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Originally Posted by roly
english fans aren't that bad anymore. the last major trouble in england was when rangers fans rioted in manchester, and they're scottish aren't they?
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too bad this happened the day before the vote...probably didn't help England any. was at the Birmingham/Aston Villa match.
although I still don't understand how they only got 2 votes...except that FIFA is run by a bunch of liars...
And I discovered just how much slithering chutzpah the voters of the FIFA ExCo really have. As it turns out, several of the FIFA voters were unaware (seven hours after the fact) that the round-by-round, secret-ballot vote totals had been released to the public.
The result: By 11 p.m. on Thursday, at least three FIFA voters had told England '18 bid committee members that they had voted for them -- even though England got only two votes in a first-round elimination.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ids/index.html