Who is football really being run for?
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The real stories from the boardrooms, told by the people who pay for the tickets. The facts are sourced. The sarcasm is free. Satire is always labelled.
Football is run by people who rarely answer to the people who fill the stands.
FCKFIFA is an independent publication holding football's institutions to account — FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League and club owners — through investigations, sharp opinion, supporter voices and campaigns.
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Top of the league, six from six, and no idea whether any of it counts. Here's how to cope.
D. McGrain · · 1 min read
Liverpool, Arsenal and the rest: you've been vindicated. Your prize is to wait an unspecified amount of time to find out what that means.
D. McGrain · · 1 min read
Read →City lodged their appeal on 1 October. The hearing is private, no sanction has been set, and the club still denies wrongdoing.
FCKFIFA News · · Source: Premier League and Manchester City official statements
Read →FCKFIFA News · · Source: The Times (Martyn Ziegler) and Inside World Football
Read →FCKFIFA News · · Source: The Guardian and PA Media
Read →FCKFIFA News · · Source: City AM
Read →News desk
City lodged their appeal on 1 October. The hearing is private, no sanction has been set, and the club still denies wrongdoing.
FCKFIFA News · · Source: Premier League and Manchester City official statements
A letter copied to the FIFA Council, reported by The Times and Inside World Football, also says questions about FIFA Forward Enterprise must be answered at Thursday's meeting.
FCKFIFA News · · Source: The Times (Martyn Ziegler) and Inside World Football
The Independent Football Regulator is required by law to report on the game's finances. Leaks suggest a bleak picture; the report itself is not yet public.
FCKFIFA News · · Source: The Guardian and PA Media
Paraag Marathe told a sports business conference he has been thinking about airline-style pricing. The club has announced no scheme.
FCKFIFA News · · Source: City AM
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