FIFA is answerable to no one. As Britain attempts to bring football “home” and David Cameron is a hyperbolic 110% behind the bid – it is business as usual at FIFA.

The FIFA World Cup is still the biggest show on earth but that shouldn’t put people off enquiry into how it gets its show on the road. The whole process is characterised by vested interests, palm-greasing and the ritual stuffing of pockets. It is always an unedifying spectacle when wealthy individuals – engaged in a cosy cartel – manage it like a cash dispenser.

BBC’s Panorama looked at how not-for-profit FIFA dictates terms to would-be stagers of this event. They don’t like paying tax for a start. However, most alarming is that FIFA seems disinterested in any form of transparency or probity in how it operates and it brooks no criticism or argument. If you want to stage the World Cup you have no choice but to do as it says.

The head of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, runs a tight ship – tight when it comes to preserving high levels of corruption and obfuscation which have allowed the likes of Nicolas Leoz, the president of South America’s Conmebol federation, Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou, and Brazilian Football Confederation president Ricardo Teixeira and former FIFA president, Joao Havelange, to enrich themselves from the award of endorsement contracts.

When FIFA vice-president, Jack Warner, stands accused of attempting to sell World Cup 2010 tickets with a face value of £54,130 ($84,000) on to the black market, what hope is there for football’s governing body?

This is one own goal that will never register on the scoreline.

So how high do you think FIFA scores on dodgy dealing?