Sentences with phrase «football authorities»

Not by the Spanish or English football authorities though, or at least not to our knowledge, but by some folk in the football media.

English fans believe clubs and players are doing best in efforts to confront the problem, but are less convinced by international football authorities or the FA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Football authorities in 2018 World Cup host Russia have imposed a two - match ban on a Ghanaian player who was sent off for his reaction to alleged racist abuse.

He was banned for 10 games by the English football authorities for biting the arm of a Chelsea player.

I do not accuse them of deliberate dishonesty but many areb afraid to act by giving pens which actually are pens, because they know they will not be properly backed by football authorities.

After getting into trouble with football authorities Mourinho decided to use Wenger's remarks as his defence.

Here, tens of thousands of fans walk up narrow, winding underground tunnels, or double - park their cars in tiny, quiet, local streets, while the relevant football authorities seem content to carry on as if nothing at all — behaviour, the fan base, methods of transport, even the state of the grounds themselves, which like the rest of us start to look a bit tatty after the first half - century or so — had changed.

those league titles were achieved while David Dein was there mate.The point trophyhungry gonner is making is that whilst Wenger has been running everything we don't win much.When others who had more authority like Dein where there Wenger was more focused on the football

Meanwhile, some other powerful men were taking their own stand against press freedom in Zürich, Switzerland, where the headquarters of the world football authority Fifa is based.

Spain's La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid definitely seem to be favoured by the European football authorities and now it looks like the world governing body FIFA is getting in on the act.

Jose described us last year as play with two balls, play and scored some fantastic goals but asked football authority to play only from January to May.

The spineless football authorities will perhaps give him a token fine and a slap on the wrist, since they too are complicit in keeping the game from becoming honest and ethical.

However, since the Italian football authorities insisted that Juventus could not play their junior Primavera squad for the Super Cup trophy, the Bianconeri will take on AC Milan in Doha, Qatar during the winter break on December 23rd, 2016.

However, the Spanish football authorities denied the request and the Catalan giants were forced to play in an empty stadium to avoid a deduction of at least six points.

Say what you will he's no Viera and you don't have to be a world recognized football authority to see that...

This comes amid reports that his PSG debut could be delayed again as French football authorities have still not received clearance from the Spanish federation.

Earlier this month in a letter to the Brazilian Football authority said to club President Maria Bartomeu, they want Neymar for Copa America and also want to go to competition in the Olympic football.

Mr Wishart said: «The Labour government at Westminster is playing politics with the people's game by trying to force through a British Olympic football team with no regard for the views of the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland football authorities or the fans of all four home nations, who are united in their opposition to this daft and dangerous idea.

The Arsenal and Brazil international centre back Gabriel still has an FA charge to answer, despite the English football authorities» decision to uphold the club's appeal against the red card shown to him by Mike Dean at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

IF and I say IF, Arsenal are fined or excluded, they clearly have a strong case in law to sue the relevant football authority.

The carefully worded statement shows Downing Street wanted to put pressure on football authorities to clamp down on this type of behaviour, amid signs of a return to violence among fans.

The football authorities can not ignore this and if they do decide to act and call time on Dean's EPL career I reckon it has got to be seen as great news for the Gunners.

The football authorities only ever want an easy time, instead of curing all the cheating, which they have not the will or» balls» to act upon.

Arsenal subsequently lost the game 2 - 1 and Wenger admits he now needs to be more careful when he complains about the football authorities failing to take the drug situation seriously enough.

The Arsenal boss made sure to bring up that incident, as reported by ESPN, which the football world agreed should have seen Costa sent off, and to send a gentle reminder to the football authorities just what Costa is likely to be doing at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow, if he plays that is.

«But it's surely the duty of the football authorities to think of other solutions which consider the welfare of the players and this clearly hasn't happened.

We will have to wait and see just how hard the football authorities come down on Arsene Wenger, with the Frenchman up on a double FA charge for the comments that got him sent off by John Moss and then his actions in the aftermath, but if they decide that he did push the fourth official then it could be a heavy punishment.

What with all the scandal about FIFA and UEFA, with Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and many others being investigated for financial irregularities and it looking like all of the recent World Cup's have been bought, including the one held in Germany in 2006, it seems a bit rich for the football authorities to be taking players and managers to task.

Initially, the international fixture was expected to be called off, but in a bold act of defiance, the football authorities have opted to proceed with the match.

All you need is the will to apply it and that takes courage and honesty, something which has long time been in short supply in football authorities and admins.

The Premier League could have named our old friend Mike Dean as the man in the middle for the crucial title chasing clash with Leicester City, although after his shockingly bad and biased showing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the football authorities had to overturn his decisions and were left looking a bit foolish.

For me Mourinho's comments could easily get him into trouble by any football authority, including the FA, without a case of double standards being made out.

Arsenal fans are aware that the manager is going to put the domestic league games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match instead.

DO YOU NOT REALISE THAT IF THE FOOTBALL AUTHORITIES HAD THE SLIGHTEST DOUBT ABOUT HIS — OR ANY REFS - INTEGRITY, THE REF IN QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN DRUMMED OUT OF THE GAME TOUT SUITE?

It would not be the first time that Wenger and Arsenal did not get the decision they expected from the football authorities and so I feared that they might stick to the letter of the law and not allow Paulista a work permit as he had no full international caps with Brazil.

«Player welfare is paramount and it is increasingly important that the football authorities investigate further whether there are any potential risks associated with heading the ball, as this is a unique feature of our game.»

If as seems likely, Wenger is found guilty by the football authorities he will and should be harshly punished and deserve to be.

It could be either Arsene Wenger or Arsenal Football Club in general that some wise head from the English football authorities is not too keen on, to be honest, or maybe even the fact that they just love Chelsea or Antonio Conte.

La Liga president Javier Tebas had revealed that as the likely date in February, and the football authorities have now confirmed it.

This will help us put forward the views of Tottenham Hotspur fans as accurately as possible, and give us the best possible chance of influencing the Club and the football authorities.

La Liga president Javier Tebas had revealed that as the likely date in February, and the football authorities have now confirmed that it will be played on the third from last weekend of the domestic season.

They themselves are to take the matter to the football authorities in months to come, having been somewhat perversely denied by the Olympic people permission to take over the Olympic hockey stadium.

November 29 — Qatar's national coach has threatened to resign if a plan being considered by the country's football authorities to exclude naturalised players from the squad is carried out.

It was undoubtedly a bad thing to do, but Suarez and many others feel the 10 game ban handed down by the football authorities was completely over the top and was fuelled by the press coverage.

The football authorities across Europe felt this would fatally undermine the footballing economy and remove the incentive for clubs to invest in developing players.