ENGLAND travel to Germany for one of their most bitter international rivalries. The first full international was way back on May 10, 1930, with the two sides playing out a 3-3 draw. England went onto to win their next seven meetings, including the first-ever competitive match — the 1966 World Cup final. Keep up to […]
FIFA’s secretary general yesterday scoffed that our war dead are not special enough to merit England players wearing poppies. Fatma Samoura said: “Britain is not the only country that has been suffering from the result of war.” The ex-UN diplomat, born in the West African country of Senegal, said: “Syria is an example. My own continent […]
OUT-of-touch FIFA bureaucrats who are blocking England and Scotland players from wearing poppies on their shirts for their World Cup qualifier clash on Armistice Day, have clearly lost their memory. They forget the great debt the world owes to footballers who were killed or injured fighting for freedom in two World Wars – victories that […]
PAOLO DI CANIO has caused outrage after he appeared on Italian TV in a short-sleeved t shirt which showed a tattoo in honour of fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. The former West Ham striker has been questioned over his political views in the past but has always denied he was a fascist. However, he was an […]