Following FIFA's controversial decision to replay the France verses Ireland World Cup Play Off 2nd Leg match because of Thierry Henry's handball assist in the making of the goal that took them through to South Africa, it has been announced that all cases of cheating in the entire history of the game will also result in a replay having to be played. There are fears that in practice this will mean every single game ever played will have to be played again because among FIFA's list of 'Cheats' is 'appealing for a throw in when you know it hit you last'. If this goes ahead, every single match ever played and every trophy or winners medal ever won will be deemed void resulting in no-one ever having won anything and all players being branded as cheats. Famous World Cup winning cheat Geoff Hurst who cheated West Germany out of a possible World Cup win in 1966 said this to the news 'cheating was part and parcel of the game back then, and does it really count if you're cheating Jonny Foreigner?'
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