Like Water Into Sand
Yesterday's story on Newsnight has been followed up in today's papers but not with as much gusto as it would if there was any substance. Most of the reports that I have seen do not give the allegations much creedence, an acceptance that no rules have been broken although there seems to be some consensus that this is maybe not in accordance with the spirit of the regulations. Meanwhile the FA have asked FIFA to clarify what exactly Arsenal are supposed to have done and which rules they want investigating as there appears to be no breach of FA rules. So Newsnight have egg on their face already.
Part of the backlash may have been to prevent David Dein's continued presence on the Premier League Board, this has succeeded with his place taken by David Gill of the Disneyland Tomb Raiders. Dein however, was always likely to fall this time around mainly due to a number of chairmen being completely hacked off with his presence in the England Manager fiasco. Steve Gibson of Middlesbrough was a particularly vocal critic, if somewhat ill-informed in making his comments. Dein has been in this situation before, removed when the Premier League negotiations were revealed. He's bounced back and I would not be surprised if the same happened again in a couple of years .
At the end of yesterdays blog, I mentioned that I had raised a question with the Producers as to why they had introduced the racial element into their report. Meirion Jones has given permission for the response to be reproduced here:
"The point we were making about the colour of the crowd and the colour of the team was that Beveren had been a traditional side full of players from the town which is almost entirely white. Overnight they found themselves replaced by a team from thousands of miles away in
Africa. It was a shock for the fans initially who really were a little like banana-skin-throwing monkey-chanting British "fans" from the 1970s. I was at the game and I did not see a single white player on the pitch or a single black spectator. I am glad to say that after initial
problems the Blue and Yellow fanatics as they call themselves have now taken to their team and many of them have bought tickets for the World Cup to support the Elephants of Ivory Coast in their games against Argentina and Holland."
Back tomorrow with the next World Cup installment and some MP3's to boot.
Part of the backlash may have been to prevent David Dein's continued presence on the Premier League Board, this has succeeded with his place taken by David Gill of the Disneyland Tomb Raiders. Dein however, was always likely to fall this time around mainly due to a number of chairmen being completely hacked off with his presence in the England Manager fiasco. Steve Gibson of Middlesbrough was a particularly vocal critic, if somewhat ill-informed in making his comments. Dein has been in this situation before, removed when the Premier League negotiations were revealed. He's bounced back and I would not be surprised if the same happened again in a couple of years .
At the end of yesterdays blog, I mentioned that I had raised a question with the Producers as to why they had introduced the racial element into their report. Meirion Jones has given permission for the response to be reproduced here:
"The point we were making about the colour of the crowd and the colour of the team was that Beveren had been a traditional side full of players from the town which is almost entirely white. Overnight they found themselves replaced by a team from thousands of miles away in
Africa. It was a shock for the fans initially who really were a little like banana-skin-throwing monkey-chanting British "fans" from the 1970s. I was at the game and I did not see a single white player on the pitch or a single black spectator. I am glad to say that after initial
problems the Blue and Yellow fanatics as they call themselves have now taken to their team and many of them have bought tickets for the World Cup to support the Elephants of Ivory Coast in their games against Argentina and Holland."
Back tomorrow with the next World Cup installment and some MP3's to boot.
posted by Yogi's Warrior at 6:07 pm
2 Comments:
Yogi, probably the best summary of the story I've seen. I also wrote a complaint to the BBC the whole story appears slack and given the Belgian investigation dates from 2002 the timing is extraordinary. Why the journalist failed to interview a director from Beveren who have expressed surprise why this story should have become an issue.
It's a great example of media manipulation the result of which Arsenal name is slandered around the world.
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