Soccer Really Can Pong

Herefordshire based Quentin Letts had added his voice to the Bulls cause in his latest Daily Mail column.

Here in the Marches, fans of Hereford United FC are aghast. The League Two club, close to relegation, have been docked three precious points for a tiny bureaucratic error. Another team guilty of the same crime on the same day were docked just one point. Why the disparity?

Hereford MP Jesse Norman, a key Cameroon, issues an unusually angry statement.

He sees a ‘dodgy decision’ by the League and wants the Commons Culture committee to investigate. It is already inspecting football after Sports Minister Hugh Robertson called it the worst-run sport in Britain. Soccer really can pong.

The team benefiting most from Hereford’s points loss are Barnet. The panel which punished Hereford was chaired by a Nigerian barrister, Ike Ehiribe. Meanwhile, I see that the League’s main board includes Anthony Kleanthous. He is owner of Barnet FC.

Nothing unklean here, I’m sure.

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