FIFA vs. The Terraces: Why England’s Flag is Now a Political Target
By Sofia Laurent · 7 min read
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The sun was still clinging to the horizon when the first row broke out.
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FIFA’s rulebook is a dense, often contradictory manifesto of 'neutrality.' Specifically, Law 4, Section 5 of the IFAB Laws of the Game — which FIFA enforces rigorously — dictates that equipment mus…
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For years, FIFA has tried to scrub the game clean of the world’s messiness.
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Security officials have been given a clear mandate: if a flag contains a name or a political message, it goes in the bin.