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The Snood will be banned.


FIFA president Sepp Blatter said: ‘A snood is not part of the equipment and it can be dangerous, even like hanging somebody. The decision was unanimous. There was not even a discussion because this is not part of the uniform.

‘I was a player in both winter and summer weather and I never wore a snood. We must pay attention to the laws of the game. It was rejected unanimously not only by the board today but, before, by all the technical staff and by the secretary-generals. It’s a non-issue.’

So, fashion sense did not come into it, and neither did Sir Alex Ferguson’s view of snoods, the Manchester United manager having declared: ‘They are for powder puffs.’


Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said: ‘Ban them? No, it’s cold.’

Bolton boss Owen Coyle added: ‘I don’t have a problem with players wearing them, if that’s what they want to do.’




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