The article juxtaposes domestic football leagues with elite football, emphasizing the rampant greed influencing the sport, driven by players, oligarchs, and petrostates. It highlights the negative impact of this avarice, which seems to be tacitly supported by governing bodies like FIFA. Additionally, the author recalls a poignant childhood memory of attending the FAI Cup Final in 1969, reflecting on the nostalgia and simplicity of that experience compared to the current complexities and commercialism of football.
So long the poor relation, the domestic league contrasts with football has become the playground of greedy players, narcissistic oligarchs and cynical petrostates, an avarice seemingly encouraged by Fifa.
It was the day after my confirmation, in April 1969, and we travelled from the Deep South in my uncle's Vauxhall Viva to Dalymount Park for the FAI Cup Final and returned the same evening.
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