Four Four Two - UK (2020-11)

UPFROnT

Role

President

Look

Style

Innovation

Legacy

Election

FIFA (2016-)

RealMadrid

(2000-06,

2009-)

FIFA

(1998-2015)

Atletico

Madrid

(1987-2003)

UEFA(2016-)

GIANNI

INFANTINO

FLORENTINO

PEREZ

SEPP

BLATTER

JESUS

GIL

ALEKSANDER

CEFERIN

Third member

of Right

Said Fred

DavidCameron

in 30 years

DannyDeVito,

butSwiss

RafaBenitez’s

older,balder,

fatterbrother

Slovenian

Bondvillain

Expanding

World Cup

to 48 teams

for 2026.

Yippee...

Payinghuge

sumsforhuge

names– if only

someone

hadthought

ofit before

TurningFIFA

intothemost

unpopular

organisation

onEarth.Some

achievement

Shuttingdown

Atletiacademy,

allowingRaul

tomoveto

Real.Oops...

Champions

Leaguefinals

tournament.

Barcelona

werebigfans

Genial uncle

turned overlord

GrandDukeof

theGalacticos

Tryingnotto

getshowered

inbanknotes

byLeeNelson

Irritable–

wentthrough

39 bosses

in 16 years

Once

accidentally

smiled,vowed

nottorepeatit

Happytimes

inEurope,

plusa pig’s

headincident

• muchlike
  Cameron,then

Ridingaround

Madridon

elephantwhen

Atletiwonthe

title.Asgood

a timeasany

Qatar

2022,plus

praisefrom

RichardKeys.

Yousmashed

it,Sepp

Aninspiration

tostony-faced

Slovenians

everywhere

It’snotonlytheUSthatholdspresidentialelections

• inLaLiga,thewinnerendsupridinganelephant...

Defeated the

mighty Jerome

Champagne

and Tokyo

Sexwale

Ousted

LorenzoSanz,

unopposedfor

secondstint

Wonfive

terms,seeing

offLennart

Johansson,

IssaHayatou

andthepolice

Victorious

afterdeathof

oldnemesis,

Vicente

Calderon

Victoryover

Dutchman

Michael

vanPraag

THE FOOTBALL GRID

Playing 3,

legends

matches

every year.

Gianni loves

a kickabout

WHO ARE YA?

Kevin Day

(Bloomsbury, £14.99)

OOOOO

Blending nostalgia, under the

radar knowledge and popular

culture, comedian Kevin Day

reviews the idiosyncrasies of

all current 92 League clubs,

explaining why you shouldn’t

support each of them.

Day is at his best with more

off-beat offerings, including the

disputed origins of the terms

‘Mackem’ and ‘Geordie’, and

Leicester’s ‘whirl and switch’

tactics during the freezing

winter of 1962-63, which saw

them dubbed the Ice Kings.

He also paints an affectionate

pen portrait of Birmingham’s

bearded ’60s star Trevor Hockey,

about whom ITV commentator

Hugh Johns would invariably

comment, “Hockey was letting

him know he was there”, as he

scythed down another foe.

Day laments Brentford’s move

from Griffin Park – with a pub

on each corner – to their ultra

modern “stadium campus”,

and muses that, for all their

recent success, swathes of

Manchester City fans still view

the club’s third-tier play-off

final victory over Gillingham as

their most cherished memory.

An entertaining romp through

the back alleys and glamour

parks of English football.

Jon Spurling

REQUIRED

READInG

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “One of us can do the

fighting, the other can do the biting” – Diego

Costa welcomes Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid

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