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Has Poppy Mania Gone Too Far? by Samira Shackle?

In autumn 2003, about six months after Britain invaded Iraq, Paul Mace had a thought.

What if we put poppies on football shirts? Mace, who was then executive director

of Leicester City, had always felt strongly about the annual Poppy appeal. His father had served in the

Second World War and this, he hoped, would bring it to another level.

After securing permission from the Premier League,

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