Ray Wilkins told Goals On Sunday England's fans should start acting like their Scottish counterparts.
Ray Wilkins has hit out at England's "whingeing" supporters and called on them to evoke the spirit on Hampden on Wednesday.
Former England midfielder Wilkins was blown away by the 'Hampden Roar' when Scotland hosted Italy on Saturday night and insists it was in stark contrast to recent England matches when fans have repeatedly jeered their own players.
England need a draw against Croatia on Wednesday night to secure qualification to Euro 2008 and Wilkins wants the Wembley crowd to get behind the team from the first whistle.
Speaking on
Goals On Sunday, he said: "Croatia are going to come to what is probably the best football stadium on the planet in Wembley and they will want to put on a show.
"But I'm sure our lads will be in the same frame of mind and will want to give them an absolute battering.
"Wembley can work against England because opposition players want to perform on that stage, but what we need is the Hampden roar on Wednesday. Will we get it?
"Lots of people keep questioning our young men about their passion and about their feeling for their country. Well, once an Englishman pulls on that England shirt, nobody has any more passion, I can assure you.
"But I do question the volume at Wembley. When Scotland and Italy walked out yesterday you couldn't hear yourself think. That atmosphere was just incredible, but we don't have that at Wembley and we need to start producing that to get behind the players.
"What we get is Frank Lampard getting booed when his name is mentioned. That has got to stop.
"When David Bentley came on as a substitute on Friday night, he was booed. Now I was the first to say David was wrong for not going with the Under-21s to the European Championships last summer, but it's finished.
Get behind him
"If he is going to represent England we should get behind him and pat him on the back. But we don't do that. Our supporters have got to stop whingeing and get behind the group of lads that pull on that shirt."
Wilkins admitted he was shocked by Israel's 2-1 win over Russia which has put England's fate back into their own hands.
He insists that England boss Steve McClaren deserved to be sacked if England failed to reach the Euro 2008 finals, but has now backed the under-pressure boss to lead the country to Austria and Switzerland next summer.
"One would have to say that Israel have kept Steve McClaren in a job," he added.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves because the game on Wednesday will be extremely difficult. We're playing a Croatian side that have already qualified, so it could go one of two ways.
"They could come with gay abandon and play wonderful football because they've got some talented guys, or they come and we'll steamroller them.
"It's still a tough ask and we've got to make sure we do our job right, but most certainly we owe Israel one.
"I always had a feeling that Russia would win that game as I thought they had too much going forward, even though I don't think they are that good defensively.
Thrilled
"But I am absolutely thrilled that Israel managed to turn them over.
"I've always said that if Steve failed to qualify - and England weren't in the hardest group - then perhaps that position should have been changed.
"But at the moment we haven't failed. If we go through on Wednesday he should keep the job and take us to Euro 2008.
"If we don't qualify then Steve has to go, but we will get there."
Looking ahead to the Wednesday's game, Wilkins said Peter Crouch should play up front on his own and backed David Beckham to start, even though he has not played many club games due to persistent injuries.
He concluded: "I would play Gareth Barry in the holding role, I would play Lampard and Steven Gerrard in the middle, I'd play Joe Cole wide left, David Beckham wide right and Crouch up front on his own.
"The major factor is that we have got to be so solid in the middle of the field because Croatia play little give-and-go's in the midfield.
"We can defend crosses all day long, but it remains to be seen if we can defend the give-and-go's in the middle of the field.
"When we play two in the middle we have a slight problem, so I would bolster that by playing Barry as a holding midfield player. He has the defensive qualities, having done it for Villa and he has done it comfortably for England. I would allow Lampard and Gerrard to go and join Crouch all day long.
"I would play David Beckham as well because you need your experienced heads. We're going to need him stick that ball on someone's head on Wednesday and produce that bit of quality.
"Even if he just plays for an hour, I would play him."
