aj cougar wrote:
Did we deserve promotion in 1995? Yes.
Did we get it? No
Is rugby league the most abysmally run "professional" sport going ? Yep.
I'm afraid Football win that hands down.
Changing the rules mid-competition to seed the World Cup playoffs so France would get an easier draw.
Not having a 3rd game between Ireland and France despite FIFA priding themselves on fair play.
Sepp Blatter mocking Irelands attempts to become team 33.
The Hand of God goal.
Harold Schumacher's unpunished challenge on Patric Battiston in Spain 82 semi.
The reducing of Paulo Rossi's 3 year ban for his part in the Totonero betting scandal to 2 years so he could play in Spain 82. He went on to score 6 goals including a famous hat-trick in the quarter final against Brazil as they went to on to lift the World Cup.
The $1bn aid package sent from Argentina to Peru coinciding with a 6-0 win which sent the Argentinians through on goal difference in their own tournament in 1978 (they went on to win the whole thing).
Football makes those idiots at Red Hall look like geniuses.
