FIFA has again rejected the Football Association’s request for the England team to wear poppies on its shirts during Saturday’s game against Spain.
The FA had asked for permission to wear poppies to support Remembrance Day.
However,FIFA said such initiatives would open the door to similar initiatives from all over the world, jeopardising the neutrality of football.
Football’s world governing body decrees that shirts should not carry political, religious or commercial messages.
FIFA has allowed a period of silence to be held prior to England’s friendly against world champions Spain at Wembley. That match takes place the day before Remembrance Sunday.
