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@BBCBreaking: English @FA accused of damaging image of Fifa in attempt to win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup http://t.co/SVo90Kprsi
 
Corrupt FIFA investigation into corrupt FIFA finds FIFA innocent of corruption...

You could knock me down with a feather right now, you really could.
 
Corrupt FIFA investigation into corrupt FIFA finds FIFA innocent of corruption...

You could knock me down with a feather right now, you really could.

No doubt, but how good is it that FIFA are now pissed off with the English FA? Maybe FIFA will keep that one for later and give them FA in future (see what I did there)
 
@BBCBreaking: English @FA accused of damaging image of Fifa in attempt to win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup http://t.co/SVo90Kprsi

"England's bid team "showed a willingness, time and again" to meet Warner's expectations.

By doing so, it damaged "the image of Fifa and the bidding process"."

You could shoot FIFA's image at point blank range with your Daktari gun and not damage it's reputation anymore than it itself has done. Still, it's the FA they are hacked off at so I dont care. It's quite amusing though.
 
Toto Riina would be proud of the way Blatter runs FIFA, a complete law unto themselves ( literally in WC years) and pretty much dump on all the people who they are meant to be running the game for. But hey, the Qatar WC will fill in those empty winter schedules, ch ching from advertising.

Whats to stop FIFA now trying to scrap the 4 Home nations and insisting on a Team GB. A lot of the football world are unhappy at the leverage Scotland/Wales/NI get vote wise and with Scotland voting technically not to exist back in Sept, FIFA could now shan on all 4 countries in one fail swoop.
 
Toto Riina would be proud of the way Blatter runs FIFA, a complete law unto themselves ( literally in WC years) and pretty much dump on all the people who they are meant to be running the game for. But hey, the Qatar WC will fill in those empty winter schedules, ch ching from advertising.

Whats to stop FIFA now trying to scrap the 4 Home nations and insisting on a Team GB. A lot of the football world are unhappy at the leverage Scotland/Wales/NI get vote wise and with Scotland voting technically not to exist back in Sept, FIFA could now shan on all 4 countries in one fail swoop.


it's always been said that if the national team was removed by fifa we'd have independence within weeks ... hard to disagree
 
it's always been said that if the national team was removed by fifa we'd have independence within weeks ... hard to disagree

Once upon a time i`d have been going absolutely tonto at the very mention of being forced to combine the home nations into one GB side.

Now i couldn`t give a fuck.