Sky has a video of the Premier League Chairman stumbling into the pool! Its not really a pool, its a 'water feature' video and article here:
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16189080
Quote:
After accusing Fifa and Uefa of stealing football from the English and mocking his Qatari hosts' restrictions on selling alcohol, the head of the Premier League fell into a "water feature".
Sir Dave also questioned the lack of availability of alcohol in Qatar, which won the bid for the 2022 World Cup after arguing it was time for football to move beyond traditional markets.
Alcohol is only sold in some five-star hotels in Qatar, and Sir Dave noted that the English and Germans "like to go for a pint and that pint is a pint of beer".
"It is our culture as much as your culture is not drinking," he said, warning Qatar not to "bury your head in the sand on the issue" because it could put fans off from attending the World Cup.
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Now, I agree with Sir Dave, Qatari restrictions on alcohol at a World Cup event is a serious concern over people travelling there.
I dont agree with Sir Dave that the best way to demonstrate a 'drinking culture' is to get fall down drunk, rave about British glory (inexplicably implicate the Germans?) and then fall into the pool.
One of the things that people have to be really concerned about this World Cup is this; Sir Dave is one of the lucky ones, hes a recognizeable figure, any regular joe caught doing that would probably never be seen or heard from again.