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Foul!: The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew Jennings
Publisher: HarperCollinsWillow
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 20740
Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0007208693
EAN: 9780007208692
ASIN: 0007208693
Publication Date: April 16, 2007
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 Love football? Please read this! July 29, 2008
Mr. Louis Akindele (London)
If you love football and have an interest in the running of the game then you must read this book. It will truly open your eyes to a vast array of underhanded dealings going on at the very highest level with the very people who control the peoples sport.
After reading this book you realise that those people at the top have got there not through being the best people for the job and the people who care most about the sport. On the contrary these organisations such as FIFA and UEFA display the highest form of nepotism possible. People are kept in power through a friends and old boys union of power which is almost inbreakable. While the grass roots of the beautiful game struggle for funds the FIFA heads drive around in chauffer driven cars and charge their every move to the FIFA account funded by....yes you the grassroots football player.
Its heartbreaking discovering the level of curruption that exists in these organisations and I'd recommend as many people as possible read this book so more publicity is brought to this fact and something can be done about it.
Since this book was published one of the biggest and worst characters unveiled in this book who is demonstrated in these pages to be breaking several FIFA rules in his every action has simply been promoted and now stands as FIFA Vice president. Something needs to be done.
A Must Read for Football Fans..... July 12, 2008
P. Heaphy (Dublin)
This book is fantastic. Anybody with any interest in football has to read it. It is very easy to read and all the "accusations" Andrew makes are easily proved and it makes a lot of sense. Brillant book.
Simply Brilliant June 15, 2008
B. Clist (Winchester, UK)
A wonderfully incisive book that cuts through all the PR and grandstanding of FIFA to look at what really goes on at the very heart of the organisation. It is impeccably researched and the almost story like way in which it is written makes it a very easy read.
You will never be able to look at FIFA in the same way again after you read this book.
 Capitalism in Football... February 5, 2008
Ogun Eratalay
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is about the entry of big money into football. The rest is not unusual: When capitalism enters a field it brings with itself large amounts of unaccounted for money, double dealing, political judgements, doping, vote rigging etc. The world football governing body is as corrupted as any other institution playing with money. Money laundring, political gain, sponsorship all follow in. The great game which the workers started now is reachable to them only on pay-to-watch TV stations. The important names to be found in the book are Dassler family, Sepp Blatter, Samaranch, coup leaders of Argentina, Coca Cola etc. Thumbs up for Andrew Jennings who unveiled the infamous circle.
Incessant yet Revealing July 27, 2007
Mr. J. T. Scahill (Sheffield, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If this book is true, then the world's favourite game has been a farce since FIFA got advert-wise in the 80s. Blatter is bent, so was the guy before him- lots of scandal, money where it shouldn't be, and a dodgy carribbean football chief make for an interesting and fast read
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