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December 11, 2012
Lord Ouseley: I may not be around. It could be in days … it’s as close as that
With racism in football on the rise again, chairman of the Kick It Out campaign is ready to quit over game’s collective failure to show moral strength
Evening Standard
It is only as we finish speaking and Herman Ouseley puts on his overcoat to brave the icy winds swirling round Marble Arch that he drops his bombshell.
The chairman of Kick It Out, football’s anti-racist pressure group, is planning to quit. “I may not be around. It could be a matter of days. It is as close as that.”
Evening Standard
It is only as we finish speaking and Herman Ouseley puts on his overcoat to brave the icy winds swirling round Marble Arch that he drops his bombshell.
The chairman of Kick It Out, football’s anti-racist pressure group, is planning to quit. “I may not be around. It could be a matter of days. It is as close as that.”
December 5, 2012
‘64-team Champions League is no-go’
Evening Standard
UEFA have no plans to expand the Champions League from 32 to 64 teams, according to a highly-placed source close to UEFA president Michel Platini.
The Frenchman shocked football last week when, in an interview, he suggested there could be a restructuring of Europe’s tournaments.
UEFA have no plans to expand the Champions League from 32 to 64 teams, according to a highly-placed source close to UEFA president Michel Platini.
The Frenchman shocked football last week when, in an interview, he suggested there could be a restructuring of Europe’s tournaments.
December 4, 2012
Ian Holloway: My target is for Crystal Palace to be one of the best teams in London
Ahead of Blackpool reunion, boss talks of his hopes for his new club and star man
Evening Standard
Ian Holloway is never afraid to voice his opinions, or to take on the greatest in the game. There is a riveting clip of him suggesting he would be ready to chop off Michel Platini’s head after the leader of European football proposed that the 2022 Qatar World Cup be played in winter.
But this weekend, as Crystal Palace face Blackpool for the first time since he switched Bloomfield Road for Selhurst Park last month, Holloway is for a moment unsure. When I suggest that Blackpool fans will still honour him for the memorable Premier League ride he provided them two seasons ago, he seems at a loss.
Evening Standard
Ian Holloway is never afraid to voice his opinions, or to take on the greatest in the game. There is a riveting clip of him suggesting he would be ready to chop off Michel Platini’s head after the leader of European football proposed that the 2022 Qatar World Cup be played in winter.
But this weekend, as Crystal Palace face Blackpool for the first time since he switched Bloomfield Road for Selhurst Park last month, Holloway is for a moment unsure. When I suggest that Blackpool fans will still honour him for the memorable Premier League ride he provided them two seasons ago, he seems at a loss.
November 30, 2012
Ivan Bravo – I can die happy now Spain have won the World Cup
Insideworldfootball
It is not often in football you hear many people talk about Roman Abramovich, Florentino Perez and Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar being "visionary men", and all in the same breath.
The first two are widely regarded as using football clubs, Chelsea and Real Madrid, as their play things, an impression strengthened in the Russian's case by the way he got rid of his last manager Roberto Di Matteo. And for good measure at four in the morning, hours after he had lost a UEFA Champions League match.
It is not often in football you hear many people talk about Roman Abramovich, Florentino Perez and Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar being "visionary men", and all in the same breath.
The first two are widely regarded as using football clubs, Chelsea and Real Madrid, as their play things, an impression strengthened in the Russian's case by the way he got rid of his last manager Roberto Di Matteo. And for good measure at four in the morning, hours after he had lost a UEFA Champions League match.
November 28, 2012
Nihal
BBC Asian Network
Discussion and debate on the big issues affecting British Asians. In this episode, presenter Nihal discusses the Premier League and Game Changer with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the full programme. (Note: The section with Mihir begins at 1:12:00. )
The programme will be only available to listen again for 6 days
Discussion and debate on the big issues affecting British Asians. In this episode, presenter Nihal discusses the Premier League and Game Changer with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the full programme. (Note: The section with Mihir begins at 1:12:00. )
The programme will be only available to listen again for 6 days
Nihal’s show
BBC Asian Network
Discussion and debate on the big issues affecting British Asians. In this episode, presenter Nihal discusses the Premier League and Game Changer with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the full programme. (Note: The section with Mihir begins at 1:12:00. )
The programme will be only available to listen again for 6 days
Discussion and debate on the big issues affecting British Asians. In this episode, presenter Nihal discusses the Premier League and Game Changer with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the full programme. (Note: The section with Mihir begins at 1:12:00. )
The programme will be only available to listen again for 6 days
November 23, 2012
Blatter is the sort of showman who likes to surprise his audience
Insideworldfootball
You don't know what to expect when you interview Sepp Blatter. For a man who wanted to be on the stage since he was a child, he has always been the sort of showman who likes to surprise his audience. A book of Blatter sayings would be an instant bestseller.
