FA labels England fans 'scaredy-cats!'

Football - England fans are being urged by the FA to stop being silly and start buying tickets for the away game qualifier in Tel Aviv. Only three quarters of the allocation has been taken up so far and now there is a very real chance that there will be empty seats at an England game, which will probably look very unusual. Many England fans have raised concerns about security in Israel and many are worried about getting blown up, shot at or kidnapped. Some are even worried that all three things might take place simultaneously and they'll end up missing something really good on the pitch like a substitution or something. An FA spokesman yesterday said: "We can understand fans' fears at going into a war torn Hellhole like Tel Aviv but at the end of the day football transcends political divides and we fully expect this match to heal all wounds between the Israelis and Palestinians. Thank you."

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