by Tom Bower
and Mail on Sunday article 144–6
World Cup bid and 223
Blanc, Laurent 307, 343
Blatter, Sepp 24, 184, 186, 224–5
Bleidelis, Imants 301
Blue Arrow 43, 56
Boca Juniors FC 176–7
Bonas, Roger 75
Bonds, Billy 246
Boogers, Marco 246
Bosman ruling 253–4
Bosnich, Mark 29–30
Bournemouth FC 244–5
Bowyer, Lee 347–8, 356
trial of, on assault charge 348–9
Bradbury, Lee 167, 174–5
Bradford tragedy 138–9
Braida, Antonio 275, 277
Breen, Bernard 119
Brescia FC 274
Britten Norman 109
Brondby FC 81
Brooking, Trevor 363
Brown, Adam 142, 151–2, 156, 159
independent regulator and 203, 206, 207–8, 209–10
on Leaver’s attack on Mellor 159
opposes Sky’s bid for Manchester United 163
Brown, Gordon 144, 146
Brown, Terry 5, 16, 233, 236, 237–8, 239, 240, 241–2, 247, 388–90
attack on 247
and Redknapp’s new contract 286–7
Brown, Wes 343
Bruce, Steve 309
Bryne FC 79
BSkyB 187, 311
see also Sky
Buchanan, Nick 252
Buchler, David 35, 178, 269–70
Bunjevcevic, Goran 272–4, 283
Burden, Roger 378
Burnham, Andy 160–2, 163
elected to Parliament 230
independent regulator and 204, 214–15
Burns, Terry 216, 381, 390–1
Burtenshaw, Steve 83–4, 96
Bury FC 27
Buxton, Ted 166, 167, 174
Byers, Stephen 156
Byrne, Adrian 118–19, 122–3
Caborn, Richard 4–5, 377, 381, 384, 391
Cabra Estates 128
Camara, Titi 288–9
Cambridge United 282
Campbell, Alastair 136–63 passim, 204–5
Mail on Sunday article composed by 144–5
Campbell, Denis 156, 212
Campbell, Sol 275, 278
Carroll, Roy 307–8
Carter, Philip 105
Carter, Stephen 166
Casey, Derek 185, 189, 190, 197, 198, 199, 200
Celtic FC 350
CFAC 130–2
see also Chelsea FC; Chelsea Village
Chamot, José Antonio 275–7, 283
Champions League 235, 368
Chapman, Lee 50
Charles, Gary 247, 248, 290
Charlton Athletic 16, 140
Charlton, Bobby 25, 88, 117, 182, 357
retainer’s fee paid to 220
Charterhouse 15
Chase Manhattan 219
Chelsea FC 10, 11, 12, 49, 126–35, 310–11, 370–2, 374, 379, 382–3
Bates offered 126–7
Bates purchases 127
debts of 225–6
fine imposed on 12
operating losses of 129, 226
Sky buys interest in 188
Chelsea Village 11, 129, 130–2, 184–5
see also Chelsea FC
Chesterfield FC 21
Chick, Alan 168
Chisholm, Sam 105–7, 187
Clegg, Simon 193, 194, 195, 196–7, 199–200
Clifford, Max 365
Clough, Brian 7, 50–1, 86, 92, 98
and ‘bungs’ 62, 65
Hauge and 78–9
Hoey’s dishonesty allegations against 32
pay-backs to 28–9
retirement of 101
Sheringham transfer and 61–2
Sugar’s affidavit against 67
club chairmen 10–11
criticize Crozier 359–61
ridicule Bean 21–2
salaries of 10
Club Independiente FC 293
Cole, Andy 144–5, 218, 294
Cole, Ashley 382, 383
Cole, Joe 248
Collymore, Charles 385–6
Collymore, Stan 51, 294
Coppell, Steve 70, 99–101
and panel report, refuses to sign 100–1
Corruption Act 1906 32–3
Coster, Sean 211
Court Hotels (London) Ltd 120–1
Coventry City 300
Coward, Nic 20–1, 75, 160, 252, 268–9
Roach and 268–9, 279, 280
Cragnotti, Massimo 260
Croker, Ted 26–8
memoirs of 28
on Revie 28
Crozier, Adam 3–4, 23–4, 208–9, 368–70
Hoey’s attack on 215–16
Lancing College speech by 227–8
Premier League chairmen’s criticisms of 359–61
resignation of 361
