Monkey Plunkett

Have to say I actually really like this, hope its a sign of things to come with Noel putting decent b-sides on his singles

peas??.... FUCKIN PEAS??!!!

Fifa has “shot itself in the foot” by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The net is closing on football’s world governing body following corruption claims and bans meted out ahead of Wednesday’s presidential election, campaigners say. The latest fiasco has seen Mohamed bin Hammam suspended and forced to step down as the only challenger to incumbent President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter. The ruling followed claim and counter-claim of corruption during the campaign. Bin Hammam’s departure paves the way for Blatter to win a fourth consecutive term as Fifa president this week. He has vowed to clean up the game from corruption after being cleared of wrongdoing by an ethics committee panel on Sunday. Despite accusations and counter-accusations swirling around Fifa, Blatter was upbeat in speaking to reporters on Monday evening. He said that Fifa would not investigate allegations from the English football association of foul practice during the World Cup 2018 and 2022 bids. He also refused to postpone Wednesday’s presidential election, saying it was up to Fifa’s congress whether to vote him in or not. “I regret what has happened in the last few days and weeks, the great damage done to the image of Fifa and the disappointment of football fans,” he said. Fifa has been mired in corruption allegations for several years, which intensified late in 2010 as the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments were awarded to Russia and Qatar. These got an extra twist on Monday when vice-president Jack Warner – suspended by Fifa on Sunday – released an email he had received from secretary general Jerome Valcke, claiming that Qatar had “bought” the right to host the Cup. Valcke later explained that he had not accused the Gulf state of doing anything “unethical”, but meant only that it had had a lot of money to spend on campaigning. Already last year the growing whiff of scandal provoked a Swiss parliamentary demand for Sport Minister Ueli Maurer to investigate Fifa, that has been based in Zurich since 1932. Fifa has until the end of this year to prove to the Swiss parliament that it is cleaning up its act. If it cannot, it faces possible sanctions of having its privileges as a sporting association removed along with generous tax breaks. Swiss investigation Maurer’s office is also investigating if changes to the law could bring sporting bodies into line with corporations under Swiss anti-corruption legislation. At present, sporting associations are not subject to such rigorous requirements as companies. Roland Büchel, one parliamentarian behind demands for Fifa to reform, told swissinfo.ch that the latest twists to the saga could play into the hands of anti-corruption campaigners. “I am not unhappy with what I am seeing because it confirms what I have always said: there is corruption in Fifa,” he said. “Fifa has shot itself in the foot.” “Blatter said last year that Fifa was not corrupt and now he finds himself surrounded by demons.” These include the latest shenanigans surrounding the presidential election, the banning of two football regional chiefs and four Fifa officials on charges of corruption last year, claims from Britain that votes were paid for in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup process and numerous media attacks on the integrity of Fifa. Perhaps the biggest genie in the box is a 2008 canton Zug court ruling (and confirmed by prosecutors in 2010) that Fifa officials took kickbacks when awarding rights to now bankrupt sports marketing company ISMM-ISL. While the offences were not crimes under Swiss law at the time, attempts to find the identity of the parties involved have been blocked by the terms of an out of court settlement reached between Zug prosecutors and Fifa. “Time bomb” British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings, who has written a book about Fifa activities, believes it is only a matter of time before higher Swiss courts release the details of the verdict. “The ticking time bomb is the Zug court verdict. If that gets out then Blatter is finished,” Jennings told swissinfo.ch. Jennings called on member football associations of Fifa and for politicians to intervene in the ongoing saga. The accusations and evidence have been made public for a number of years and it is now time for the politicians to act to clean up football,” he told swissinfo.ch. “Switzerland is going down the right road, but someone has to tell Fifa that if it doesn’t postpone Wednesday’s election they will intervene.” Direct political intervention would be the tactic of last resort, according to Roland Büchel. “The Swiss parliament can force a change to Fifa’s tax status or its privileges as a sporting association,” he told swissinfo.ch. “But this would also affect the other 60 sporting federations in Switzerland, so I hope this will not be necessary.” “Fifa is not an untouchable entity,” he added. “It is comprised of 208 national football associations, and if they want to change things then they can. Sponsors and fans could also raise their voices to make a difference.” Speaking on Monday, Blatter said that any problems would be dealt with “within our family”. “If governments try to intervene in the Fifa organisation then something is wrong,” he said. “Fifa is strong enough to deal with our problems internally.” Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch Fifa has “shot itself in the foot†- swissinfo Interesting info there that the Swiss couts seem to have been holding incriminating evidence of corruption within FIFA but are being blocked from releasing and investigating it because FIFA basicly paid off the prosection. I really do hope Baltter and his cronies get exposed in the most public humiliating fashion

