All eyes, or rather ears, will be on Wembley on Wednesday night as the great English public deliver their verdict on the John Terry scandal. Will England’s former captain be booed by the Wembley crowd?

Numerous international players have suffered abuse at the new ground in recent years and both Wayne Rooney and Fabio Capello have urged supporters not to target Terry when England play Egypt.

The authoritative Martin Samuel, writing in the Mail, certainly feels that Terry has suffered enough for his alleged dalliance with the former partner of Wayne Bridge and does not need a barracking from England fans to drive the point home.

“John Terry: have you ever considered that he might have learned his lesson? He has lost the England captaincy, almost lost his marriage, lost a friend, lost standing and respect within the game, lost the unqualified support of the England manager, Fabio Capello, and, most recently, would seem to have lost the one quality on which he could always rely: his rhino-hide ability to overcome negative headlines and adversity and play his game unaffected.

“Could it be he has now suffered enough? Could it be he does not need to hear the vocal outrage of that exacting group of moralists otherwise known as the Wembley crowd? The certitude of their judgements is well-known. They have, in recent years, taken against Joleon Lescott for seeking a better job, Ashley Cole for causing mental anguish to a much-loved celebrity mime artist, Peter Crouch for being tall, Phil Neville for being called Neville, Owen Hargreaves for possessing inconspicuous talent and Frank Lampard for not making himself available for booing in Andorra.

“Now it would appear to be Terry's turn. Indeed, anticipation of the ferocious reaction to his appearance against Egypt tonight is such that in the build up to the game, Wayne Rooney and Capello have both commented on the subject, asking for support not opprobrium.

“The moral to this story, then, is do not commit adultery. No, wait, it can't be because David Beckham is adored by the Wembley crowd and he was at it with Rebecca Loos. Right, the moral to this story is if you are going to commit adultery, make sure your wife is not a singer with a popular girl band. No, scratch that. Hold on, let me think. Aha, the moral to this story is, if you're going to commit adultery don't do it on your doorstep, with the ex of a team-mate or, say, a personal assistant. Damn, nearly had it that time. Look, let's just say that the moral to this story is if you're going to commit adultery, first make sure you are David Beckham or people are going to take a pretty dim view of it.”

The Mirror's Oliver Holt, another opinionated voice on Fleet Street, believes Fabio Capello has made something of a rod for his own back by taking a strong stance on the Terry situation.

"He [Capello] said he had not yet decided whether a player who had, say, an extra-marital affair would be banned from the World Cup squad. So much for taking each game as it comes. Capello’s going to take each affair as it comes.

"But the message was still clear: mistakes in players’ personal lives are now as likely to get them banished from the squad as a bad run of form. Capello was open about that. He made no apologies for imposing a moral code. He said England players had to make sacrifices in their lives if they wanted to play in the World Cup.

"So at least the ground rules are absolutely clear now. The next time a player ends up on the front pages for the wrong reasons, he can’t say he wasn’t warned."