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Sepp Blatter - Understanding the legacy of the man who ruled football for 17 years
Sounds a bit patronizing doesn’t it?
As they learn something of administration...”! Sheesh– that’s the kind of thing you would expect an old British soldier with a colonial hangover to say while sitting around sharing a few drinks with his mates, right? So when Stanley Rous – an old British soldier with a colonial hangover, if ever there was one - said as much a few months after his beloved England had lifted the Jules Rimet trophy, it wasn’t much of a surprise. In the grand scheme of things, it really shouldn’t have mattered all that much.
Except for one small thing; Sir Stanley Ford Rous, CBE, was no ordinary British gentleman. He was President of FIFA and the most powerful man in the world football at the time.
http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/...tball-17-years
"Football in Africa is increasing in leaps and bounds. As they learn something of administration we shall hear much more from them." – Sir Stanley Ford Rous, CBE
As they learn something of administration...”! Sheesh– that’s the kind of thing you would expect an old British soldier with a colonial hangover to say while sitting around sharing a few drinks with his mates, right? So when Stanley Rous – an old British soldier with a colonial hangover, if ever there was one - said as much a few months after his beloved England had lifted the Jules Rimet trophy, it wasn’t much of a surprise. In the grand scheme of things, it really shouldn’t have mattered all that much.
Except for one small thing; Sir Stanley Ford Rous, CBE, was no ordinary British gentleman. He was President of FIFA and the most powerful man in the world football at the time.
http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/...tball-17-years
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