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Originally Posted by Damien
It kinda is. Look at Ireland. Just because it's not political to us doesn't mean it isn't to others. Besides I don't think FIFA think the Poppy is especially the problem but it does become a slippery slope they don't want to go down. There will be a symbols in other nations and are perfectly acceptable to their own citizens but provocative to others. Loads of pitfalls in Eastern Europe for example.
We never used to wear Poppys on football shirts. That's a new trend. The FA would have done better not to pick this fight and instead donate the money they knew they would be fined to the Royal British Legion.
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Plus it didn't help when Mr May, a politician, waded in. What did cheese me of a little is England get fined 5 times as much for this as Croatia did for their fans repeated racist chants