Football Daily | Luis Rubiales and a scandal showing no sign of an end any time soon

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While each passing day suggests there is less and less to admire about head Spanish football federation (RFEF) honcho Luis Rubiales, it would seem he does have some massive, clanging brass balls. Despite criticism and calls for his head having come from Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish women’s football league, Megan Rapinoe and assorted other high-profile politicians and national media figures, the 46-year-old appears to have gone full Trump and is desperately clinging to power after he unwittingly made the World Cup final celebrations all about him, proving in the process he is in no way fit for his office. And how!

The story around the allegedly unsociable working conditions of Shrewsbury Town’s mascot (yesterday’s Quote of the Day) goes a long way to explaining the dismayed look on the face of the lion in their old crest. He obviously knew something we didn’t. Obviously they’ve since changed their badge but I miss the old one, which I once heard described as looking like ‘the lion had arrived home to find his house on fire’” – Derek McGee.

Re: Anglo-Scottish rivalries (yesterday’s Football Daily). I find it astonishing that you have omitted Dunfermline Athletic from the list. The mighty Pars not only hammered Everton 2-1 in the 1962-63 Fairs Cup, but similarly dispatched West Brom 1-0 in the 1968-69 Cup Winners’ Cup” – Ken Beveridge.

Re: football earworms (Football Daily letters passim). Whenever I heard the name ‘Jorge Vilda’ during the World Cup, I felt the need to sing: ‘Can he fix it?’ Surely I am not alone in this?” – Tony Whybrow (and no others).

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