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England decides to abstain from voting for FIFA presidency
England’s Football Association's board has decided to abstain in the vote for the presidency of Fifa. Sepp Blatter, the current head of football's world governing body, is being challenged by Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, the president of the Asian Football Confederation. Read full article
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May 19th, 2011 - 10:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0England should pull out altogether,and start another world football cup,
but then again ??
Yeah, a football cup with only British teams, only way a British team will win.
May 20th, 2011 - 12:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0You're the oldest national football team in the world and since 1872 you've only won once, 1966… you've had enough chances, don't you think?
Wankers
Vote Grondona for President!
May 20th, 2011 - 01:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Wankers
May 20th, 2011 - 05:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes right from,the national team that uses its hands for more than that
year 1978 ( Argentina) realized World Cup by FIFA.....
May 20th, 2011 - 10:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0where is the human right ?
year 1992 ( Sweden) realized European Cup realized by FIFA/UEFA....
Yugoslavia expelled..reason ?...human right !
@ briton
May 20th, 2011 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0“England should pull out altogether,and start another world football cup,
but then again ?? “
Yes first mach Mohammeds vs Mohammeds would be very boring. ha ha.
I don’t understand you guys once you have one from your own family to challenge eternity Blater you abstain to vote?
Take a look again he is “Mohamed Bin Hammam” You cannot find any more English/British than that.
@ stick up your junta
“Yes right from,the national team that uses its hands for more than that”
Typical British’s excuses for incompetence always blaming others.
You go to every world contest with England, Wales, Scotland, etc and you only were able to get one world cup and made on your own soil and full of corruption scandals and may be by bribing referees.
A goal that was not how do you call that? Stealing, cheating ???
@ 6 Your words reveal you as a bigot and racist.
May 20th, 2011 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0your just deluded that argentina has NEVER beaten the UK at football??
May 20th, 2011 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0[] 8 --
May 20th, 2011 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mexico 1986 !!
sorry geo,,,,wrong im afraid
May 20th, 2011 - 01:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0mexico beat ENGLAND she did not and has never beaten the UK.
mmmmmmmmm think about it .
'Honesty surrounded by a world of corruption'
May 20th, 2011 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0At least the English know haw to play the football game with a straight bat.
Kiaora (Greetings) from Aotearoa (New Zealand)
May 20th, 2011 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0With the current UK House of Commons select committee Inquiry into 'Football Governance' The coalition government felt it necessary to investigate football governance why? as the chairman of the committee MP John Whittingdale stated “We have seen a lot of media coverage of the ownership of large clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United But we also want to consider broader concerns especially that current and future generations of football supporters of clubs, large and small across the country are not being served well by current football regulations”.
The current allegations made by Lord Triesman and the Sunday Times UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE (Cannot be sued) reeks of GUTLESSNESS especially when it has been revealed and yet to be dealt with “The position of Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards has come under renewed scrutiny with the revelation that a company run by his son secured commercial deals to provide merchandise both to the Premier League and to help promote Englands 2018 World Cup bid” The name of that “marketing firm Glue Creative Production Solutions, based in Sir Dave’s home town of Sheffield”
“According to Glue’s website, both the Premier League and Football League are clients of the company whose co-partner is Sir Dave’s son also called Dave The company which supplies a raft of branded gifts, openly promotes its business with the football world though there is no mention of Sir Dave who was a director for roughly a decade before leaving on Dec 31 last year”
LINK: http://tinyurl.com/6l8ruwe Courtesy of The Independent.
Sir Dave Richards is the chairman of the FA Premier League member of the Football Association (FA)s Board chairman of the FAs international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday FC Courtesy of Wikipedia
Look whose calling the KETTLE BLACK
[] 10 -- briton
May 20th, 2011 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 01986/Mexico- World Cup /quarter final
22 June 1986/Estadio Azteca
Argentina ( 2 ) -- England ( 1 )
@ 12 It is a fair point. I remember the press about Alex Ferguson (Man United manager) insisting that players use his son as their agent. And some of the unsavoury characters that own clubs, like Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, are not just attracted to Premiership clubs to fulfil some boyhood dream. There is money to be made (or whatever).
May 20th, 2011 - 09:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If I could change anything about English football it would be to restrict the number of overseas players per club - like in cricket - so we spend more time nurturing young talent rather than the club with the biggest bank balance buying the winning team.
There is too much money in the game. No wonder so many players from developing countries are so desperate to play in the Premiership or other European leagues. They can earn the kind of money they could never earn playing at home.
Look at, say, Argentina. Some truly great players don't want to stay and play in their home league if they can be millionaires playing for a Eurpoean club. It damages the teams in Argentina - I have been to a few games and they were honestly not great compared to watching a Premiership game. Though the fans were spectacular!!! And wasn't it only last year that the season started late because there was no money? I know of one US actor who bailed out San Lorenzo because they were vitually bankrupt.
There is simply too much money in European football and consequently it hurts the game. But I cannot imagine it changing. Shame.
JMO and I used Argentina as an example because I have been to games there and in England. : )
“At least the English know haw to play the football game with a straight bat. ”
May 21st, 2011 - 03:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0English know how to play the crickett game with a straight bat.
Ugly Brits don't know how to play football. Dutch play it better and we didn't even invented it.
Ugly Brits don't know how to play football.
May 21st, 2011 - 06:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0And the Ugly Dutch do?
http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/TournamentNews/Netherlands-ugly-football-20100712
http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/TournamentNews/Netherlands-ugly-football-20100712
Fido has a point you Brits should pay attention to...
May 21st, 2011 - 06:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Stick to cricket and all those gay sports you're so good at... no need to embarrass yourselves in football. ;-)
Fido is right Dutch play very well.
May 21st, 2011 - 10:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0“English know how to play the cricket game with a straight bat.”
