Football League release Handshake formation
The Football League have been putting their thinking caps on and come up with an ingenius way of guaranteeing fair play between all sides in the new season.
It's all about Respect.
As part of the FIFA / UEFA / NASA / Premier League's campaign to try and
impose fair play around the world, the Football League will be stepping in the
footsteps of the Premier League and kicking off games in the same way that they
do in the Premier :League.
The Football League, fresh from their evil secret plan to banish Luton Town
from football because of a twenty year hatred of Nick Owen (they were the
original backers of the plot to replace Nick in "Anne and Nick" with Mike Morris
back in the late 80's), have decided that the Premier League is a shining
example of fair play, and the players in the Football League should be following
the fine example set by the PL counterparts.
To do so, they have realised that having the two teams lining up before kick
off and shaking hands will rid the game of all of its problems and we'll all
live happily ever after.
But then again, this is the FA. Now rather than send each team a DVD of a
Premier League game (VHS in Accrington's case) and telling clubs to watch how
it's done, they've done their Idiot's Guide on how to do it properly.
The Football League's Official Guide to the Handshake Formation
- The starting eleven from both teams together with the three match
officials (excluding fourth official) should take part in the handshake.
- Each team should line up on the same side of the half-way line that they
exit the tunnel, with the match officials in the middle.
- The Home team, led by their captain, then walks to shake hands with the
match officials, then the away team’s players.
- Once each Home team player has finished shaking hands with the last away
team player they disperse to their favoured end to kick in.
- Once the last home team player has completed the handshake, the Away
team then follow their Captain passing in front of the match officials to
shake hands before dispersing to the opposite end of the pitch from the home
team.
- Once the handshakes have been completed the match officials then proceed
to the centre circle for the coin toss.
And if that all seemed a little too complicated, then they've enclosed a
diagram to show you exactly how it's done:
You couldn't make it up. But if you think we did, here's the letter sent out to
all FL clubs.
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