Football Controversies

Football Controversies

Got an assignment on changes in sport.

What about Charlie Dempsey refraining from voting on the 2006 World Cup? That had worldwide repercussions

Yeah, that would be a good one. Thanks for that.

Maradona's Hand of God?

the "was it a goal" in the '66 world cup for england

George Graham - Arsenal -> Tottenham

Harry Redknapp - Southampton -> Pompey

Or even Mike Ashley at the Toon at the moment

All Whites qualifying game against, I think, Kuwait at Mt Smart Stadium on the way to the 1982 World Cup.  The seemingly biased ref awards a penalty to Kuwait.  A spectator rushed the ref & threw a bottle/can at him.  Penalty was taken & was saved by Richard Wilson.  Ref was escorted off after the game by security/police.  Details a little hazy after all these years.

Tottenham missing out on a CL spot in 06 because they were supposedly food poisoned by chefs who they claimed were Arsenal supporters.

People crushed to death at the Sheffield Wednesday home ground after a rush of non ticket holders entering the ground.

Americans buying English football clubs

jack charlton's little black book

Those POW's coming back from 4-0 down to draw with the Germans and Sylvester Stallone saving that penalty.  Oh, hang on.....

I can lone you the DVD of that one... lot's of Ipswich connections.

There sure was HN. What about the biggest conspiracy of all - 1995 Rugby World Cup in SA when allegedly "Nurse Suzie" food poisoned the All Blacks before the final.

1988 when a supreme St Pats under 15 side smashed a hapless Mirimar Rangers 20-1.

Their one goal was in fact scored by one of our players when we swapped a few players over with them after they conceded at half time, when the score was 15-0.

"the football war"

Eric Cantona dropkicking a bloke in the crowd at Crystal Palace for yelling racist taunts?

The cost of EPL tickets.

Football: opium of the masses? (perhaps disqualified, as you asked for changes in football)

Billionaire owners.HarryHotspur2008-09-17 13:46:50

Andreas Escobar being shot after scoring an own goal in the 1994 World Cup that knocked Colombia out.

Although I'm led to believe there's more to that story than just that.

The role of Agents in football transfers.

The establishment of 'feeder clubs'

Kraut goalkeeper Toni Schumacher ending Patrick Batiston's career in the '82 World Cup and getting away with it 

Jag2008-09-17 14:59:53

Three words: Big Jock Knew.

Just like to point out that I'm not a Hun or a Tim....just a Wum.

If you are interested in doing any serious football research at all you have to start here:
http://www.sportdevelopment.org.uk/Rough_Guide_to_Football.pdf

And check out the unbelievably comprehensive football bibliography at the same site:
http://www.sportdevelopment.org.uk/Football_Bibliography_2007.pdf

Another good site is this one, packed with factsheets on a range of interesting topics:
http://www.le.ac.uk/sociology/css/resources/factsheets/index.html

Some potentially great topics about controversial changes in football are:

- The birth of the Premier League (also check out The Beautiful Game? Searching For The Soul Of Football by David Conn to get the full low-down on that one)

- The Taylor Report and the introduction of all-seater stadiums

- The Bosman ruling

You'll find information on all of those subjects and more at the links above.

I've also always loved the theory that hooliganism in the UK died off as a direct result of the rise of rave culture ie. that everyone was too f*cked up on drugs to be bothered fighting anymore. But you'll probably only find anecdotal evidence to support that one! (although according to the factsheet on hooliganism Gilman published a paper on this in 1994).

terminator_x2008-09-17 16:17:49

bruce grobbelaar's 'match fixing'

Anyone got the name of that Fijian goalie who was denied entry to NZ last year?

Saudi Arabia 0 NZ 5 on our World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Saudi team were told to lose the match

Cdr Bainarama

Lonegunmen2008-09-17 22:00:20

William Webb Elllis has a brain explosion and throws the rule book out the window
aka 'the hand of the devil' incident-

 changed football forever, oh no hang on

(Aside to that.)
Loads of the organised thugs, ICF for example, were turning up at raves (places like Labyrinth) and stealing the takings. As one guy said to me "load of easy cash and then get all loved up".