Lennart Johansson, father of the Champions League, dies aged 89

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A life dedicated to football in Stockholm, Sweden and Europe. President of the Swedish Football Association, UEFA and introduced the Champoins league format.

He stood as a candidate for Presiden of FIFA in 1998 but lost to Blatter. He accused Blatter of being corrupt even then. An accusation which was proved to be true two decades too late.
 
Well he had Blatter bang to rights that's for sure..... May he rest in peace, I doubt his vision of the CL is similar to what has unfolded over the years ..

Which is why he didn't win - too many of the other FIFA delegates have also been found to be on the take too - why would they vote for someone who would derail the gravy train???
 
He introduced a format that allowed more teams from certain countries into the European Cup so those country’s leagues got richer and all these better sides were seeded and kept apart so it’s set up more grand stand latter stages... and he called Blatter corrupt?!
 
Which is why he didn't win - too many of the other FIFA delegates have also been found to be on the take too - why would they vote for someone who would derail the gravy train???
The FA shit on him. They agreed to support Blatter despite Johannson singlehandedly fighting for English clubs to be allowed back into European competitions. Sepp only had all the small countries. When he announced the great English FA were backing in the others fell into line.

****s.
 
The FA shit on him. They agreed to support Blatter despite Johannson singlehandedly fighting for English clubs to be allowed back into European competitions. Sepp only had all the small countries. When he announced the great English FA were backing in the others fell into line.

****s.
The FA is a reprehensible organisation, and pretty much always has been.
 
Unfortunately he had to witness Saturday nights dross before he passed away.
 

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