A handful of army personnel walk on to the pitch with a large poppy, place it in the center circle and stand for one minute to remember the fallen, a gun marks the start and end of the minutes silence. Only the more hateful within our society will see any offence in that.
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Your wrong Jack, as much as you want it to be it is not and never has been a political statement, Rangers fans do get upset when your fans tarnish the memories of the fallen and try to portray the poppy as I've never considered it political, it's always been a symbol of remembrance of all those killed in wars and a way of providing charitable support to the forces victims of wars. It's never (to my mind) been a political statement of support for war.
It is not a political protest or a support for war, it is symbol of our nations respect and grief for those who lost their lives in events where politics and politicians failed.
I find it abhorrent that those who claim to oppose wars refuse to accept that, instead choosing to side with those whose political agenda is vehemently anti-British and use remembrance as an excuse to launch another political attack.
If FIFA really want to remove politics, why not ban national flags and national anthems as these are absolutely 'political' by nature. In fact, fold and ban Internationals altogether, which is competitive sport between geographical political entities.
Or maybe even stop awarding the finals for political and financial reasons...allegedly.
Looks like the Scottish and English teams are to defy FIFA and wear the poppy, good on them I say.