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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

England have been fined 45,000 Swiss francs for several breaches of Fifa's rules about displaying political symbols, the sport's governing body have confirmed.

The national team wore poppies on black armbands during their match with Scotland, despite being warned not to by Fifa, costing the Football Association just over £35,000.

Prior to kick-off, both teams participated in a minute's silence and members of the armed forces lay wreaths

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hmm.. whilst i massively admire the fact that England & Scotland opted to wear poppies to visually show support for Remembrance day.. i dont think many people would have disagree'd with them opting not to break rules and face as a fine where the money goes into FIFAs pockets.. They could have respected the poor decision and donated a shit load of cash to the British Legion instead which would have done more for veterans in the long run.. just my thoughts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never considered fifa to be a suitable platform for expressing political opinion, it's a bunch of lads chasing a ball about.

The legion is hardly offensive and if it help raise awareness for charity I have no issues with them doing it. What exactly would fifa do with the money anyway?

Sod the charge, go back to kicking a ball about

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think as we have a really good England team......... why don't we sack FIFA off and leave it, FIXET if you like........ won't be a great loss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"England have been fined 45,000 Swiss francs for several breaches of Fifa's rules about displaying political symbols, the sport's governing body have confirmed.

The national team wore poppies on black armbands during their match with Scotland, despite being warned not to by Fifa, costing the Football Association just over £35,000.

Prior to kick-off, both teams participated in a minute's silence and members of the armed forces lay wreaths"

FIFA? Ha. Such a wonderful organisation, eh?

Carry on with the poppies, please.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think in a round about way the ban and subsequent disobeying of that ban highlighted the honour and respect the players and fans wished to show and took it to a wider audience than perhaps might have been achieved otherwise

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I think in a round about way the ban and subsequent disobeying of that ban highlighted the honour and respect the players and fans wished to show and took it to a wider audience than perhaps might have been achieved otherwise

one way of looking at it that id not considered.. cheers soxy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

They were the flower that grew after the war ended in the fields that so many lost their lives

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

Because poppy's now grow wild in the battlefields, where many men lost their lives during 1st and 2nd world wars. I guess it seemed appropriate to use the poppy as the symbol of rememberence.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't understand why the fines were different even though they all did the same thing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rules are rules. Just follow them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rules are rules. Just follow them."

Even when they are made by corrupt organisations?

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Is wearing poppies on Armistice Day a uniquely British phenomenon? I thought it commemorated the end of hostilities in two world wars. Note the word 'world' there. Don't the Europeans commemorate the end of the wars in their countries?

Although we know the Swiss were *ahem* neutral in the last one, so perhaps their hearts are a bit harder than everyone else's.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Rules are rules. Just follow them."

kinda agree..

we knew FIFA were against it.. The teams went ahead with their protest and were punished.

Part of me just thinks the British Legion could have benefited from that money more and the public would have understood that the players were not going to wear poppies but show respect by making a financial pledge to the RBL instead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rules are rules. Just follow them.

Even when they are made by corrupt organisations?"

Well, if you choose to stay within the organisation's umbrella, then you do need to apply the rules. The rules are applied across the board.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rules are rules. Just follow them.

Even when they are made by corrupt organisations?

Well, if you choose to stay within the organisation's umbrella, then you do need to apply the rules. The rules are applied across the board."

nah stupid rules should be challenged and broken

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rules are rules. Just follow them.

Even when they are made by corrupt organisations?

Well, if you choose to stay within the organisation's umbrella, then you do need to apply the rules. The rules are applied across the board."

Absolutely. Corruption rules apply to everyone except FIFA have tried there best to flout them.

But more to the point, a lot of people gave their lives so as they have a free world in which to play their sport.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The FA should have donated the money to the Royal Legion, if they really care about the armed forces. Just my opinion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FIFA, as an organisation, is definitely corrupt.

