LORD TRIESMAN GOES AFTER NEWSPAPER STING

We have a golden rule in TV.Don't say anything when a microphone is around that you would not want EVERYONE to hear.My big pal Ron Atkinson fell foul to that in 2004 when ITV were off air and he thought he was having a private conversation with a fellow commentator.Look what happened to Big Ron.Never to be forgiven.Now Lord Triesman is protesting he is the victim of a private conversation in a restaurant with an old friend,a younger lady with a hidden microphone.The Mail on Sunday published the conversation which may have damaged England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.Lord Triesman,a Labour peer,has since resigned from being both the FA Chairman and the Chairman of England's World Cup 2018 bid.How quickly things change.You only have to tell Lib-Dems leader Nick Clegg that!