decapitated Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44800889 Quote The FA has been fined 70,000 Swiss francs (£50,000) after Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling wore "unauthorised" socks at the World Cup. The players wore branded ankle support socks over official Nike socks, ignoring a Fifa warning to stop. Fifa said the FA's fine was for "breaching media and marketing regulations and the Fifa equipment regulations". The fine followed England's quarter-final win over Sweden. Fifa said several England players "continued to display unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items before and during the quarter-final match between Sweden and England". The Swedish FA has also been punished with the same fine for a similar sock offence earlier in the tournament. That makes it the joint second highest fine at the World Cup behind Argentina's 105,000 Swiss franc (£80,000) punishment after their fans threw objects and chanted homophobic abuse. If I was the FA, I'd tell the players to keep wearing them and pay the fine as they'll make their money back on the world cup run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 stupid fines for stupid stuff.. WHO CARES no one probably noticed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebsy Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 So, homophobic abuse and throwing foreign objects is only 60% worse than wearing the wrong socks. Fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bacon Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Probably get more than 50k in sponsorship to wear the socks of whoever the make was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bacon Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, sebsy said: So, homophobic abuse and throwing foreign objects is only 60% worse than wearing the wrong socks. Fair enough. Always been the same with Fifa hasnt it? They claim they want to stamp out racism/homophobia, but dont do much to actually bother Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Wait a sec, Dier and Alli weren't even at the World Cup, England should complain! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Albrighton Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Wrong socks 50k, homophobic abuse 80k , strong message from fifa there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamPook Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Homophobic abuse doesn't **** off sponsors as much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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