The Football Association will appeal against a FIFA fine over last month's poppy row while UEFA has vowed to take a common-sense approach to the use of such symbols.
FIFA announced on Monday that the FA, as well as their counterparts from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, had been sanctioned for displaying the poppy as part of its Armistice Day commemorations.
The world governing body fined the FA £35,308 after England's players wore armbands bearing the poppy, which it considers a political symbol, during the November 11 World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Wembley, while poppies were displayed elsewhere inside the stadium before the game.
An FA statement said: "We note the decision by the FIFA disciplinary committee, which we intend to appeal. As a first step, we have written to FIFA requesting the grounds for the decision."
The Scottish Football Association has also been fined £15,692 after Scotland players joined their England counterparts in wearing poppy armbands despite warnings from FIFA that punishment, including points deductions, could follow.
Wales and Northern Ireland took heed of the warnings and instead wore plain black armbands against Serbia and Azerbaijan respectively, although use of the poppy symbol elsewhere resulted in fines of £15,692 for the Football Association of Wales and £11,769 for the Irish Football Association.
During the debate before the games, it also came to widespread attention that the Republic of Ireland had worn shirts commemorating the Easter Rising in a friendly against Switzerland in March, and FIFA fined the Football Association of Ireland £3,923 as a result.
Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA disciplinary committee, said: "With these decisions, it is not our intention to judge or question specific commemorations as we fully respect the significance of such moments in the respective countries, each one of them with its own history and background.
"However, keeping in mind that the rules need to be applied in a neutral and fair manner across FIFA's 211 member associations, the display, among others, of any political or religious symbol is strictly prohibited. In the stadium and on the pitch, there is only room for sport, nothing else."
However, European governing body UEFA has called for a more measured approach to the controversy.
A statement said: "While UEFA does not want football matches to be used for the purposes of political demonstrations, it also would have no wish to sanction any club or national association in situations where no reasonable person could object to, or be offended by, a particular message conveyed at a football match."
Source: PA
