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Agence France-Presse
LONDON (November 23, 2002 10:50 p.m. EST) - Manchester United director Martin Edwards and Newcastle United's deputy chairman Doug Hall paid to have sex with prostitutes in a Geneva hotel ahead of their clubs' draw for the second phase of the Champions League, a British tabloid reported Sunday.
The Sunday Mirror said former Manchester United chairman Edwards, 57, and Hall, 44, who are both married with children, invited the prostitutes up to their rooms at the Noga Hilton hotel in the early hours of November 15, ahead of the draw for Europe's premier club tournament the same day.
The Mirror carried testimonies from the prostitutes, with one telling the paper that Edwards haggled for her services while Hall paid her friend the going rate.
"Doug was a lot more generous," she said.
According to the Mirror, the trip was paid for by the clubs, who have refused to comment over the alleged incident.
But spokesmen for the teams' supporters clubs called for the immediate resignation of Edwards and Hall.
"Martin Edwards continues to bring shame on the club. It is time his fellow directors told him he needs to go," Manchester United Supporters Association spokesman Andy Walsh told the paper - which said it was not the first time Edwards had been caught up in a scandal involving a prostitute.
The Champions League second phase begins this week. Manchester United travels to Swiss side Basle in its opening tie on Tuesday, though whether Edwards returns to Switzerland remains to be seen.
Newcastle, meanwhile, hosts Inter Milan on Wednesday, the same day England's third representative in the competition, Arsenal, plays Roma away.
Copyright © 2002 Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse
LONDON (November 23, 2002 10:50 p.m. EST) - Manchester United director Martin Edwards and Newcastle United's deputy chairman Doug Hall paid to have sex with prostitutes in a Geneva hotel ahead of their clubs' draw for the second phase of the Champions League, a British tabloid reported Sunday.
The Sunday Mirror said former Manchester United chairman Edwards, 57, and Hall, 44, who are both married with children, invited the prostitutes up to their rooms at the Noga Hilton hotel in the early hours of November 15, ahead of the draw for Europe's premier club tournament the same day.
The Mirror carried testimonies from the prostitutes, with one telling the paper that Edwards haggled for her services while Hall paid her friend the going rate.
"Doug was a lot more generous," she said.
According to the Mirror, the trip was paid for by the clubs, who have refused to comment over the alleged incident.
But spokesmen for the teams' supporters clubs called for the immediate resignation of Edwards and Hall.
"Martin Edwards continues to bring shame on the club. It is time his fellow directors told him he needs to go," Manchester United Supporters Association spokesman Andy Walsh told the paper - which said it was not the first time Edwards had been caught up in a scandal involving a prostitute.
The Champions League second phase begins this week. Manchester United travels to Swiss side Basle in its opening tie on Tuesday, though whether Edwards returns to Switzerland remains to be seen.
Newcastle, meanwhile, hosts Inter Milan on Wednesday, the same day England's third representative in the competition, Arsenal, plays Roma away.