suspicions of, over Angel transfer 292
Wembley’s new stadium and 219, 225, 226, 229
World Cup bid and 223
Cruyff, Johan 44–6
Crystal, Jonathan 39, 64
Sugar’s rage against 65
Crystal Palace 14–15, 171–5, 177–9, 308–9
Venables at 173–5, 177–9
Venables becomes manager of 171, 173
Venables resigns from 178
CSKA Moscow FC 338–9
Cunningham, Jack 146, 210–14
appointed regulator 210–11
‘Junket Jack’ sobriquet of 210
objectivity of, questioned 211–12
plot to remove 212–14
regulator role of, airbrushed from history 215
Curbishley, Alan 308
Dacourt, Olivier 258–9, 348, 352–3, 354–5, 356, 365
Daily Mirror 27–8, 237
Daily Telegraph 203, 220
Danish FA 366
Davey, Lisa 78
Davies, David 17, 87, 91, 263, 374–5
on Bean 251
on Smith report 154
on Task Force 152–3
World Cup bid and 223
Davies, Howard 216
Day, Mark 133
Degn, Peter 297
Dein, Darren 308, 319, 320, 323–5, 330–1, 339
Dein, David 7, 10, 11–13, 75, 80, 148–9, 181, 186, 315–42, 368–9, 378–9, 382, 384, 386, 389
and agents 22, 23
Anderson praised by 340
Bates and 11
early life of 331
Graham’s departure and 81–3, 86
influence of 330–1
and ITV deal 14–15, 103
plans a Premier League 104
and televised matches 104–5, 106, 107
see also Arsenal FC
Delgado, Agustin 269
Deloitte & Touche 364, 370
del Rio, Walter 175, 176–7
Department of Trade and Industry 56, 66, 94, 134, 169–70, 178–9
Derby County 25–6
Gregory joins 305
de Zeeuw, Jan 322–5, 326–7, 328–30
Diana, Princess of Wales 142
di Lange, Geir 260
Di Matteo, Roberto 320–1
Diouf, Pape 288
Dispatches 71–2
Docherty, Tommy 24–6, 126
Doncaster Rovers 21
Dorchester Hotel, The 371
Drew, Philippa 151, 193–4, 215, 216–17
Duben, Roman 299
Ducrocq, Pierre 287
Dudek, Jerzy 321–30
Liverpool buys 329–30
Dumitrescu, Ilie 88–90, 246–7
Dunford, Michael 234–5, 295, 297
Dunstable FC 25
Duran, Tomas 266
Durie, Gordon 38–9, 59
Dyke, Greg 103–4
and televised matches 104–7
Dzajic, Dragan 272–3
Eaden, Nicky 312–13
Earl, Robert 387
Edennote 60, 67�
��8, 94, 169–70
Edinburgh, Justin 41
Edu 337
Edwards, Martin 23, 49, 105
Manchester United shares held by 138
Roach and 258
Elite 306
Ellerbe Becket 197, 200
Ellis, Doug 13–14, 29–30, 33, 138, 290–4, 296, 387
and agents 29–30
Bates and 13–14
Gregory’s criticism of 303–5
Gregory suspected by 291–3, 294, 304–6
on Sheepshanks 17
Emirates Stadium, The 380–9
Enes, Robbie 167
English National Investment Company
(ENIC) 270
English National Stadium Development
Company Ltd, see Wembly National Stadium Ltd
Eriksson, Jan 298
Eriksson, Sven-Göran 287, 341, 372–5, 382–3, 386
Essaoulenko, Grigory 91, 306
Evans, Derek 125
Evening Standard 158, 220
Everton FC 16, 138, 265, 330, 380, 387
Ferguson and 265
Wright sold to 330
Fairclough, Anthony 115
Faith, Adam 42
Fan Zhiyi 174
Faulkner, Richard (later Lord) 146, 149–50, 202
on Cunningham 212–13
independent regulator and 202–3, 208–14
on Leaver’s attack on Mellor 159
Pendry rivals for Foundation chair 205
Fayed, Mohamed Al 345
FC Copenhagen 79
Fenton, Ronnie 50–1, 63, 78, 79, 86, 92, 98, 101
Ferdinand, Les 334
Ferdinand, Rio 231, 233–42, 248, 286, 306, 343, 347, 348, 354–7, 367, 371, 382
