War veterans have condemned Fifa for refusing to allow England to display a poppy on their shirts for the team's friendly against Spain on Saturday. Fifa rules prevent any changes being made to the home kit. George Batt, general secretary of the Normandy Veterans' Association, has described the decision as "disgraceful". "Fifa's regulations regarding players' equipment are that they should not carry any political, religious or commercial messages. FIFA and UEFA are a buch of twats
If it weren't for the veterans , we would be in a German provence ! These sad ****s should take a long hard look at themselves, the corrupt bunch of ****s!
and who heads up FIFA.........surprise surprise a German with a French understudy. Hopefully the players will play with respect and respctfully beat Spain.
This is on the BBC sports page today. Fifa has again rejected the Football Association's request for the England team to wear poppies on their shirts during Saturday's game against Spain. The FA had asked for permission to wear poppies to support Remembrance Day. But Fifa said: "Such initiatives would open the door to similar initiatives from all over the world, jeopardising the neutrality of football." Football's world governing body decrees that shirts should not carry political, religious or commercial messages. Fifa has allowed a period of silence to be held prior to England's friendly against world champions Spain at Wembley, which takes place the day before Remembrance Sunday. England will also wear poppies on their training kit, and on Friday they will stand for a two-minute silence. Earlier on Tuesday, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson wrote to Fifa seeking permission for the England and Wales teams to wear poppies. Robertson said: "Wearing a poppy is a display of national pride, just like wearing your country's football shirt. "The British public feel very strongly about this issue - it is not religious or political in any way." British Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce added: "I think there has to be a bit of common sense used when requests like this come in. "Armistice Day is a very important day in the FA calendar, as it is with other associations, and I don't think it would offend anybody to have a poppy on the shirts." England midfielder Jack Wilshere tweeted: "My great-grandad fought for this country in WW2 and I'm sure a lot of peoples' grandparents did. "England team should wear poppies on Saturday. It's the nation's tradition and it would be disrespectful not to."
As shown above, the FIFA Scum have not relented on this matter. Telegraph - Fifa will not allow England players to wear poppies against Spain, despite Government plea Most of the comments following the article are worth reading too. please log in to view this image
Didier Drogba has something he would like to add to this..... [video=youtube;VkhQZNHcxmE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkhQZNHcxmE[/video]
Further update on the FIFA Scum Telegraph - England v Spain: Fabio Capello's squad plan own Remembrance Day tributes after Fifa upholds poppy ruling
Villa Fans (Prince William and David Cameron) get FIFA Poppy ban rescinded. BBC - Fifa allow England to wear poppy on black armbands please log in to view this image
Ruling makes absolute sense to me, as does the compromise on the armbands. If you were smart you would realise that having FIFA rule on what was and was not appropriate, is not what we want.
People being smart when discussing FIFA? That'll be the millennium... Also, a decade ago there wasn't a call to have the England kit feature a Poppy, so why now? Did we all forget?
