• World Cup expands to 48 teams: FIFA corruption or diversification?

    Last week FIFA voted to expand the World Cup from 32 teams to 48. This has raised much debate across the footballing world with many fans adamant that the decision was made for the financial gain of FIFA councillors and the organisation as a whole – and to the...
  • Out With The Old, In With The… Old?

    Football’s international governing body, FIFA, recently announced the list of candidates who have been accepted to challenge for the FIFA presidency and the right to step in to the corrupt and broken shoes of outgoing President Sepp Blatter. Seven men applied, with five having been provisionally approved. They may...
  • FIFA Elections: Running the Rule Over The Field

    The deadline for candidates to announce their intention to stand for the FIFA presidency passed today, and it seems as if a six (in reality five) horse field has been assembled. One of those is of course the current incumbent of the office, that mendacious old nag Sepp Blatter....
  • The Corruption is Dead! Long Live The Corruption

    With the news that Michael Garcia, the leading investigator into the FIFA World Cup Bidding Process for 2018 and 2022, has denounced the report written by Hans-Joachim Eckert based on his findings as “erroneous”, Matt investigates whether the FIFA leadership can survive this latest embarrassment. Sepp Blatter. The name...