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Article: Brian Reede's sports column: Arise Sir John the voice of soccer sanity.(Sport)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2000
- Author:
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FOOTBALL has always been more than a willing patsy for government smokescreens.
Twice a year, media-friendly stars are lured to Buckingham Palace where three letters are thrown after their names for "services to football", which ensures their grinning top-hatted gob makes the "And Finally" bit of the ITV news, while the Prime Minister's rich, bribing cronies sneak out the tradesman's entrance clutching a seat in the House of Lords.
The whole antiquated, kow- towing spectacle is almost as depressing as watching our foremost footballing knight of the realm ...
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... ... they are leaked. For his sake, let's hope that isn't the case here. It is expected that he will retire if asked to "arise Sir Bruce" and that will pave the way to speculation as to who will replace him on his current show. Paul O'Grady, alias Lilly ...
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