price of, in Leeds-Manchester deal 357
Ferguson, Alex 79, 91, 140, 234, 306–8, 358, 372, 384
regret of, over Ferdinand 343–5
Roach and 258–9
Ferguson, Darren 307
Ferguson, Duncan 243–4, 265–6
jailing of 265
Ferguson, Jason 306, 307–8
Ferguson, Kathy 344
Fever Pitch 6
Feyenoord FC 321, 322
FIFA 20, 24, 46, 181, 185–6, 268–9, 279–80, 367
ostentatious entertainment of, on UK visit 220
transfer restrictions imposed by 347
and World Cup vote 223
FIMO 280–1
Financial Times 76
Finney, Tom 182
Fiorentina FC 262–3
First Artist 175, 176–7, 275–6, 280–2, 308, 309–10, 311–14
Dudek and 321–3
employees of, concerned about rules
breaches 313
resignations from 314
see also Smith, Jon; Smith Phil
First Wave 30, 62, 303–4
Fish, Mark 261
Fiszman, Danny 82, 326, 332, 380
Flashman 27
Foe, Marc-Vivien 248
Follows, Sir Denis 26
football agents 22–3, 251–85
and Bosman ruling 253–4
payments by 6–7
proliferation of 253
Tottenham’s unusual payments to 40
see also First Artist; Morabito, Vincenzo; Roach, Dennis; Stretford, Paul
Football Association 366–93
agents and 29, 279–80
Bean’s appointment by 19
code of conduct of, concerning agents 311–12
cup 388
Faulkner’s criticism of 202
and Graham affair 87
independent regulator and 202–3
Mellor’s criticism of 140–1, 157–8
no-confidence vote of, in Kelly and
Wiseman 186
panel’s report and 100–2
as regulator 4
Rule 34 in regulations of 137–8
and Smith’s report: Football, Its Values, Finances and Reputation 153
soaring running costs of 252–3
Welsh FA’s arrangement with 185–6
Wiseman’s chairmanship of 180–1, 183–4
football clubs
AC Milan 31, 233, 275
Arsenal 6, 10, 16, 24, 80–8, 188, 315–42 passim, 369, 371, 380, 382, 386
Aston Villa 12–14, 29–30, 188, 290–1, 303–5, 387
Banik Ostrava 256
Bayern Munich 48
Benfica 290
Birmingham City 312–13
Blackburn Rovers 380
Boca Juniors 176–7
Bolton 385, 390
Bournemouth 244–5
Brescia 274
Brondby 81
Bryne 79
Bury 27
Cambridge United 282
Celtic 350
Charlton Athletic 16, 140
Chelsea 10, 11, 12, 49, 126–35, 188, 225–6, 310–11, 370–2, 374, 379, 382–3
Chesterfield 21
Club Independiente 293
Coventry City 300
Crystal Palace 14–15, 171–5, 177–9. 308–9
CSKA Moscow 338–9
Derby 25–6, 305
Doncaster Rovers 21
Dunstable 25
Everton 16, 138, 265, 330, 380, 387
FC Copenhagen 79
Feyenoord 321, 322
financial results of and forecasts for 227–9
Fiorentina 262–3
foreign players in 8
Gillingham 21
Glasgow Rangers 49, 260, 270–1
Hull City 21
IF Elfsborg 166
IK Start 84
Inter Milan 258, 333, 334
Ipswich Town 16
ITV Digital’s collapse and 345
Juventus 352–3, 355
Karlsruhe 257
Lazio 55–6, 353, 355, 365
Leeds United, see main entry
Leicester City 50–1, 188
Lens 258–9
Lerner, Randy 387
Liverpool 10, 16, 48, 188, 329, 380, 387
Luton 40–1, 386
Maccabi Nevealon 174
Manchester City 188, 264, 380
Manchester United, see main entry
media companies’ investments in 188
Middlesbrough 188, 390
Milwall 386
Newcastle 188, 211–12, 265–6, 363–4, 380, 390
Nottingham Forest 6, 7, 28–9, 46, 50–1, 61–3, 78–9
Oldham Athletic 109, 127
Olympique Marseille 31
Portsmouth 164–9, 359, 363, 379, 390
Queens Park Rangers 26, 96, 377
