14-03-2012, 20:44
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Re: Football Season 2011/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17374070
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Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards has accused Fifa and Uefa of stealing football from the English.
At a conference in Qatar, Richards, who later injured himself tripping over a fountain, suggested that the world had England to thank for football.
"England gave the world football. It gave the best legacy anyone could give. We gave them the game," said Richards.
"Then, 50 years later, some guy came along and said, you're liars, and they actually stole it. It was called Fifa."
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“We started the game and wrote the rules and took it the world”
Sir Dave Richards
Richards, who is also a Football Association board member, was speaking in front of Fifa vice president Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan and International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
He added: "Fifty years later, another gang came along called Uefa and stole a bit more."
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Some interesting comments here. 
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