Mark Bullingham revealed the threat shortly before the Three Lions took on USA tonight
England FA chief executive Mark Bullingham revealed the threat shortly before the Three Lions took to the pitch at the Al Bayt Stadium last night, with no sign of a protest from captain Harry Kane or any other players against anti-gay laws in Qatar.
Mr Bullingham said: “It’s very important to understand what happened here. We have been clear that we wanted to wear it and we were committed. We announced that we would do that in September we had a lot of meetings with FIFA over that period and on Saturday before the game we felt we’d reached an understanding where we would wear it. We hadn’t got permission but we would face a fine for it.
Supporters group Pride In Football, criticised the rainbow gesture at Wembley, saying: “Reacting to human rights problems with lighting up Wembley arch miles and miles away from the problem is not going to fix anything.” “It would, though, have had far more meaning if Fifa and Qatar had lived up to their promise of a warm welcome for all and allowed it to happen in Qatar rather than thousands of miles away in England.”
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