Real Madrid 233, 332–3
Red Star Belgrade 272–5, 283
Roma 365
Seville 90
share prices of 9
Sheffield Wednesday 15, 27, 261, 262
Skonto Riga 315
Southampton 16, 181, 272
Southend United 51
Steaua Bucharest 88–9
Sunderland 188, 298–303, 366
Swindon 77
Tottenham Hotspur, see main entry
Tranmere Rovers 368
West Ham 1, 5, 41, 231–50, 255–8, 264, 288–90, 362–3, 383, 388 (see also Ferdinand, Rio; Redknapp, Harry; Roach, Dennis)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 27
Football Foundation 204–5, 212, 377
Football, Its Values, Finances and
Reputation (Smith) 153–4
football regulator, see independent
regulator
Football Supporters’ Association 20, 156
Football Task Force 4, 20, 136–46, 151–60 passim, 163
announcement of 140
independent regulator and 203–14 passim
Leaver withdraws objections to 159–60
Pendry snipes at 150
third report of: Investing in the Community 157–8, 159–60, 163
Football Trust 146, 156–7, 160
Task Force support withdrawn by 158–9
Football Writ
ers’ Association 26
Foreign Office 111, 114–16
foreign players in English clubs, increase in 8
Forlan, Diego 293
Foster, Craig 167
Fowler, Norman 109–10
Francis, Matthew 309
Francis, Trevor 46, 261, 300, 309
Fraser, Frankie 42
Fraser, Professor Derek 1–2, 342
Fredgaard, Carsten 300
Friar, Ken 84, 334–5
FrontLead Ltd 295–6
Fugler, Brian 58, 64
Galliano, Adriano 275
Gascoigne, Paul 39–40, 42, 52
Cup final injury to 55
sale of 42, 54–8
Gaydamak, Alexandre 379, 380
Gaydamak, Arcadi 380
Gibbons, Jo 221
Gibbs, Sir Roger 319–20
Gillett, George 387
Gillingham FC 21
Glasgow Rangers 49, 260
ENIC stake in 270–1
Glazers, The 379, 388
Goldberg, Mark 171–5, 177–8
Goldberg, Mel 333–7
Grabiner, Anthony 58
Graham, George 80–8 passim, 95–6, 269
appointed Leeds manager 95
appointed Tottenham manager 170–1
autobiography of 95
FA penalties imposed upon 87, 95
Hill-Wood fires 86
Hoey’s allegations against 32
Inland Revenue’s investigation of 80, 81
Tottenham courts 170
Grassroots 314
Greenberg, Simon 85
Greening, Jonathan 307
Gregg, Harry 28
Gregory, John 290–3, 296, 366
Ansell’s dossier against 305
autobiography of 295–6
Ellis criticized by 303, 304
Ellis’s suspicions of 291–4, 303–5
resignation of 304–5
Gregory, Martin 164, 165
Griffin, John 173–4
Grobbelaar, Bruce 31–2, 136, 148
Gross, Christian 170
Gudmundssona, Bjorgolfur 389–90
Haaland, Alf-Inge 79
Hales Owen Press 120
Hall, Douglas 267
Halle, Gunnar 96
Hallen, Kjell 166–7
Hall, Eric 40–1, 166
Hoey’s dishonesty allegations against 32–3
memoirs of 167
Hall, Lisa 30
Hargreaves Brown Benson 125
Harries, Paul 167
Harris, Harry 71
Harris, Keith 389
Harris, Lord 157
Harrison, Steve 240, 367
Hart, Jamie 295
Hart, Paul 295
Hartson, John 177–8, 244, 286
Hateley, Mark 49
Hauge, Rune 78–9, 81, 83–4, 85–6, 87–8, 297, 364
Ferdinand and 234–41
FIFA’s ban on 88, 96, 234–5
FIFA’s ban on, expiry of 101
records of, seized 92
Havelange, Joao 26
Hebrides Investments 118
Heiselberg, Kim 298
Henry Ansbacher’s 34
Henry, Thierry 321, 338, 339
Hewer, Nick 71
Heysel tragedy 3
Hicks, Tom 387
Hill, Alan 63
Hill, Jimmy 47
Hillsborough tragedy 3
Taylor report into 138–9