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By *lassy pairCouple
over a year ago

Greenwich London

Rules meant to be broken, so we did it, good on you England

what is a £35k to a football nation such as us

Sod them all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jesus and I thought my 65 quid parking ticket was expensive

The fine is outrageous under the circumstances

Fine should be given to appropriate charity

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How is the poppy a political symbol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think Wales should worn the poppy too. Very disappointed that the WFA thought differently.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The idea is to keep football apolitical. In any case, we haven't consistently been wearing poppies on our football shirts. Point in case, England vs Scotland at Euro 1996.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The idea is to keep football apolitical. In any case, we haven't consistently been wearing poppies on our football shirts. Point in case, England vs Scotland at Euro 1996."

And what is political about wearing a poppy?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

First of all, I sincerely hope you're a dumb blonde...

Otherwise, could call you an ignorant, disrespectful wannabe comedian. Men laid down their lives in terrible conditions and died in massive numbers and poppies grew in the fields they fought in so have been adopted as the symbol of remembrance of those men.

Poor, poor show from you

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By *lassy pairCouple
over a year ago

Greenwich London

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

First of all, I sincerely hope you're a dumb blonde...

Poor, poor show from you "

Don't be harsh on the poor girl she was only trying to cheers us all up everyone know what poppies stand for

Give her a break

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The idea is to keep football apolitical. In any case, we haven't consistently been wearing poppies on our football shirts. Point in case, England vs Scotland at Euro 1996.

And what is political about wearing a poppy?"

This is the important point, otherwise all memorials and commemorations to the war dead are political statements & symbols. Load of bollocks.

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

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One word

Wankers

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By *nequeenslutWoman
over a year ago

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"England have been fined 45,000 Swiss francs for several breaches of Fifa's rules about displaying political symbols, the sport's governing body have confirmed.

The national team wore poppies on black armbands during their match with Scotland, despite being warned not to by Fifa, costing the Football Association just over £35,000.

Prior to kick-off, both teams participated in a minute's silence and members of the armed forces lay wreaths"

if I was in charge of the FA I would tell fifa that we no longer wish to be in fifa and we are not going to pay the fine

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Bunch of cunts. Just tell them to stick the fine up their hole.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The idea is to keep football apolitical. In any case, we haven't consistently been wearing poppies on our football shirts. Point in case, England vs Scotland at Euro 1996.

And what is political about wearing a poppy?

This is the important point, otherwise all memorials and commemorations to the war dead are political statements & symbols. Load of bollocks."

Nothing political about it. Just respect.

If FIFA, of all bodies, cannot understand that then it is time we rejected them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My suggestion is to just say feck off to FIFA....bunch of corrupt, unelected, pocket liners..... (yes I know the EU are considered similar).

FA should contact other national associations and set up a new body...totally divorced from the corrupt twats in switzerland.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

First of all, I sincerely hope you're a dumb blonde...

Poor, poor show from you

Don't be harsh on the poor girl she was only trying to cheers us all up everyone know what poppies stand for

Give her a break

Absolutely not, there are some things that can be joked about however the remembrance of millions of men and women over the years sacrificing their lives isn't one of them.

And before anyone tries to take the piss, if I was to say she isn't a girl and that she was merely a man pretending to be a girl, everyone would have a fit and tell me I was a terrible person!

So no, I will not give her/him a break.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"call me a dumb blonde but why poppies,,i mean a daisy print ,,even polka dots would be better

First of all, I sincerely hope you're a dumb blonde...

Poor, poor show from you

Don't be harsh on the poor girl she was only trying to cheers us all up everyone know what poppies stand for

Give her a break

Absolutely not, there are some things that can be joked about however the remembrance of millions of men and women over the years sacrificing their lives isn't one of them.

And before anyone tries to take the piss, if I was to say she isn't a girl and that she was merely a man pretending to be a girl, everyone would have a fit and tell me I was a terrible person!

So no, I will not give her/him a break."

Ps. if everyone knows what the poppy stands for then that post was even worse

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