Furious Falklands veteran Simon Weston slams ‘anti-Brit’ Fifa after hitting national teams with £80,000 in fines for defying poppy ban

Dec 19, 2016

FIFA was blasted yesterday as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were fined almost £80,000 for defying its poppy ban.

The Three Lions were hit with the biggest penalty — £35,311 — after stars including Wayne Rooney honoured our war dead at Wembley last month.

Falklands war hero Simon Weston has branded Fifa as ‘anti-British’

Poppy on footballer — The Three Lions were hit with a bruising £35,311 fine for honouring war dead

Opponents Scotland, who lost 3-0 in the World Cup qualifier, were fined £15,694 for also sporting armbands emblazoned with what Fifa denounced as a “political” emblem.

Wales was stung for the same amount.

Northern Ireland’s fine was £11,770.

Football fans with poppy — Footballers and fans defied Fifa’s poppy ban last month

Footballers wearing poppies — Both Scotland and Wales were hit with £15,694 fines while Northern Ireland was smacked with a £11,770 penalty

Disgusted Falklands War hero Simon Weston, 55, raged: “There is an anti-British theme going on.”

RAF veteran John Nichol, 63 — who survived Saddam Hussein’s torturers after being captured in Iraq — said: “It is incomprehensible.”

Theresa May’s spokesman slammed the fines.

Labour have also branded Fifa “disrespectful”.

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