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Mihir Bose: Fans treated as if they don’t count by dysfunctional football family

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Liverpool fans gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand would have been better advised to move a short distance westwards to Parliament Square to get our law-makers to address an essential problem in football: that we now have an extraordinarily unlevel playing field when it comes to the national game.

The fact is that the football industry is like a dysfunctional family and this has come about through muddle headed law-making.

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Chung claims he will not stand against Blatter for FIFA President

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 12 – South Korean FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon today claimed that he had no plans to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of football’s world governing body.

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David Owen: Kosovo dream of emulating Montenegro and playing at Wembley

At Wembley tonight, England’s footballers take on Montenegro in a Euro 2012 qualifier.

Improbably enough, it is the visitors who head the group with three wins out of three - pretty remarkable given that the country declared independence just four years ago and, at some 5,000 square miles, is a touch smaller than Northern Ireland and a touch bigger than Death Valley National Park.

As star player Mirko Vucinic and his team-mates pursue their dream tonight at one of world sport’s most famous venues,

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Exclusive: “Sense of entitlement will kill 2018 World Cup bid” warns Sports Minister

By Tom Degun

October 11 – Sports Minister Hugh Robertson says Britain must rid itself of using the term ‘Decade of Sport’ as it implies a sense of entitlement to host major sporting events.

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UK Athletics backs West Ham Olympic Stadium bid

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 11 – UK Athletics today threw its support behind West Ham’s bid to take over London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games because they believe it is the best way to ensuring that the running track remains.

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Iconic bridge covered in real grass for World Cup breakfast

October 10 – Thousands of square metres of real grass were laid on Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge in an event designed to support Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

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English World Cup would be “magical” claim Premier League managers

October 10 – England hosting the 2018 World Cup would be a “magical” thing, according to one leading Premier League boss.

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Blatter to meet Cameron at Downing Street

By Andrew Warshaw in London

October 10 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter is on the verge of meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) as England steps up its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

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Bin Hammam wanted split decision on World Cups

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 9 – Asian football’s most powerful administrator has revealed he would have preferred the votes for the next two World Cups to be split.

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Ukraine steps up to the plate

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 9 – The 2012 European Championship finals were never in jeopardy despite Ukraine’s initial inability to meet strict criteria, according to UEFA’s chief operating officer, Martin Kallen (pictured).

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Aussie football chiefs sign historic National Charter

October 8 – Football administrators in Australia have agreed to a “unified and unprecedented commitment” to work together in the best interests of the game.

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FIFA lifts Nigeria ban

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October 8 – FIFA has provisionally lifted the suspension of Nigeria after Government officials agreed not to intervene in the running of the sport.

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Best candidate “may not get to host World Cup”

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 8 – The head of the Asian football federation has hinted that the most deserving candidate may not necessarily win the race to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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Dirty tricks claim in World Cup bidding war

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 7 – The bidding war for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has exploded into controversy with allegations of dirty tricks.

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David Owen: Does campaigning matter? The Holland and Belgium vote will tell us

When I go to Stamford Bridge, I always try to walk via neighbouring Brompton cemetery.

The overgrown graves and weathered tombstones put things nicely into perspective.

Perhaps this helps to explain why - in the middle of the Leaders in Football debate on the race for the 2018 World Cup - I found myself thinking that none of it actually counted for very much.