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Originally Posted by nomadking
Don't get why this is different from black arm bands which you are allowed to wear. Remembrance Day is not tied to any single incident/battle/war.
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It is tied to the British Army though. We're not universally popular.
I didn't mind the ban on wearing the Poppy on the shirts that much. I thought it would be easier for FIFA to make an exception but I can understand their reasoning and it's not as if we have got a long history of doing it. 10 years ago we didn't wear Poppys on football shirts but it suddenly gained traction after newspapers went on campaigns. It would have been better to pay the equivalent of the fine to the Royal British Legion imo.
But this case of objecting to the fans wearing it is absurd.
I saw it on Twitter and thought there must be some misunderstanding, maybe there still is. Surely FIFA will see how moronic this is and back down.