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beautifulrock
07/02/2006, 5:35 PM
From the FIFA website www.fifa.com, Turkey have been ordered to play thier next six games behind closed doors. Not before time I think most would agree.
SaucyJack
07/02/2006, 6:56 PM
about f*cking time.
pineapple stu
07/02/2006, 8:43 PM
Behind closed doors and on neutral ground, I think. Six-match bans aplenty too, including for the Swiss. Well done FIFA, I think you have to say.
Closed Account 2
07/02/2006, 9:59 PM
Wow - I'm impressed ! I thought FIFA would bottle it, but they've thrown the book at them, and rightly so it was a disgrace. Wonder where they will play their matches, 500 miles from the Turkish border... could be Italy. There is always a chance of an appeal.
pineapple stu
07/02/2006, 10:40 PM
Just a shame we didn't draw them...! They're in with Greece and Norway, aren't they? That group gets more and more interesting!
Marked Man
08/02/2006, 4:13 AM
How about behind closed doors and with Danish cartoons printed on their jerseys?
Schumi
08/02/2006, 3:09 PM
Wonder where they will play their matches, 500 miles from the Turkish border... could be Italy.
How about Iran or Afganistan? :eek:
pineapple stu
09/02/2006, 12:26 AM
How about combining those last two?!
deadman
09/02/2006, 1:50 AM
yea about time .... although i can't help thinking that if these incidents happened against a team that wasn't say switzerland - or another country with good friends in fifa/uefa's seats of power - they'd get a slap across the wrist

why didn't this happen after bursa?
pineapple stu
09/02/2006, 1:31 PM
although i can't help thinking that if these incidents happened against a team that wasn't say switzerland - or another country with good friends in fifa/uefa's seats of power - they'd get a slap across the wrist
Bit paranoid, to be honest. At least one of the Swiss players got a six-match competitive ban, which is unprecedented, I think. Turkey had a prior record as well, Switzerland didn't.
CollegeTillIDie
10/02/2006, 9:54 AM
How about combining those last two?!

Do you mean Iranistan?:D