tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792639677185268452.post7094388664112564497..comments2024-02-20T09:04:00.256+00:00Comments on Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot: Gibraltar take one more step....Steve Menaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11558045782520491883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792639677185268452.post-39382356377233008372012-12-14T09:29:28.260+00:002012-12-14T09:29:28.260+00:00Latest News:
UEFA president, Michel Platini said...Latest News: <br /><br />UEFA president, Michel Platini said that the organisation has no other choice than to accept the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) into its ranks as a member with full voting rights because the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) has said they must.<br /><br />"We're obliged to include Gibraltar because that is what the Court of Arbitration for Sport is asking us to do". "For that reason, we'll have to ask the Congress in London to accept the decision", Platini said at a meeting with journalists at football's European governing body's headquarters.<br /><br />The president explained that since 2001, UEFA has been governed by a rule which dictates that only those countries recognised as sovereign states by the United Nations may be accepted as UEFA members. "That's why we don't deal with the cases of Kosovo or Catalunya", he explained. "But Gibraltar's membership application predates 2001, so the rule does not apply".<br /><br />Platini recalled that the matter has already been addressed at previous UEFA congresses and that Gibraltar's application was rejected by the executive committee. "We now however, have TAS's ruling which obliges us to recommend Gibraltar's admittance and that is what we will have to do", he added.<br /><br />UEFA's executive committee recently agreed in Saint Petersburg (Russia) to admit the Gibraltar Football Federation as a provisional member.Gibbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099515649332178710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792639677185268452.post-62072910761268553962012-12-09T19:55:55.864+00:002012-12-09T19:55:55.864+00:00I hope UEFA abolishes the Un restriction and also ...I hope UEFA abolishes the Un restriction and also allow Jersey inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com