Hit Squad to Clean Up the Game ; Shake-Up As New Report Demands Big Reforms at Soho Square

Evening Standard - London › June 10, 2005

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THE state of English football was heavily criticised today by a government-backed report into the problems facing the game.

After a season marred by violence, sex scandals and shady dealings, an investigation by former Treasury official Lord Burns has called for massive reforms to the way the sport is run.

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Hit Squad to Clean Up the Game ; Shake-Up As New Report Demands Big Reforms at Soho Square

With top stars under pressure to clean up their act on and off the pitch and clubs accused over business dealings, Burns sets out a series of damning findings on the workings of the...

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