Top 10 Footballers On Strike

Chris Wright

30th, November 2011

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By Chris Wright

With the public sector strikes rattling on today across the country, we at Pies thought it would be timely to have a little look at a run-down of some of football’s industrial action over the years – some worthy, some really not…

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7. The '96 Estonian National Team - After learning that the Scottish FA had complained about the floodlighting at their stadium, Estonia withdrew from their World Cup Qualifier before the game - leaving the Scots to kick-off on their own, thinking they'd be given the default win. Not so, FIFA ordered a replay - it ended goalless.

Any glaring omissions? Feel free to tell me how useless I am in the comments box below folks…