Poppy day tomorrow peeps

Thought this would be a good story to start with


ENGLAND footie stars have been barred from wearing poppies on the pitch by FIFA jobsworths.

The FA wants players to display the emblem with the Three Lions badge on their shirts in next Saturday's friendly against Spain.

But the world governing body FIFA, run by scheming Sepp Blatter, has vetoed the request. It claims any change to official kits breaches FIFA rules.

The Wembley game falls between Armistice Day next Friday and Remembrance Sunday.

A source said the FA hopes for a change of heart by FIFA and "negotiations are continuing".

War veterans yesterday blasted the FIFA bureaucrats. Peter Hodge, ex-honorary general of the Normandy Veterans Association, said: "We should not allow them to dictate to us.

"We fought for freedom and that includes the right to wear a poppy. It's absolutely crucial that England display a poppy.

"FIFA's stance is very small-minded when you consider that without the sacrifice of our young men they would not exist."

Falklands veteran Simon Weston said: "It is not about altering the shirt, it is about recognising the sacrifice of so many."

The England stars will be allowed to wear poppies during training on Armistice Day, and the whole squad and management will observe a two-minute silence.

A FA spokesman said: "The FA are proud supporters of our Armed Forces."

All 20 Premier League clubs are to wear poppies on their shirts.

finguck arse'oles.......

Can they refuse us black armbands? What about embroidering a poppy on them.

septic bladder is a cnut
let hope the fans come up with something to show him how our nation feels about our boys n girls who gave thier all

If i were the FA I would tell FIFA to go do one.
I would allow our players to wear the poppy
I would then say 'what ever FIFA decide to fine the FA for doing so, The FA would double the fine and pay it to the legion and help for heros'

well said dude

oh yeah

ThreeWheeling wrote:If i were the FA I would tell FIFA to go do one.
I would allow our players to wear the poppy
I would then say 'what ever FIFA decide to fine the FA for doing so, The FA would double the fine and pay it to the legion and help for heros'

What a cracking answer!

ThreeWheeling wrote:If i were the FA I would tell FIFA to go do one.
I would allow our players to wear the poppy
I would then say 'what ever FIFA decide to fine the FA for doing so, The FA would double the fine and pay it to the legion and help for heros'

Agreed. What can FIFA actually do to us if we DO wear shirts with embroidered poppies on them?

Naff all

Fcuking jobsworth tossers

Jiggs wrote:

finguck arse'oles.......

Can they refuse us black armbands? What about embroidering a poppy on them.

Have read today that they are going to do just that. ( have it embroided on the arm band ) . Cant see anyone objecting that .

As for all of this , surley its only a friendly game any way. And they say this is a free world . I wonder if they will allow us our two minutes silence ?

For The Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

Song writen by my old mate STEViE

T'was the year of nineteen forty- one I fettled up my pride
I wheeled her out into the sun we went for one last ride
Down the lanes across the fields on every track we met
Poppies there remindin' me of those lest we forget

So I wrapped my bike in oiled cloth an' layed her up in store
I signed my name an' caught the train a headin' off to war
I was eighteen years an' issued with a bike an' uniform
We were off to ride the front line an' thwart Herr Hitlers storm

Down the lanes, across the fields on every track we met
Poppies there, remindin' me of those.... lest we forget

One time near Remargen I took one in the chest
I made it back to my own lines, the medics did the rest
Dodgin' craters, shells an' shrapnel an' sniper's bullets too
We carried our dispatches an' some of us got through

Down the lanes, 'cross battlefields on every track we met

Poppies there, remindin' us of those.... lest we forget

In the year of nineteen forty-five they took my uniform
They gave me a demob suit my former life reborn
I travelled home unwrapped my bike an' fettled her with pride
She fired on the second kick, we went off for a ride

Down the lanes, across the fields on every track we met
Poppies there, remindin' me of those.... lest we forget

Nowadays November I'll be sat there in my chair
Sittin' sellin' poppies, remembrin' those not there
An' every now an' then we still head off for a ride
An' when we see the poppies it fills me up inside

Down the lanes, across the fields on every track there's yet
Poppies there, remindin' me of those.... lest we forget

Now Great-Uncle George could be anybody's relative you know
He's waitin' in old photographs an' telegrams an' so
It's down the lanes we ride an' in the fields they're growin' yet
Poppies there remindin' us of those lest we forget

Down the lanes, an' in the fields on every track there's yet
Poppies there, remindin' me of those.... lest we forget