: " This singing the anthem is something that I always struggled with when I was playing for Ireland."

It sparked a row as critics pointed out that predecessor Gareth Southgate always belted out the anthem before matches.

But Carsley countered by revealing he never sang the Irish anthem before games as a player.

England stars Declan Rice and Jack Grealish were welcomed with an extremely hostile reaction by booing Ireland fans.

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Supporters inside the Aviva Stadium held a banner with: "The snakes are back."

Both Rice and Grealish represented Ireland to varying degrees before switching their national allegiances.

To make matters worse for Irish fans, Rice then opening the scoring with a blistering shot from 12 yards inside 11 minutes.

The Nations League opener marked the start of a new era just 55 days after England lost a second successive Euros final.

Southgate called time on his eight-year reign after the narrow loss to Spain, with Carsley promoted to caretaker senior boss as the Football Association considers its next steps.

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