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Originally Posted by groove
Groove is wondering why such a big thing has been made about the England team being unable to wear poppys in todays game. Groove is bemused such an occasion as never arose before when England have played on or around this date-12/11.05 v Argentina being one off the top of gooves head. Groove thinks this is a cynical attempt by the FA to deflect attention from the John Terry racist controversy. Groove welcomes any other suggestions as to why this is a major issue as opposed to previous years.
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It is an issue this year because it has become a custom only in the past couple of years for football tems to wear poppies woven into their shirts. I never remember teams wearing poppies before that, although things like the two minutes silence were observed.
The FA clearly wanted to extend a very laudable custom to the England team, and came up against the FIFA rule. I don't think it has anything whatsoever to do with the John Terry racist comments, which are being dealt with by the football authorities and police.