Yet what struck me when I had a long chat with him at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich last week, is that there seems little love lost between him and Michel Platini, UEFA President, often seen as his successor
You don't know what to expect when you interview Sepp Blatter. For a man who wanted to be on the stage since he was a child, he has always been the sort of showman who likes to surprise his audience. A book of Blatter sayings would be an instant bestseller.
Yet what struck me when I had a long chat with him at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich last week, is that there seems little love lost between him and Michel Platini, UEFA President, often seen as his successor
November 20, 2012
Sepp Blatter: No, racism cannot be stopped with a handshake … sport must help educate
FIFA president explains change in his views and why other areas of society also need to look at the issue
Exactly a year ago, Sepp Blatter was fighting calls for him to resign. It was not the first time FIFA’s president had been under pressure to stand down and certainly not the first time he had talked himself into trouble.
But while some of his previous thoughts were dismissed as bizarre ramblings — such as suggesting women play in tighter shorts — his comments on racism sparked outrage.
Exactly a year ago, Sepp Blatter was fighting calls for him to resign. It was not the first time FIFA’s president had been under pressure to stand down and certainly not the first time he had talked himself into trouble.
But while some of his previous thoughts were dismissed as bizarre ramblings — such as suggesting women play in tighter shorts — his comments on racism sparked outrage.
November 16, 2012
To say that the FA is not institutionally racist does not mean there are no glass ceilings in football
Insideworldfootball
The debate on racism in football has now descended into absurd levels. On one hand, we are having accusations that the Football Association (FA) is institutionally racist. On the other hand, there are those who argue, and this includes some very powerful figures in the game, that Chelsea should never have made a complaint against Mark Clattenburg.
Both positions are absurd. Let us first deal with the Chelsea situation. As is very clear from what Bruce Buck, the Chelsea chairman, has told me after the Manchester United game, the club faced a very straightforward situation. This was that two of their players, John Obi Mikel and Ramires, were alleging that Clattenburg had called Mikel a monkey. Indeed, Mikel had tried to get into the referee's room to confront him after the game and was prevented from doing so by Roberto Di Matteo, the Chelsea manager and his assistant, Eddie Newton.
The debate on racism in football has now descended into absurd levels. On one hand, we are having accusations that the Football Association (FA) is institutionally racist. On the other hand, there are those who argue, and this includes some very powerful figures in the game, that Chelsea should never have made a complaint against Mark Clattenburg.
Both positions are absurd. Let us first deal with the Chelsea situation. As is very clear from what Bruce Buck, the Chelsea chairman, has told me after the Manchester United game, the club faced a very straightforward situation. This was that two of their players, John Obi Mikel and Ramires, were alleging that Clattenburg had called Mikel a monkey. Indeed, Mikel had tried to get into the referee's room to confront him after the game and was prevented from doing so by Roberto Di Matteo, the Chelsea manager and his assistant, Eddie Newton.
November 13, 2012
Chelsea chairman: We’d have been really crucified if we had not reported Clattenburg and it then leaked out
Bruce Buck explains why club accused referee of racial abuse, says reaction to it has been ‘very unfair’ and insists they’re not hypocrites despite supporting skipper
Evening Standard
Bruce Buck normally has a dreadful feeling in the pit of his stomach when Chelsea lose. “I feel horrible and I can’t sleep that night but I didn’t feel that way at all on Sunday,” says the club’s chairman referring to the home defeat by Manchester United two weeks ago.
In the decade since helping Roman Abramovich buy Chelsea, Buck has rarely spoken publicly, let alone about his turmoil over losing. But now, as we meet in a private club in the West End, he is willing to talk for the first time about, arguably, the most explosive event in this colourful club’s history.
Evening Standard
Bruce Buck normally has a dreadful feeling in the pit of his stomach when Chelsea lose. “I feel horrible and I can’t sleep that night but I didn’t feel that way at all on Sunday,” says the club’s chairman referring to the home defeat by Manchester United two weeks ago.
In the decade since helping Roman Abramovich buy Chelsea, Buck has rarely spoken publicly, let alone about his turmoil over losing. But now, as we meet in a private club in the West End, he is willing to talk for the first time about, arguably, the most explosive event in this colourful club’s history.
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