Mike Rowbottom: Plain talking from the City player with the title influence

Mike Rowbottom

So we’ve got Rodney – Marsh, of course, who else? – in the nightclub – Tramps, of course, where else? – with George – Best, of course, who else? – and Michael – Caine, of course, who else?

And Caine’s conversation gets around to all the great things Best – now playing with Marsh at Fulham – did at Old Trafford.

The problem arrives when Caine leans across the table and,

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Gauntlet thrown down over FIFA presidency

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By Andrew Warshaw

December 30 – Sepp Blatter has laid down the gauntlet to any potential challengers by clearly indicating he aims to continue as FIFA President and be re-elected halfway through 2011 for what would be an unprecedented fourth term.

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Mihir Bose: FA will learn nothing if they do not confront England 2018 defeat

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It did not take long for the board of the Football Association to choose David Bernstein as the new chairman. The whole thing, I am told, took a bare five minutes. He was nominated, all hands went up and on to the next business.

However, sometime after this decision, there was a report by Andy Anson on England’s disastrous World Cup bid for 2018. Here something rather curious happened.

Before the meeting there had been much anticipation of what Anson,

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