Argentinian FA Head & FIFA executive Julio Grondona winning more friends for FIFA : "We always have attacks from England which are mostly lies with the support of journalism which is more busy lying than telling the truth. This upsets and disturbs the FIFA family." "To present such a project as David Bernstein presented is like shooting a penalty because it cannot be always from the same place that the insults and problems come from. "I see it at every Congress. They have specific privileges with four countries having one vice-president. I don't know what our president has said. "But we have seen the World Cup go around the world, to South America and Africa and it looks like this country does not like it. "It looks like England is always complaining so please I say will you leave the FIFA family alone, and when you speak, speak with truth." In an interview with a German press agency yesterday, Grondona called England "pirates" and added: "Yes, I voted for Qatar, because a vote for the US would be like a vote for England. And that is not possible. "But with the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left." And in response to a journalist's question about the standards of refereeing in argentina: "I do not believe a Jew can ever be a referee at this level. It's hard work and, you know, Jews don't like hard work." And what does Sepp Blatter have to say about this man? "Julio's a monumental man! We are friends for ever." hmm

Its a shame this is happening during the close season as it would be fucking brilliant if fans at clubs around Europe arranged some sort of mass display of their disgust at these greedy unscrupulous politicians running the game. Something like banners being unfurled at games across europe showing that almost every fan has zero confidence in FIFA and the people incharge as thats the opinion I certainly get when you see opinions on other various football message borads on this subject, absolutley no-one trusts Septic Blatter and his cronies. Its just a shame its came at a time when the people who pump money into the game week in week out cant voice their disgust bar on internet forums and it will probably all be neatly brushed under the carpet like they always do when the leagues start kicking off. One things for sure as much as everyone dislikes Warner im sure we're all hoping he comes out with some real tasty bombshells, and proof of them happening and takes Blatter & Co down with him.

"I've never read so much bollocks in all my life."

Aye im sure a single tear rolled down his cheek after he read your post.

My mum keeps pronouncing it Chor-oh-so even though ive corrected her many times Ive told her not to bother mentioning it to me from now on unless she's gonna say it properly, i'd even settle for a chur-eez-o its that annoying.

Aye there's a whole bunch of them.....

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against FC Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets, who is alleged to have violated Article 11 bis of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations by directing racist abuse towards a Real Madrid CF player in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between the clubs on 27 April. The proceedings have been launched on the basis of evidence provided by Real Madrid (video and statement of club and player). The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body will deal with the case on Sunday 15 May and the decision will be communicated to the club on Monday 16 May. UEFA opens disciplinary case against Busquets – UEFA.com Hope they throw the book at him

seeing as my Suarez song to this tune didnt quite pick up here another try..... to the tune of 'I am the music man' The Redmens Midfield Man The Great Bra-zil-ian It's Lucas Leiva! Lucas Leiva! Boss Player He's Brazilian and he is a red is a red is a red Brazilian and he is a red is a redman.

Happy Fuckin' Days!

yeah but to bring up and incident from 1949 in Northern Ireland is a bit silly imo. I dont for one second doubt that this is because Neil Lennon is a catholic but its also fuelled by his actions and the manner in which he conducts himself, sectarian bigots are not exactly the most rational people in the world so they will see hostility there and react with hostility, though the sooner this nonsene get eradicated the better, hopefully the arrests made today will put and end to these bullets and letter bombs as that kind of shit is just cowardly and despicable

He's also received touchline bans totalling to 10 games this season, he's forced a referee to have to retire, he's accused Hearts and other SPL of not trying against Rangers and he's also made alleged racist remarks to El Hadji Diouf (ive not seen the incident and have just read about it so im not sure what evidence there is to support this allegation but it's there nonetheless)and thats just this season, now im not for one second condoning the treatment hes receiving from these moronic scumbags but he really doesent help himself, Glasgow is a powder keg of sectarianism and yet he either intentionally or possibly unintentionally keeps stoking the fire, Im sure its the latter and he is just a prickly character by nature but to act the way he does whilst managing Celtic isnt exactly helping the situation. Out of interest, could this flare up of sectarianism in scotland be down to the economic situation there at the minute? these types of things tend to flare up in periods of economic downturn.

what the hell's that got to do with sectarianism in scotland?