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A very good friend of mine works at the FA and had no idea about this part of history. She said that she would like to get them to address this chapter of its past. It'll be interesting to see if they do.
Here's a photo of the England team saluting Goering ( i think) in Berlin in 1938. Stan Cullis was dropped from the squad for refusing to salute.
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/11/nazi-germany-played-england-tottenham-white-hart-lane
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the News published a score of letters from “fans”, the vast majority of whom were against any sort of protest and a number quite openly racist. Under the heading “England For England”, one read: “As one of the oldest season ticket holders of the Spurs it greatly amused me to read of the Jewish proposed boycott of next month’s match. I am in every way with them that they should walk out at a given signal but with a one way ticket and not come back ... It is up to the English boys to turn up as many as they can; it will be very nice to watch an English match with only English supporters.”