copy starts - OK, thought long and hard before posting on here, however I have virtually given up my personal fight with The FA over the past 2 Months
A few on here will know that I am 'personally' involved in this issue, am I being unreasonable to think that they deserve Medals? In 1966 only the 11 Players on the pitch were awarded Medals, therefore a TOTAL of 11 Medals were awarded Since 1986 The World Cup Winners have been awarded a Total of 45 (yes FORTY FIVE!) Medals with 23 for the Squad and 22 for the Coaching Staff In 1966 England won The World Cup with a Squad of 22 Players and 3 Coaches (Sir Alf Ramsey/Les Cocker and Harold Shepherdson) This 'injustice' has been battled on many fronts since 1966 including input from Politicians at the highest level, yet both The FA and FIFA have refused to shift on their stance A couple of years ago Mike Ingham of Radio 5 Live took the battle on and managed to persuade Richard Caborn MP to take on the case, this resulted in Sepp Blatter announcing at the World Cup Draw in November that justice would be done and FA's would be instructed to award 'Retrospective' Winners Medals to all 'Non Playing Squad Members' and in the case where those concerned had died, Medals would be awarded to their Family I assumed that my own personal battle over the past almost 30 years had finally ended! In Mid December, nothing had been heard from The FA, so phone calls and emails began in earnest, all emails were ignored and I never got past the switchboard at The FA Then in early Jan it was announced that the Medals would be awarded at Wembley prior the England Game on Feb 6th in an award Ceremony, we are now aware that another 'ceremony' is taking part prior to this game, therefore the Award Ceremony is now taking place at Wembley before an England Game on May 28th I am delighted that the 11 'Playing' Squad Members are to be awared Medals, and even more delighted for Norman Hunter However after finally getting an answer from The FA having last week having had to use a Solicitor and MP's to even get them to communicate with us, the answer is No There answer is NO Medals will be awarded to either Alf Ramsey or the two Coaches, end of story, they have however invited myself and my Mum (now 82) to attend the Ceremony along with Family of Alf and Harolds It really annoys me to think that lets say a miracle DOES happen and England win The World Cup under Fabio Capello he and 21 Coaches WILL be awarded Medals yet the same job done by 3 Englishmen in 1966 get nothing! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
