England fans have vowed to stand by their heroes - even if they walk off the pitch against Bulgaria.
Around 3,400 are expected in Sofia for our Euro 2020 qualifier, with the team warning that they are ready to leave the field of play if they are racially abused.
Three Lions supporters have vowed to stick by them whether they play on, or protest by abandoning the game.
It would be the first time that an England team has taken such an extreme measure.
But accountant Brad Morris, 22, of Blackburn, in Prague to see our 2-1 defeat by the Czech Republic, said: "If you were black, you would feel completely differently.
"It is up to them to choose. Nobody can really understand how that must make you feel when you are targeted - unless you have been through it yourself."
His friend Nathan Jones, an NHS worker, agreed with Raheem Sterling's stance that the best way to hit back at bigots is to stay on the pitch and win.
"There will always be punishment from authorities," he added. "For some fans it may be a once in a lifetime trip abroad to see them; as much as I think you need to take action, you have to think of the fans too."
Another of the seven-strong group, Ryan Duncan, 22, who works for a tool hire firm, added: "Staying on the field and winning when they abuse you is better than walking off."
Around 2,200 Three Lions fans are making the trip from Prague to Sofia for the game. It will be played with 5,000 seats empty as punishment after racist chants during Bulgaria games against Kosovo and the Czech Republic in June.
Tammy Abraham, the Chelsea striker, had said that England are ready to walk off.
Gareth Southgate plans to follow the UEFA three-step protocol, which gives officials the power to ask for announcements warning that the game will be suspended and then abandoned if abuse is not halted.
"We had a meeting at the start of the week about things that could happen but that may not happen," said Southgate on Sunday. "There is a (three-step) protocol in place that UEFA have set. Hopefully we don't have to cross that bridge."
Man City's Raheem Sterling called on football's authorities to crack down on racism after England stars were abused in their match against Montenegro in March.
He said that the players would trust in the system. "At this moment, yes, I have full faith in UEFA," he added.
Ashley Young, Theo Walcott and Ashley Cole were all subjected to monkey chants when we last played in Bulgaria in 2011. The Bulgarian FA were fined 40,000 Euros.
But the problem persists with club side Levski Sofia fined after last year's Bulgarian Cup final, when one young fan appeared with a swastika painted on his bare chest alongside another performing a Nazi salute.
Fears our players will be abused were described as "groundless, inappropriate and unnecessary" by the Bulgarian FA.
England need to win to qualify for the finals, and hope Kosovo fail to beat Montenegro.
