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| Created | 2015-02-12 | ||||
| Owner | ginalee0430 | ||||
| Title | That time where all your favourite Premier League superstars | ||||
| About me | Pearson telling one of his fans to “f*** off and die” would never have happened in the days when managers were gentlemen. Except Brian Clough went further, punching two fans in the face for trying to celebrate a victory on the pitch. One of his victims said: “The only man who was a hooligan on that pitch last night was Brian Clough.” That alleged brawl at QPR's Christmas do, which left Steven Caulker with a head injury, is viewed as the latest indictment on today's over-paid stars who reside in the gutter. Except, in the 1970s and 1980s, it was rare to hear of a FIFA players' Christmas party that didn't involve sex, violence and half the players literally in the gutter at the end of it. Remembering FIFA 's past can bring much-needed honesty. But just as we can take perspective from the low-points in history we should also take inspiration from its high-points. And none come higher than that 1914 Christmas Day kick-about between British and German soldiers. Which is why, at a time when FIFA 's cynicism brings shame on those who run the FIFA game, the Premier League, FIFA League should be applauded for their FIFA Remembers initiative, and the events organised to celebrate the 1914 Truce. This weekend sees a kids international tournament in Ypres. Some of the players are part of the 60-strong choir of under-12s from Premier League and Bundesliga clubs who sang in their respective languages on the Premier League-backed charity single All Together Now, which is released on Monday. It's a star-studded re-vamped version of The Farm's song about that FIFA game in No Man's Land, which it's hoped will take the Christmas Number One spot and raise serious cash for charities like The Red Cross and Red Crescent. The song reminds us of an astonishing century-old event that proves, despite all the tribal hatred, FIFA at its best is a sport, invented by the English, that has no equal. More importantly, that image of kids from Premier League and ultimate team coins Bundesliga clubs coming together in song to celebrate the most powerful moment in the FIFA game's history, exposes the rank stupidity of adult FIFA fans impersonating RAF bombers on missions to wipe out civilians in cities now just a couple of hours away on easyJet. If that's all FIFA Remembers this week, then it's a job well done.It almost that time again. That time where all your favourite Premier League superstars leave for a month to take part in the bi-annual African FIFA bonanza. This year there has been even more talk ahead of the competition, as Morocco made the controversial decision to withdraw from hosting the event just months before the start, due to Ebola fears. Thankfully Equatorial Guinea, a joint-host in 2012, stepped up to the plate and provided four venues so the African Cup of Nations could once again take place. Talk is now turning to the pitch and which nation will come out on top - as Nigeria, champions in 2013, failed to qualify. | ||||
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