Siam69 26,824 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28498909Argentina FA fined £20,000 for Falklands banner displayFifa has fined the Argentina FA £20,000 after its players displayed a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands. The Argentina team posed with a banner before a 2-0 friendly win against Slovenia in La Plata on 7 June. The banner read: "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", which translates as "The Falklands are Argentine". Football's governing body said that it infringed rules on political action and team misconduct. The UK and Argentina went to war over the Falklands from April to June 1982. The conflict led to the deaths of 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen. Three people from the islands also died during the conflict. The 30,000 Swiss franc fine is the second time that Fifa has fined Argentina's football authority this month. A £200,000 fine was imposed for failing to bring Argentina players to pre-match news conferences at the World Cup in Brazil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumnockbear 2,446 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 £20k lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsons Dog 9,878 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28498909Argentina FA fined £20,000 for Falklands banner displayFifa has fined the Argentina FA £20,000 after its players displayed a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands. The Argentina team posed with a banner before a 2-0 friendly win against Slovenia in La Plata on 7 June. The banner read: "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", which translates as "The Falklands are Argentine". Football's governing body said that it infringed rules on political action and team misconduct. The UK and Argentina went to war over the Falklands from April to June 1982. The conflict led to the deaths of 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen. Three people from the islands also died during the conflict. The 30,000 Swiss franc fine is the second time that Fifa has fined Argentina's football authority this month. A £200,000 fine was imposed for failing to bring Argentina players to pre-match news conferences at the World Cup in Brazil. So their news conference is more important than a politically inflammatory banner?I genuinely thought it was a photoshop Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcf 34,086 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Actually thought good , FIFA have done something about it , then got to the last paragraph and realise how seriously FIFA take this ' political ' stance after all . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I always remember one of my primary school teachers asking us "What is the Spanish name for The Falklands?"I correctly stated that it was "Las Malvinas", only to be incorrectly corrected by the teacher.She said, "No. Good try but it's the Maldives".I told her that the Maldives were a holiday resort in the Indian Ocean and I knew that because we got a postcard from the neighbour who went there on holiday.Yet the teacher insisted that she was right. "No. You're wrong. It's the Maldives".It wasn't the first time a teacher tried to incorrectly correct me when I was actually correct.I got sick of them asking to "see the working" when I could do basic arithmetic quite easily. They even insisted when there were no answers in the back of the book or anybody near that I could seriously copy from.Anyway, well done FIFA for once.I would boycott corned beef if I ate it.How's about a rival banner, "Messi is British and wants to play for Rangers."? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam69 26,824 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 How's about a rival banner, "Messi is British and wants to play for Rangers."?That's the spirit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 But what has it got to do with Rangers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bump 168 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 20k is a joke,fine the fuckers more in my opinion Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I always remember one of my primary school teachers asking us "What is the Spanish name for The Falklands?"I correctly stated that it was "Las Malvinas", only to be incorrectly corrected by the teacher.She said, "No. Good try but it's the Maldives".I told her that the Maldives were a holiday resort in the Indian Ocean and I knew that because we got a postcard from the neighbour who went there on holiday.Yet the teacher insisted that she was right. "No. You're wrong. It's the Maldives".It wasn't the first time a teacher tried to incorrectly correct me when I was actually correct.I got sick of them asking to "see the working" when I could do basic arithmetic quite easily. They even insisted when there were no answers in the back of the book or anybody near that I could seriously copy from.Anyway, well done FIFA for once.I would boycott corned beef if I ate it.How's about a rival banner, "Messi is British and wants to play for Rangers."?nobody likes a smart arse Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muldoon1690 151 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I always remember one of my primary school teachers asking us "What is the Spanish name for The Falklands?"I correctly stated that it was "Las Malvinas", only to be incorrectly corrected by the teacher.She said, "No. Good try but it's the Maldives".I told her that the Maldives were a holiday resort in the Indian Ocean and I knew that because we got a postcard from the neighbour who went there on holiday.Yet the teacher insisted that she was right. "No. You're wrong. It's the Maldives".It wasn't the first time a teacher tried to incorrectly correct me when I was actually correct.I got sick of them asking to "see the working" when I could do basic arithmetic quite easily. They even insisted when there were no answers in the back of the book or anybody near that I could seriously copy from.Anyway, well done FIFA for once.I would boycott corned beef if I ate it.How's about a rival banner, "Messi is British and wants to play for Rangers."?What the fuck you talking about?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 What the fuck you talking about??Have you bin far, finbar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 nobody likes a smart arseMy life has been one long lesson along those lines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Good.Wankers.YOU'LL NEVER GET THE FALKLANDSYOU'LL NEVER GET THE FALKLANDS Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 But what has it got to do with Rangers?Plenty. As much as Steven Whittaker anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers1690 194 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 An absolute joke, they should be stripped of their titles, both FIFA and CONMEBOL and be banned from football for 255 years, one year for each of the Brits they murdered.Edit:: But as a gesture of goodwill, we will backdate the ban to 1982 and any titles won prior to 1982 can remain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin 13,608 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Give South America back to the Incas Daego corned beef eating cunts Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Awful fine...What message does that send out. I'd of banned the unwashed chunts for a year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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