ESPN.com · Nov 17, 2016
FIFA opens disciplinary case vs. England and Scotland over poppies
England interim manager Gareth Southgate has stressed the importance of both England and Scotland wearing poppies.FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association and Scottish Football Association for the wearing of poppies during last week's World Cup qualifier.
The English and Scottish football associations defied FIFA on Armistice Day -- as players from both teams wore embroidered poppies on black armbands -- after football's world governing body said the act fell under the commercial, personal, political or religious messages that it has banned.