Pards hoping to avoid the big guns
The final draw for the Democracy Cup in Qatar takes place this afternoon, and Alan Pardew's men will be crossing their fingers that it is a kind one. FA chairman Prince William flew in to the Qatari capital Doha yesterday with Pardew and UK sports ambassador Cara Delevingne. Sir Elton John and David Furnish will also attend the event; they will be renewing their wedding vows for the tenth time before the draw as part of FIFA's Respect initiative.
Earlier this morning a small but vocal group of anti-capitalist protestors staged a demonstration outside the Doha Hilton, but the Qatari police managed to shoot them all by breakfast. The protestors were understood to be unhappy at the awarding of the official World Cup catering contract to controversial US security company Blackwater.
England NatWest/Help For Heroes are in pot 3, so could find themselves up against the likes of Germany BMW or Argentina Betfred. The English delegation will attend the event wearing "Find Maddie" armbands and striped poppies for servicemen in Helmand with cancer.
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