The ugly side of the beautiful game in desperate need of a makeover

AM I the only one who is slightly losing track of the allegations and counter allegations being made at the top of world football?

With everyone accusing everyone else at FIFA of corruption, the wisest thing might have been a pause. Instead, Sepp Blatter’s name alone will go forward for the Presidency of FIFA today and tomorrow’s newspapers around the world will all be crying “farce”.

If FIFA is so bloody venal and corrupt, though, why on earth did England and the US — which unsuccessfully bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively and from whence most of the criticisms of FIFA seems to originate — ever have anything to do with it?