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The FA are refusing to make any comment after apparently being shown to be hypocrites in the row over Champions League eligibility.

Just hours after the English game's ruling body stated that Everton would qualify for next season's Champions League ahead of Liverpool even if Rafa Benitez's team win the competition in this month's final, it was demonstrated that their ruling was a complete reversal from the guidelines they issued when Chelsea and Arsenal were faced with a similar predicament a year ago.

With the two London clubs meeting in the quarter-final of last season's Champions League, the FA published a ruling that indicated that either club would automatically qualify for the following year's competition even if they finished outside of the top four in the Premiership.

The article, published on March 10, 2004, stated: "Should Arsenal or Chelsea win the Champions League, they will automatically qualify for next season's competition, but England will not gain an extra Champions League place, even if they finish outside of the top four in the Premiership. In that scenario, the fourth-placed team in the Premiership will play in next season's Uefa Cup."

The statement has since been removed from the FA website, with the Soho Square bods refusing to make any public comment.

The reason England has 4 places is because of its history and success in europe, which team has had the most success, erm... Scum? No, Arse? ha ha ha, Chelsea? do be brief, maybe Everton? no its the team that is being rejected by so many so called football fans.