OFFICIAL STATEMENT IN REACTION TO FIFAs DECISION RELATING TO OUR FIFA APPLICATION TODAY: The Gibraltar FA is extremely disappointed the decision taken by Football’s World Governing Body, FIFA, at its Executive Committee Meeting this week, to reject our Membership Application on the grounds that Gibraltar is not an Independent Country. The decision was announced, this afternoon, at a Press Conference, following a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, by FIFA President Sepp Blatter. The Gibraltar Football Association is extremely disappointed that once again political issues are being allowed to interfere with and take president over sporting considerations. Unfortunately this is a decision that, at this stage, the Gibraltar FA expected and as a result, the Gibraltar FA is already nonetheless engaged in preparing its case for admission to FIFA with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, (CAS), in Lausanne Switzerland.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:22:03 +0000
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