Not sure mate they always lose against India all the time haha
England out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8592725-icc-cricket-world-cup-2011-england-lose
Ah! thank god that they are good to attract tourism to they sunny beaches and to teach Pakistani language to foreigners in London else they would be really in a mess. : )
Nice to see my S.A. friends 'rising to my little teaser' in this pretty worthless news item.
May 21st, 2011 - 10:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0I guess few people these days knows what playing with a straight bat means - certainly an unknown concept here.
@GeoffWard
May 21st, 2011 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well let’s put it in this way.
1- football is soccer
2- And if you would play with a straight bat we wouldn’t be discussing about Malvinas.
BTW next time use fair play.
: )
“All is fair in love and war”
May 21st, 2011 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0@GeoffWard
May 21st, 2011 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“All is fair in love and war”
Yes, but in war just if you win, remember that we have the “Hand of god” and the fast speed “Missile of God” just in case.
: )
I think Argentina has a modest quantity of 70 “Missiles of God” somewhere, every one of them hit home in 1982... we only had 5 of them back then. ;-)
May 22nd, 2011 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just some random trivia for you Malvinas lovers...
we only had 5 of them back then
May 22nd, 2011 - 07:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0luck or judgement? ;-)
Actions were taken to contain the Exocet threat. During the preparation for the war Britain benefited from the help of France, which gave the Exocet's code and homing radar.[16] A major intelligence operation was also initiated to prevent the Argentine Navy from acquiring more on the international market.[17] The operation included British intelligence agents claiming to be arms dealers able to supply large numbers of Exocet to Argentina, who diverted Argentina from pursuing sources which could genuinely supply a few missiles. France denied deliveries of Exocet AM39s purchased by Peru to avoid the possibility of them getting to Argentina.[18]
Just some random trivia for you Argies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile)
“which gave the Exocet's code and homing radar”...
May 22nd, 2011 - 09:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0hm... yeah it really worked out didn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArgRosario1#p/a/f/2/IUZu8bvxJs4
Don't blame youtube ;-)
The Exocet is probably the most famous weapon of the war, ... Of the missiles fired four hit, four missed and one failed to launch. Two of the missiles that hit the target failed to detonate on impact
May 22nd, 2011 - 10:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0British losses in warships and lives would have been considerably greater were it not for the persistent problems experienced by the Argentines with fusing in the Exocet ASCMs and 1,000 lb dumb bombs used in these attacks
The official Royal Navy Board of Enquiry Report, however, stated that evidence indicates that the warhead did not detonate. During the four and a half days that the ship remained afloat, five salvage inspections were made and a number of photographs were taken. Members of the crew were interviewed, and testimony was given by Exocet specialists (note that the Royal Navy had 15 surface combat ships that were Exocet-armed in the Falklands War). There was no evidence of explosion although burning propellant from the rocket motor had caused a number of fires, which continued unchecked as a result of a punctured fire main.
“Exocet ASCMs and 1,000 lb dumb bombs...”
May 22nd, 2011 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0That's right... many of the 1,000 lb bombs did not go off, nothing to do with the Exocets though, totally unrelated.
First Exocet: HMS Sheffield
Second and Third Exocets: Atlantic Conveyor
Fourth Exocet: HMS Glamorgan
Fifth Exocet: HMS “Invincible”
(Note: decreased activity and direction of Harrier flights after hits on HMS “Invincible”, they could only operate from HMS Hermes. HMS “Invincible” did return home, three months later.)
Five Exocets, five hits.
”In the years after the Falklands War it was revealed that the British government and the Secret Intelligence Service were extremely concerned by the perceived inadequacy of the Royal Navy's anti-missile defences against Exocet missiles and their potential to tip the naval war decisively in favour of Argentine forces. A scenario was envisioned in which one or both of the force’s two aircraft carriers (HMS Invincible and HMS Hermes) would be destroyed or incapacitated by Exocet attacks, which would make recapturing the Falklands much more difficult.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet#Falklands_War
In other words, had we been able to acquire half the amount of Exocets we have now, there is no way you would have won.
And that, is my point. Picture 70 Exocets, 50 hits (probably more) ...no chance for the UK, none.
“Some of the crew of Sheffield were of the opinion that the missile exploded, others held the view that it had not. The official Royal Navy Board of Enquiry Report, however, stated that evidence indicates that the warhead did not detonate.”
Makes you wonder what else these clowns are hiding from you, it sure as hell looks like an Exocet blowing the Sheffield to pieces... ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet#Falklands_War
Lies.... lies, and more lies from the Brits. They just pile up.
Fifth Exocet: HMS “Invincible
May 22nd, 2011 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lies.... lies, and more lies from the Argies. They just pile up.
And that, is my point. Picture 70 Exocets, 50 hits (probably more) ...no chance for the UK, none.
Good at taking out Subs?
I said nothing about Subs. What's your point?
May 23rd, 2011 - 04:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0What's your point?
May 23rd, 2011 - 05:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0can exocets hold their breath?
They can hit anything in their path and either disable its electronic systems or cause a catastrophic fire.
May 23rd, 2011 - 07:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0I don't recall the UK sending just subs to Malvinas, sticky.
I don't recall the UK sending just subs to Malvinas, sticky
May 23rd, 2011 - 01:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You were probably in your Dads Bag
Labour Government under Callaghan sent a nuclear sub to the south Atlantic in response to Argentinian talk of invasion -
All this 'if we had more missiles' speculation is all very interesting but for the fact that you RG's did lose the war, QED. It's similar to the losing football teams 'if it had gone in the net it'd have been a goal” line, and equally pointless.
May 23rd, 2011 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You think you can take on the Brits now?....fine....bring it on, everything else is just hot air, losers.
:-)
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