Aussies cheating with World Cup 2022 bid?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/30/fifa-australia-world-cup-bid
Interesting article, are Aussie trying to pull a Gold Coast on their World Cup bid? Or is this all just a bit of mud slinging?
Interesting article, are Aussie trying to pull a Gold Coast on their World Cup bid? Or is this all just a bit of mud slinging?
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Same old Aussies...
Three for me, and two for them.
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I hope I'm not the only one who is hugely shocked and disappointed by this fiasco.
This is FIFA we are talking about, a few cuff links are not a suitable bribe for such a huge and powerful organization. Where are the brown envelopes stuffed with cash? The girls and speedboats?
Australia you've let me down.
This is FIFA we are talking about, a few cuff links are not a suitable bribe for such a huge and powerful organization. Where are the brown envelopes stuffed with cash? The girls and speedboats?
Australia you've let me down.
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The problem is Aus take a beating for this while the other contenders domp hundreds of thousands and don't get called out.
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"It also alleged that gifts of pearl necklaces and cufflinks were
presented at a 2008 dinner for Fifa officials at the home of the
Football Federation Australia chairman, Frank Lowy, when Australia was
hosting the Fifa congress."
I never knew the moral standards of the FFA had dropped so low.
I never knew the moral standards of the FFA had dropped so low.
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I would be shocked if every other bidding country wasn't doing similar.
a.haak
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christ. it's no naive to think that this wouldn't happen in every other bid. biddings for world cups olympics are notorious for cheeky bribing and gifts and it's a great shame that australia, an outsider, are the ones called out on it.
i imagine the reaction in here would be different if it was an australia-nz joint bid
i imagine the reaction in here would be different if it was an australia-nz joint bid
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Maybe it was just a big sex fest with news of pearl necklaces and cuffs!! :) Wouldnt put it pass the aussies to try something like that. They are out to screw everyone. Ha ha. 
TSMA2010-07-02 00:54:01
TSMA2010-07-02 00:54:01
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christ. it's no naive to think that this wouldn't happen in every other bid. biddings for world cups olympics are notorious for cheeky bribing and gifts and it's a great shame that australia, an outsider, are the ones called out on it.
i imagine the reaction in here would be different if it was an australia-nz joint bid
How would it differ? Everyones reaction has been pretty much the same as yours.i imagine the reaction in here would be different if it was an australia-nz joint bid
Allegedly
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yeah i appreciate that but there's always a few flogs
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Anyone who's surprised by this has been living under a rock.
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Same old Aussies...
One should not always believe what one reads.
Sunday Mail 4th July.
Australia's World Cup bid have been cleared of allegations of dual accounts and are in turn threatening Fairfax newspapers with legal action over the claims.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Same old Aussies...
One should not always believe what one reads.
Sunday Mail 4th July.
Australia's World Cup bid have been cleared of allegations of dual accounts and are in turn threatening Fairfax newspapers with legal action over the claims.
Allegedly
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Cheap w**kers.
Hell, I'll give em a house on the sunny Kapiti coast if they have the world cup in Australia.
Needs a bit of doing up, but she'll be right.
Hell, I'll give em a house on the sunny Kapiti coast if they have the world cup in Australia.
Needs a bit of doing up, but she'll be right.
We will never fully decide who has won the football.
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I heard on the radio this morning that the oceania football president might be selling his votes for the world cup bids to fund a sports academy. oh dear.
story here http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=184180
Oceanic62010-10-17 13:00:32
story here http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=184180
Oceanic62010-10-17 13:00:32
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I heard on the radio this morning that the oceania football president might be selling his votes for the world cup bids to fund a sports academy. oh dear.
story here http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=184180
story here http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=184180
Isn't that just how FIFA works?
I know, I know, its serious!
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