UNITED KINGDOM/AUSTRALIA: BRITISH POLICE BEGIN INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRANSFER OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER PLAYERS TO PORTSMOUTH FC WHILE TERRY VENABLES WAS IN CHARGE

Record ID: 988705

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM/AUSTRALIA: BRITISH POLICE BEGIN INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRANSFER OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER PLAYERS TO PORTSMOUTH FC WHILE TERRY VENABLES WAS IN CHARGE
  • Date: 14th August 1998
  • Summary: LONDON,UK/MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA (FILE: 1994/1997/1998) PART ACCESS ALL/ PART NO ACCESS UK, PART NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA LONDON, UK (FILE 1994) (BBC - NO ACCESS UK) 1. CLOSE UP OF VENABLES AS HE IS ANNOUNCED AS NEW ENGLAND MANAGER 2. CUTAWAY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (NOVEMBER 28, 1997) (SEVEN NET - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA) 3. AUSTRALIAN TEAM PRACTICING ON MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND 4. WIDE OF PITCH AND PLAYERS PRACTICISING 5. VENABLES WITH AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS 6. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) VENABLES TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF: "That swan, that bird that glides across the lake with its legs going furiously underneath, that's me." LONDON, UK (FILE) (BBC- NO ACCESS UK) 7. VENABLES COMING OUT OF THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON DURING CASE WITH TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR CHAIRMAN ALAN SUGAR LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 14, 1998) (PATV) 8. WIDE SHOT PRESS CONFERENCE 9. TIGHT SHOT CRYSTAL PALACE MANAGER TERRY VENABLES 10. TIGHT SHOT SUN JIHAI 11. TIGHT SHOT FAN ZHIYI, PULL OUT TO SHOW SUN JIHAI 12. CUTAWAY PRESS 13. SUN JIHAI AND FAN ZHIYI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH TERRY VENABLES 14. CUTAWAY OF PRESS 15. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) VENABLES EXPLAINING HOW HE SIGNED THE TWO PLAYERS TO CRYSTAL PALACE: "When we left the Football Association Ted Buxton worked as an advisor to the Chinese FA and I said 'how's the boy doing?' and he said 'terrific and there's a younger one who has just come into the pack' and that's Sun Jihai and he said, 'he's doing very well as well' and I thought, well, you have come all that way it's nice to have two rather than one. As they say, you get one Chinese player and ten minutes later you want to buy another one." 16. FAN ZHIYI DEMONSTRATING BALL SKILLS 17. SUN JIHAI HEADS BALL 18. FAN ZHIYI AND SUN JIHAI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/ MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
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  • Country: England United Kingdom Australia
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