"Fifa's announcement effectively sets the ball rolling on the whole process and so this marks the start of an intense but exciting period, " said England's bid chairman Lord Triesman, also chairman of the Football Association, on Saturday.

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Lord Snape, who is also chairman of Stockport County football club, said the thieves broke in through a small window in the kitchen while he and his wife Linda were asleep.

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Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman told a House of Commons select committee that the behaviour of Jack Warner, Worawi Makudi, Ricardo Teixeira and Nicolas Leoz was "below what would be ethically acceptable".

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