This Sepp Blatter character !

Buzzcock · 31st May 2011, 10:51 AM

Starting to sound more and more like a Nazi war criminal at Nuremberg. He'll be claiming that he was only following ze orders he voz given next .

Bollotti · 31st May 2011, 10:54 AM

How him and his cronies are in charge of world football beggars belief

Buzzcock · 31st May 2011, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bollotti

How him and his cronies are in charge of world football beggars belief

It's like the last days of the 3rd Reich with a comedy accent !

Parkmaverick · 31st May 2011, 11:06 AM

The following makes it sound more like an episode of allo allo!

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Blatter was born in Visp, Canton Valais, Switzerland. He studied in Sion, Switzerland before he received a degree in business and economics from the University of Lausanne in 1959.

Blatter has a long and varied history including posts such as Head of Public Relations of the Valaisan Tourist Board in his native Switzerland, as well as General Secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. He was Director of Sports Timing and Relations of Longines S.A. and was involved in the organization of the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. In the early 1970s, Blatter was elected president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, an organisation which tried to stop women replacing suspender belts with pantyhose.[2][3][4] Blatter first entered the world of Football in 1973 as president of The Zurich Brown Shirts, though ultimately failed to obtain the required funding and gain enough attention through various large rallies in order to turn the 'club' fully professional.[5]

Since 1975 Blatter has been working at FIFA, first as Technical Director (1975–1981), then General Secretary (1981–1998) before his election as FIFA President in 1998. He was re-elected as head of FIFA in 2002 and was re-elected unopposed for another four years on 31 May 2007 even though only 66 of 207 FIFA members nominated him