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TESTIMONIALS
"It has been absolutely superb. Everybody is here. You cant get much better than the quality of your guests."
David Dein, International President, England 2018 World Cup Bid "A great platform to debate and discuss key issues and meet leading people in football"
Mohamed Bin Hammam, President, Asian Football Confederation "A good learning curve. I've heard great things about it and it lived up to my expectations."
Phil Neville, Captain, Everton FC "It was really interesting for me"
Gus Poyet, Manager, Brighton Hove and Albion "The variety of sessions and speakers was so good you cant help but get something from it."
Danny Murphy, Captain, Fulham FC "This is one of the unique forums that we have in world football, it allows us to exchange views and ideas and participate in a global debate."
Danny Jordaan, CEO, South Africa World Cup Organising Committee "It's a great networking opportunity and proves it worth - there are people here I need to meet."
Rick Parry, Former CEO, Liverpool FC "A forum for opinion formers in world of football to gather, exchange views and catch up on the latest trends and events in the industry."
Yuuchiro Nakajima, Executive Director, Japan 2022 Bid Committee "It has become the conference of choice for a host of football people who want good discussions, interesting speakers and an event with a great buzz about it"
David Davies OBE, Conference Chairman "A good opportunity to meet other people in the football community." SUH Dae-Won, Secretary General, Korea 2022 World Cup Bid "Very impressed, a good mix of speakers and delegates." Chuck Blazer, FIFA Executive Committee "A very important event in football" Migel Angel Lopez, CEO, Iberia 2018 Bid "Hugely respected in the industry, everybody is thrilled to be here. People come here to learn, share and network with other professionals from all over the world." David Gold, Joint Chairman, West Ham United FC "The chance to network with senior people in the industry is great" Steve Morgan, Chairman, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC "An opportunity to discuss the great and good of football together in one place and talk about the issues facing the sport today and in the future"
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Tag Archives: fifa
KEIR RADNEDGE: SUCCESSORS
Danny Jordaan, whose hard work won the World Cup for South Africa and then organised its successful hosting, once remarked that “football people put our presidents in place but only God can get them out.” Too right. Just look at what is happening all round the international football spectrum. Continue reading
KEIR RADNEDGE: OUT OF THE FAT, INTO THE FIRE
While Sepp Blatter was sunning himself at the London Olympics so his new ethics investigator has, it seems, been turning a different sort of heat on Mohamed Bin Hammam who collects suspensions like Olympic grandees collect five-star hotel rooms. Bin … Continue reading
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Tagged CAS appeal, fifa, London Olympics, Mohamed Bin Hammam, Sepp Blatter
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KEIR RADNEDGE: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
Michel Platini’s ability to play the political game as winningly as he played his football faces a delicate test. Some of his high-flying UEFA colleagues appear to be sleeping with the enemy. On Tuesday Platini, as president of UEFA and … Continue reading
ROGAN TAYLOR: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
The European Championships is, for my money, far superior to the World Cup, or any other international competition for that matter. It is a perfect partner to the UEFA Champions League; the greatest club competition in the world. Made up … Continue reading
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Tagged BSkyB, BT, Dr. Rogan Taylor, fifa, Leaders in Football, Nicklas Bendtner, Paddy Power, Swiss Ramble, The Leader, The Premier League, UEFA, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Euro 2012
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KEIR RADNEDGE: COLLINA
Pierluigi Collina was one of the most charismatic referees in modern football. He was the upfront personification of a new style of match control. The old cliché in football insisted that if the referee went mostly unnoticed through the 90 … Continue reading
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Tagged fifa, Keir Radnedge, Leaders in Football, Pierluigi Collina, Serie A, The Leader, UEFA, UEFA Euro 2012, Ukraine Football Federation
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ROWAN SIMONS: EVEN PRISON CANNOT STOP CHINA’S FOOTBALL MADNESS
China’s crackdown on match-fixing, bribery and corruption finally reached its symbolic conclusion last week with two CFA chiefs and a national team captain each receiving ten and a half year prison sentences. Subject to appeal, Xie Yalong, Nan Yong and … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC, Cai Zhenhua, CFA, China ClubFootball FC, China Super League, fifa, Guangzhou Evergrande, Leaders in Football, Nan Yong, Nicolas Anelka, Real Madrid CF, Rowan Simmons, Shanghai Shenhua, The Leader, Wei Shaohui, Xie Yalong, Zhang Jilong
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ROGAN TAYLOR: WILL BLAZER LOSE HIS BLAZER? WILL CHUCK GET CHUCKED?
The all-year pantomime known as CONCACAF is the farce that just keeps on giving. The latest developments reveal allegations about the way money and power was disposed inside a football Federation that includes around half a billion people in forty … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Chuck Blazer, CONCACAF, Copa Libertadores, fifa, Jack Warner, Jeffrey Webb, Lisle Austin, The Gold Cup
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KEIR RADNEDGE: PLAYING DOWN A NON-ISSUE
The risk and dangers of the wonders of modern media technology were wondrously exposed during FIFA Congress in Budapest. The ‘victim’ was Sepp Blatter. Mind you, the world federation’s president was partly to blame. Whatever else may be said about … Continue reading
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Tagged fifa, Football 2014 committee, Franz Beckenbauer, Kaiser Franz, Keir Radnedge, Leaders in Football, Pele, Sepp Blatter, The Leader
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KEIR RADNEDGE: THE CARETAKER
In these days of economic recession and financial fair play it defies commercial logic that football clubs still hire and fire so freely. Chelsea, however, appear to have found the answer right under their nose almost by accident or without … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 World Cup, Avram Grant, Chelsea FC, Europa League, FC Internazionale, fifa, Guus Hiddink, Helenio Herrera, Jose Maria Marin, Keir Radnedge, Leaders in Football, Mano Menezes, Mario Zagallo, Ricardo Sa Pinto, Ricardo Teixeira, Roberto di Matteo, Sporting Clube e Lisboa, Stuart Pearce, The FA Cup, The Leader, UEFA Champions League
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ROGAN TAYLOR: SWISS ROLE MODELS
Just after I arrived at my hotel on the shore of Lake Geneva (or Lake Leman as it’s properly called), I wandered out to find lunch. It looked rather nice on the other side of the lake, so at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Phillips, Bulat Chagaev, Dr. Rogan Taylor, FC Servette, FC Sion, fifa, FIMBA, Leaders in Football, Neuchatel Xamax, SportFive, Swiss Super League, The Leader, UEFA
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