Firstly, FIFA have allowed a 2 minutes silence during training at Wembly the previous day and a 1 minutes silence before kick-off, where a Poppy Wreath will be placed on the pitch.
Secondly, the players will wear specially designed poppy emblazoned warm up kit before the match starts.
Thirdly, all the staff in the dug-out will be wearing a poppy, as will most of the crowd.
Fourthly, The FA will turn over the advertising hording pitch side to advertise the British Legion campaign with poppy designs.
Fifthly,the FIFA stance says nothing about wearing symbols on armbands - only on the kit. FIFA has 208 Member Associations and the same regulations are applied globally, and uniformly, in the event of similar requests by other nations to commemorate historical events.
And lastly, the British Legion itself, which owns the rights to the Poppy symbol, doesn't have a problem with the Poppy not being on the shirts. I quote Chris Simpkins, Director General of The Royal British Legion:
"There are other ways to honour the poppy than by wearing it on a shirt. The FA has helped us explore every alternative available and we are satisfied that England will enter the competition knowing they have shown proper respect for our Armed Forces.”
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“The Legion never insists that the poppy be worn or insists that others allow it to be worn,” said Mr Simpkins. “We are grateful when people wear it as a sign of respect, but the decision must be a free one – after all, the poppy represents sacrifices made in the cause of our freedoms.”
This is a made up campaign by the Daily Mail about the 'offence' it felt about not allowing Poppies on the England shirts......it claims victory about it being allowed on armbands (something it was not campaigning for, it was SHIRTS) when there NEVER was a ban on having them on armbands.
The Daily Mail built a strawman, diverted as much attention as possible to the said strawman, burnt it down and claimed victory.
of the Daily Mail.
Firstly, FIFA have allowed a 2 minutes silence during training at Wembly the previous day and a 1 minutes silence before kick-off, where a Poppy Wreath will be placed on the pitch.
Secondly, the players will wear specially designed poppy emblazoned warm up kit before the match starts.
Thirdly, all the staff in the dug-out will be wearing a poppy, as will most of the crowd.
Fourthly, The FA will turn over the advertising hording pitch side to advertise the British Legion campaign with poppy designs.
Fifthly,the FIFA stance says nothing about wearing symbols on armbands - only on the kit. FIFA has 208 Member Associations and the same regulations are applied globally, and uniformly, in the event of similar requests by other nations to commemorate historical events.
And lastly, the British Legion itself, which owns the rights to the Poppy symbol, doesn't have a problem with the Poppy not being on the shirts. I quote Chris Simpkins, Director General of The Royal British Legion:
"There are other ways to honour the poppy than by wearing it on a shirt. The FA has helped us explore every alternative available and we are satisfied that England will enter the competition knowing they have shown proper respect for our Armed Forces.”
and
“The Legion never insists that the poppy be worn or insists that others allow it to be worn,” said Mr Simpkins. “We are grateful when people wear it as a sign of respect, but the decision must be a free one – after all, the poppy represents sacrifices made in the cause of our freedoms.”
This is a made up campaign by the Daily Mail about the 'offence' it felt about not allowing Poppies on the England shirts......it claims victory about it being allowed on armbands (something it was not campaigning for, it was SHIRTS) when there NEVER was a ban on having them on armbands.
The Daily Mail built a strawman, diverted as much attention as possible to the said strawman, burnt it down and claimed victory.