The Football Association of Wales has described it’s extreme disappointment that Welsh fans were stopped from wearing their rainbow wall bucket hats at yesterday’s game against the USA.
In a statement, the FA has said they planned to raise the issue with FIFA. The statement read,
“On Monday Cymru returned to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 64 years, an historic moment for the squad, the valued fans – The Red Wall / Y Wal Goch – and the nation.
“However, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) were extremely disappointed by reports that members of Y Wal Goch, which included FAW staff members, were asked to remove and discard their Rainbow Wall bucket hats before entry to the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. These bucket hats were created in partnership with the FAW.
“The FAW has collated information on these alleged incidents and will be addressing this matter directly with FIFA today (22 November). The FAW will not be releasing any further comment at this stage.”
According to supporters group, Rainbow Wall, while male fans wearing the hats were allowed to keep them, female fans had the items taken from them by officials at the stadium.
Welsh fans and bucket hats have been a match since the country’s first ever World Cup game back in 1958. The yellow, green and red garments are worn in their thousands by the so-called “Red Wall”, with a rainbow version also produced.
