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Standing order

09 August 2007

 

After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, a wide-ranging report on the UK’s football stadia was carried out by Lord Justice Taylor. One of the key recommendations of the report was to literally change the face of the UK’s...




European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

03 March 2006

The independent review of European football being carried out by former Portuguese sports minister José Luis Arnaut on behalf of EU looks set to increase tensions between governing body UEFA and the continent's major clubs...




A matter of trust

30 November 2005

A feature of the changing nature of football governance in recent years has been the increasing involvement of supporters in democratising the ownership and governance of football clubs.




Bin Hamman Ticket Scandal

06 June 2002

One of FIFA's leading officials is implicated in the latest ticketing scandal to hit the World Cup Finals.




Football, Myth and Reality

20 June 1997

In April 1997, when commandos broke into the Japanese ambassador's residence in the city of Lima, the rebels were playing football.