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Karl
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Karl
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - Aug 05 2003 : 7:49:21 PM
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Originally posted by Karl
http://www.fifa.com/en/development/goal/index.html
http://images.fifa.com/fifa/handbook/goal/goal_regulations.pdf
Goal Bureau
By Mohammed Bin Hammam
Chairman of the Goal Bureau
Football's astonishing popularity across the globe stems from its simplicity and universal language. It unites race, religion and social class - everyone is equal once they step onto the field of play. But while some countries can boast of high-tech stadiums and state-of-the-art national association headquarters, others have to make do with weather-affected pitches and cramped offices. FIFA's Goal Programme seeks to educate and support those national associations by providing aid for tailor-made projects in order to further develop football in the country concerned.
Everybody has a dream. It was FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter who, in his 1998 presidential campaign, had the idea to introduce the Goal Programme. And I supported him wholeheartedly to realise this dream, starting with a brick, to build a house of football in each of our 204 national associations. A long shot maybe, but today, four years after the Goal Programme was born at the FIFA Extraordinary Congress in Los Angeles, we have taken a giant stride towards that goal.
The projects might be headquarters, a technical centre, football pitches, renovation of existing facilities or could be all of them together but in stages - in any case something real and stable which will remain and from which football and mainly the youth can benefit from. But this is a never-ending process, and therefore the respective national associations are also called to work hard to try to obtain further support from the authorities, private or commercial partners.
Today, across all six continents, the football facilities urgently needed by our players, not least the youngsters, are sprouting up everywhere, financed largely by Goal with occasional injections from the Financial Assistance Programme.
There is still a lot to do to truly balance planet football and we cannot afford to sit back now, but we may still feel a little proud of our initial success and proud of FIFA - our family home.
For the Good of the Game!
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Edited by - Karl on Aug 09 2003 08:39:59 AM |
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The Goal Programme
