The beautiful game conquers politics

Congratulations to the Gibraltar Football Association in their associate membership to UEFA after seven years of trying. This is a triumph of sport over politics, as Spain has been attempting to block Gibraltar's membership on nothing but political terms (amongst other things, Spain argues that the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar's footballing home, is on 'disputed territory').

So good for UEFA, actually after pressure from the Court of Arbitration for Sport who said there was no sporting reason for Gibraltar not to be accepted into UEFA. Good for the CAS. Come on, FIFA, you next.

Let's see whether Spain goes ahead with the threat not to take part in UEFA competition if Gibraltar fields a team. But just like the disruption to the Christmas Radio Times (see earlier posting), it won't happen, will it?