REMEMBRANCE

NOVEMBER 11th 2020. Remembrance Day; this morning I walked around a local reservoir and en route, at 11am, listened to the Last Post through my phone. On this day in 2016, in a World Cup Qualifier, England played Scotland at Wembley and as tradition expects, there was a full display of "Remembrance" on Armistice Day. There was a minute's silence, the Last Post, Poppies on the big screens, "Remembrance" T Shirts and what does FIFA do? Yep, fine the English FA £35,000, for displaying political and religious, patriotic emblems and symbols in front of over 87,000. England won 3-0, with goals from Sturridge, Lallana and Cahill. This was the first time the two rivals had met at the "new Wembley" and they had not been drawn together in a major tournament since 1954.

These links were blogs from the past:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/1921949639953327497?hl=en-GB

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/4342649740921989264 

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/7128241564649487401

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/4827139296593463001