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    Football's boardroom rogues gallery

    By Tom Adams

    Wednesday, September 23, 2009

    The speculation regarding Flavio Briatore's position at QPR has brought the Football League's fit and proper persons test and the issue of club ownership into sharp relief after the Italian was handed a lifetime ban in Formula One as a result of the cheating scandal involving Renault. Another famous case study for a test that has been widely debated was Thaksin Shinawatra's takeover of Manchester City, which went unopposed despite some very public concerns being raised by Amnesty Internationa ...

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