MEP wants Leeds result reversed (1 Viewer)

[Mark]

MEP wants Leeds result reversed

Yorkshire and the Humber MEP Richard Corbett has urged Uefa to reverse Leeds United's defeat by AC Milan in the 1973 Cup Winners' Cup final.

Referee Christos Michas was later investigated by the Greece Football Association over allegations that he accepted a bribe from the Italian side.

"Few doubt Milan bribed the Greek official," Corbett told his website.

"If there is evidence that [the match] was fixed then the result should be reversed and Leeds awarded the trophy."

Norman Hunter was shown a red card as Don Revie's side lost 1-0 in Salonika.

Michas was subsequently banned from refereeing by Uefa, and Corbett wants surviving members of the United team to sign an online petition - already signed by over 5,000 people - demanding the result be overturned.

He plans to present it to Uefa on 16 May, the 36th anniversary of the match.


Few doubt Milan bribed the Greek official but they were allowed to keep the trophy

Yorkshire and the Humber MEP Richard Corbett

"Bribery in any form of sport is completely unacceptable and results which have been tainted by match-fixing must be reversed if sport is to retain its integrity," said Corbett.

"Uefa can show its commitment to fair play by dealing with breaches of it seriously."

 

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[Alen]

This is retarded. Yeah, give them back a trophy from 36 years ago from an inexistent competition. :rolleyes2
I mean, it's Milan and all, but this is really retarded.

 

[Mark]

but but they made a petition for it.

 

[Alen]

I know, i've seen it last month. I even signed it. I couldn't resist

Here
http://www.richardcorbett.org.uk/leedsunitedpetition.htm

 

[Mark]

haha

 

[Red]

Saintly Leeds complaining about bribery?

Is there more evidence than there was against Leeds?

Two months after Revie left the England job, the Daily Mirror alleged that a number of Leeds matches had been fixed over the course of the 1960s and 1970s. Previous allegations by the Sunday People in 1972 had claimed that three unnamed Wolves players were offered £1,000 apiece to throw what would have been a title decider with Leeds, but Wolves had won and neither police nor FA investigations found evidence of wrongdoing. 'Don Revie planned and schemed and offered bribes, leaving as little as possible to chance,' wrote the Mirror's lead reporter, Richard Stott. 'He relied on the loyalty of those he took into his confidence not to talk, and it nearly worked.'

The star witness was Gary Sprake. 'I was quite surprised by the amount of information they had,' Sprake says. 'Richard Stott asked me to get involved, but everything was already written, really.' Sprake told Stott that there had been attempts to fix the Wolves game - a claim he subsequently retracted - as well as several other matches. Jim Barron, the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, meanwhile said that Billy Bremner had been sent to the Forest dressing room before a game in the 1971 title race to persuade his opponents to 'go easy'. The request was rejected. Alan Ball, meanwhile, revealed clandestine meetings with Revie on Saddleworth Moor in the mid-1960s, when Revie wanted to sign him from Blackpool. Revie also sent weekly £100 bribes to Ball's home as part of his attempt to tap him up. The FA fined Ball £3,000, even though he had ended up at Everton, and not Revie's Leeds.

Bob Stokoe, the Sunderland manager who had outwitted Revie in the 1973 FA Cup final, was the most compelling witness. He said that while managing Bury in 1962, when Leeds were battling relegation, Revie offered him £500 to 'go easy'. When he turned him down, Revie further enraged him by asking to speak to his players.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/nov/25/football.newsstory

I hope the fuckers go bust.

 

[AngelaL]

Frying pan calling the kettle black! Typical Milan, but the English have no room to talk. :rolleyes2

 

[The Curr]

I know, i've seen it last month. I even signed it. I couldn't resist

Here
http://www.richardcorbett.org.uk/leedsunitedpetition.htm

Look what I signed it as

 

[Martin]

I guess there's not much going on at Leeds if this is the only thing they got going on. Signing useless petitions that have no impact potential. I guess that means they're not expecting to be anywhere near a European final in the near future.

 

[Salvo]

@ adrian

this is ridicolous lol

 

[Il Re]

Look what I signed it as

 

[Bozi]

well i suppose they could always call in Massimo Moratti and get his lawyers on the case as he does have some previous in winning titles in the courtroom when they were too shite to win it on the pitch