Chantelle Tagoe backs Bristol charity film festival

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Chantelle Tagoe backs Bristol charity film festival Unchosen is the name of a Bristol-based charity whose aim is to raise public awareness of the ongoing proliferation of human trafficking in Europe and the rest of the world.  The charity has organized a film festival, now in its third year, and this year they have a new patron.

Chantelle Tagoe, a high-profile WAG who’s engaged to Emile Heskey of the Reds, is joining up with film directors Ken Loach and Nick Bloomfield for this year’s festival.  Chantelle got involved after a visit to South Africa during a BBC documentary called ‘WAGS, Kids and World Cup Dreams’.  She said that Unchosen is doing valuable work and that she is pleased to be invited to join them in bringing the horrors of enforced child labour and prostitution to the attention of the British public.

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The Football Association reportedly spent £17m in order to move to Wembley out of Soho Square.  It is thought that the FA was forced to move after Setanata the TV giant fell which increased the tariff of the building which was too much financial pressure for the FA when they could not find a new occupant.

New accounts revealed at the end of this week are thought to bring further light to just how much the move actually cost the FA, however, in the future the move is predicted to save the FA about £4.5m annually.

Previously the FA was thought to have paid over £30m to its subsidiary the Wembley National Stadium Limited over the course of 2009 with another £20m expected to have to be paid in 2010 and 2011.  This amount is expected to drop down to £12m in 2012 and 2013.

Did a team of imposters play international match

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Did a team of imposters play international match It is possible that a fake Togo team played a football match against Bahrain this month.  Togo football authorities are exploring the possibility that imposters lost a 3-0 match to Bahrain.  This is confirmed by the fact that Togo says it never sent its national team to play a game against Bahrain on 7 September at the national stadium in Riffa.

FIFA has been asked to investigate.

Bahrain officials said that nothing appeared unseemly in the arrangement of the match, as it was all done through the usual channels and with the services of an agent they have known for a long time.

It wasn’t until play actually began that the Bahrain team noticed peculiarities.  The alleged Togo imposters seemed unfit to play the entire ninety minutes and the poor quality of their performance was surprising.  The Bahrain team won easily and found the game to be boring.

Bahrain Football Association spokesmen report that all procedures and processes where handled entirely up to proper guidelines, with the Togolese players even providing their passports.

Togo’s sports minister, Christophe Tchao, said that no one in his country new anything about the match and vowed to determine exactly what had happened.

Meanwhile, Bahrain Head Coach, Josef Hickersberger, expressed dismay and irritation over the situation.  He had wanted to get good practice in for his team as they prepare to participate in the West Asian Championship.  He felt the match with the fake Togo team was nothing more than wasted effort and opportunity.

MPs loose patience with football

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MPs loose patience with football MPs are asking the government to take a closer look at the way football is governed as they asked the government to support its promise to push for rule reform in terms of ownerships, football financing, and involvement by supporters.

Labour MP Steve Rotheram led the lively debate which took place in Westminster Hall, which is nearby to both Goodison Park and Anfield Park.

It was possibly one of the most attended debates held at this location in the last few decades as the Manchester United Supporters Trust actively recruited MPs attendance by sending out handwritten letters of invitation and concern.

Although the debate itself was in no way a definite sign that new legislation would be worked into the books, the fact that so many MPs were in attendance at the open session signalled that MPs are willing to listen to what the football community has to say.

Among those who travelled to Westminster Hall for the event were the former Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson, and former Sports Ministers Kate Hoey and Gerry Sutcliffe.

The debate was just one more piece in the movement that is aimed to make the Premier League and the Football Association reign in the large amount of debt that is now found throughout English football teams which has upset many supporters within major football cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Portsmouth, and many others.  It also was an opportunity to see what Sports Minister Robertson had to say on the issue after promising his supporters that he would help reform the football governance rules.