Football. World Cup 2010 - Lineker quits over Triesman sting

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 19:35

Gary Lineker has quit his weekly column for the Mail on Sunday, saying the newspaper's publication of Lord Triesman's secretly recorded conversation has jeopardised England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup.

Triesman resigned as chairman of the FA and of the 2018 bid team after he was quoted as saying rival bidders Spain and Russia intended to bribe referees.

The controversy has thrown the English bid into chaos, and the country's odds of hosting the tournament have drifted to 13/8 having been odds-on.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 19:35

Lineker, a former England striker who played at two World Cups and is an ambassador for the 2018 bid, said the Mail on Sunday's story could have seriously damaged the effort to bring the tournament to England for the first time since 1966.



"The story itself, the circumstances surrounding it and the actions of the Mail on Sunday in publishing it have undermined the bid to bring the World Cup to England in 2018," Lineker told The Guardian.



"I wholeheartedly support the bid, because I believe that hosting the tournament would be brilliant for the country, and I am an official ambassador for it. I have therefore taken the view that I cannot continue as a columnist for the Mail on Sunday."

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 19:37

Was Lineker was right to quit the paper.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 19:43

Drowning his sorrows for loss of income with a pint and a packet of Walkers crisps!



Richard

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 19:44

Ah the politics of football.

A sport? No.

A religion? yes.

A religion entwined with politics? definitely.

A religion entwined with politics and huge amounts of money laundering? definitely yes.

Don't worry it is only a game.

cyprusairsoft



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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 21:19

no smoke without fire



russkis and spanish sounds a bit dodgy to me

rowlo



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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 23:25

i made a comment on this previously , triesman was not even a footballer ,but he is a lord ,and he ruined our chance of hosting the world cup , but he will walk away with his big pay off so does he really care ?

Tiggy


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Message Posted:
18/05/2010 23:56

I did not know that Lineker could read and write!

Smity



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Message Posted:
19/05/2010 00:29

Are we all forgetting a little point here

How the hell are we gonna pay for this world cup with a monatary defacit like we have at the moment the UK is nearly bankrupt



Lets wake up we aint got the money to spend

Tangerineman


Joined: 08/03/2010
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
19/05/2010 01:26

The World cup generates profits not losses

How many people would it bring to UK

Worth mega bucks to the economy it what traditionally is a very quite time ( people dont statistically go away when footy is on )

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
19/05/2010 09:53

It would be great to see Wales win the football World Cup in England 2018

vadiev


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Message Posted:
19/05/2010 13:49

It would be great if they even qualified !! Cymru am byth

briggus


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Message Posted:
19/05/2010 14:24

Meaasage 9.



As I understand from 5 live yesterday morning it the Workld Cup would be funded from "private" investors/sponsors. Though again you would expect money to be tight here too.