WORLD FOOTBALL IN CRISIS AS BLATTER IS RELECTED FIFA
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Sepp Blatter is given flowers tonight after 'winning' the one-man election
Wednesday June 1,2011
By Geoff Marsh for Express.co.uk
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as president of FIFA after the Football Association’s attempt to block the vote ended in heavy defeat and vengeful recriminations.
Blatter, 75, will serve for another four years until 2015 when he has previously promised he will step down.
England now look isolated in world football after their attempt to stop the election was defeated by 172 votes to 17, with a further 17 abstentions.
Even Wales and Northern Ireland voted against England, while the fall-out saw several powerful figures in football line up to attack the FA.
A secret ballot saw Blatter, left as the only candidate for the presidency following Mohamed Bin Hammam’s withdrawal on Sunday hours before he was provisionally banned on bribery charges, re-elected with 186 votes and 17 abstentions.
Blatter, who had earlier announced a new system of choosing World Cup hosts with all 208 FIFA nations voting instead of the 24-man executive committee, told the Congress: “I thank you for your trust and confidence from the bottom of my heart and together we will have four more years - provided the Lord gives me the life, the energy and the strength to continue on our path.
England now look isolated in world football after their attempt to stop the election was defeated by 172 votes to 17, with a further 17 abstentions.
Even Wales and Northern Ireland voted against England, while the fall-out saw several powerful figures in football line up to attack the FA.
A secret ballot saw Blatter, left as the only candidate for the presidency following Mohamed Bin Hammam’s withdrawal on Sunday hours before he was provisionally banned on bribery charges, re-elected with 186 votes and 17 abstentions.
Blatter, who had earlier announced a new system of choosing World Cup hosts with all 208 FIFA nations voting instead of the 24-man executive committee, told the Congress: “I thank you for your trust and confidence from the bottom of my heart and together we will have four more years - provided the Lord gives me the life, the energy and the strength to continue on our path.
 England is always complaining, so please, I say, will you leave the FIFA family alone  |
FIFA senior vice-president Julio Grondona |
“I’m happy today we were once again able to bring solidarity and unity into FIFA.”
In a reference to proposed reforms to clean up world football, he added: “We shall move forward, we will put FIFA’s ship back on the right course in clear, transparent waters. We need some time, we cannot do it overnight, but we will do it.”
Blatter also announced an extraordinary congress will be held to examine proposals for other reforms, and that an independent chairman of the ethics committee - the watchdog group set up in 2006 to deal with claims of malpractice in FIFA - will be elected by the Congress.
FA chairman David Bernstein said his organisation’s move had been worthwhile and insisted they had not suffered for sticking their head above the parapet
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