TELE SANTANA

Early day motion 2124, tabled 9 May 2006 by Lord Mann (Labour). Signed by 36 members.

That this House salutes the memory of Tele Santana, one of Brazil's greatest football coaches, who died in late April 2006 aged 74 in Belo Horizonte; notes that Santana, who led Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups and won the Libertadores Cup twice in a row with Sao Paulo was widely respected for his sense of fair play and his refusal to use rough-arm tactics; commends his views that `Football is art, it's enjoyment and it's not about hoofing the ball up field', and `I'd rather lose the game than tell my team to foul, kick the opponents or win an illegitimate goal'; and hopes that the forthcoming World Cup is played in the spirit of football that Tele Santana embodied.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 4, Conservative 3, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.