Gary Winston Lineker is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer. Lineker is the only player to have been the top goalscorer in England with three clubs:Leicester City,Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played for Barcelona in Spain,and won 80 caps for England. He finished his career as England's second top international goalscorer. He has presented the BBC's flagship football show,Match of the Day,since 1999.
Joseph Sepp Blatter is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of the FIFA corruption case made public that year,and will remain banned until 2027.
The Football Association is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey,Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863,it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe,Cheshire,England. The team compete in League Two,the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of the town's links with the rail industry,and also commonly known as 'The Alex',they have played at Gresty Road since 1906. The supporters' fiercest rivalry is with Staffordshire-based side Port Vale.
Southampton Football Club is an English professional football club based in Southampton,Hampshire,that competes in the EFL Championship,the second tier of English football. Its home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium,before which it was based at The Dell. The team play in red and white shirts. They have been nicknamed "The Saints" because of the club's beginnings as a church football team at St Mary's Church. Southampton shares a long-standing South Coast derby rivalry with Portsmouth,in part due to geographic proximity and both cities' respective maritime histories.
Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. Playing as a striker,he made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League over an 18-year career,and represented England in international football. He also had a spell in Australia,playing for the A-League club Newcastle Jets.
Gregory Dyke is a British media executive,football administrator,journalist,and broadcaster. Since the 1960s,Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting,and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s,he held chief executive positions at LWT Group,Pearson Television,and Channel 5.
The FootballAssociation of Iceland is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947,joined FIFA the same year,and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league,Úrvalsdeild,and the Iceland men's national football team and Iceland women's national football team. It is based in Reykjavík.
Jack Austin Warner is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician,businessman,and former football executive. Warner was Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011. He is also the former Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and was an elected member of the country's parliament from 2007 to 2015. He was also the owner of Joe Public F.C.,a professional football club in Tunapuna,Trinidad and Tobago. Warner has been implicated in numerous corruption scandals and was banned for life from football related activities by FIFA in 2015. He currently faces extradition to the United States to face corruption charges.
David Barry Dein is a British businessman,known for being a former co-owner and vice-chairman of Arsenal Football Club,and former vice-chairman of the Football Association.
Kasper Peter Schmeichel is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Denmark national team.
Sir David Gerald Richards was the chairman of the FA Premier League,member of the Football Association's (FA) Board,chairman of the FA's international committee,president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation,chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee,and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Racism in association football is the abuse of players,officials,and fans because of their skin colour,nationality,or ethnicity. Some may also be targeted because of their association with an opposing team,but there have also been instances of individuals being targeted by their own fans. The topic of racism in association football has been widely covered by the media as well as academic studies. There have been a range of responses by various associations,such as FIFA and UEFA,as well as by teams,and individual players and managers to address the problem.
David Alan Gill is a British football executive,formerly chief executive of Manchester United and a vice-chairman of The Football Association. He served as vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee until the G-14 was disbanded. He sits on the UEFA Executive Committee as of 2013. Gill was elected as a FIFA Vice-President sitting on the FIFA Council in 2015;rejecting this position in protest at Sepp Blatter until Blatter announced his resignation as FIFA President,following the 2015 FIFA corruption case.
Karl Samuel Oyston is an English businessman and the former chairman of Blackpool Football Club. Oyston took over the chairmanship at Blackpool from his mother,Vicki Oyston,in 1999. Mrs Oyston had taken over three years earlier when her husband Owen,Karl's father,was jailed for six years in 1996 for rape and indecent assault. The Sunday Times Rich List listed the Oystons' wealth at £100 million.
Andrew Woodward is an English former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Crewe Alexandra,Bury,Sheffield United,Scunthorpe United and Halifax Town. Later a serving police officer,dismissed for gross misconduct in November 2016,he shortly after revealed he had been a victim of child sexual abuse,writing a book about his experiences.
Jamie Richard Vardy is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains EFL Championship club Leicester City.
Riyad Karim Mahrez is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and captains the Algeria national team.
A child sexual abuse scandal involving the abuse of young players at football clubs in the United Kingdom began in mid-November 2016. The revelations began when former professional footballers waived their rights to anonymity and talked publicly about being abused by former coaches and scouts in the 1970s,1980s and 1990s. This led to a surge of further allegations,as well as allegations that some clubs had covered them up.
The sexual abuse scandal at Crewe Alexandra F.C. concerned child sexual abuse by former football coach Barry Bennell while employed at English professional football club Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s. While Bennell had been convicted for sex offences in the US in 1994 and in the UK in 1998,fresh allegations were made in November 2016,initially relating to Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City. The scandal then rapidly extended as allegations were made about numerous other abusers at many other UK football clubs. The Football Association,football clubs and police forces quickly established various inquiries and investigations;by July 2018,300 suspects were reported to have been identified by 849 alleged victims,with 2,807 incidents involving 340 different clubs.
