Lampard's return to international action - as a second-half substitute over Estonia - was marred by the negative reaction of some members of the crowd.
MOSCOW: Lampard's return to international action - as a second-half substitute in Saturday's 3-0 win over Estonia - was marred by the negative reaction of some members of the Wembley crowd.
And Terry admitted he was at a loss to understand why a section of supporters had turned on Lampard and made him a target for their scorn.
"I would like to speak on behalf of the all the players we are not impressed by the section of the crowd that are singling him out and it sends a very bad message throughout the team," Terry said ahead of England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia here on Wednesday.
"Frank is a very good mate of mine and he has been an awesome player for England over the years. He's not only played well, he's scored some great and very important goals. He deserves everyone in England to get behind him and what is happening now is just not fair, it really isn't."
"We come off the pitch at the weekend and instead of everyone talking about the three goals or about Wayne Rooney coming back and scoring, everyone is talking about feeling sorry for Frank. I'd just urge that section of the fans to cut it out."
Lampard has been unfortunate in that he appears to have been made the scapegoat for the lingering disappointment over England's failure to go beyond the quarter-finals of the last World Cup, which was supposed to be the tournament in which a 'golden generation' reached its peak.
By his own admission, the midfielder did not have a good tournament but he was far from being alone in failing to live up to expectations that, with hindsight, had perhaps been unjustifiably heightened in the build-up.
Club rivalries have also been blamed for the abuse, notably the fact that supporters of West Ham, the club Lampard left to join Chelsea, are over-represented among England's hard-core following.
Lampard can take comfort from the fact that he is not the only member of England's current squad to have suffered at the hands of fickle fans.
Liverpool striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Owen Hargreaves both had to endure periods of abuse while, more recently, David Bentley had his every touch booed on his international debut in a reaction to his decision not to represent his country in the European under-21 Championships earlier this year.
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