20-12-2016, 01:30
Fifa disciplinary committee chairman Claudio Sulser said he "fully respected" the commemorations but stressed the rules "need to be applied to all member associations".
"The display, among others, of any political or religious symbol is strictly prohibited," he added.
"In the stadium and on the pitch, there is only room for sport, nothing else."
So will FIFA remove all the advertising boards from every ground. They are not sport.
Following Wales' 1-1 draw at home to Serbia the next day, Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings looking at "fans in the stands wearing the poppy" and the presence of "a member of the armed forces holding a bunch of poppies at the exit of the tunnel", according to the Football Association of Wales (FAW).
Who is going to ensure fans are not wearing poppies or other symbols?
DD
"The display, among others, of any political or religious symbol is strictly prohibited," he added.
"In the stadium and on the pitch, there is only room for sport, nothing else."
So will FIFA remove all the advertising boards from every ground. They are not sport.
Following Wales' 1-1 draw at home to Serbia the next day, Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings looking at "fans in the stands wearing the poppy" and the presence of "a member of the armed forces holding a bunch of poppies at the exit of the tunnel", according to the Football Association of Wales (FAW).
Who is going to ensure fans are not wearing poppies or other symbols?
DD
Ubique.