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garyhun said:
AlexC1981 said:
garyhun said:
He sounds like a lovely bloke - also asked to leave the club in 2013 after jumping the advertising boards and head butting a rival fan who was giving him some mouth over his size.
Good for him standing up to bullies.
Can't beat a nice head butty.
Murph7355 said:
Coincidence that their sponsor last night was The Sun Bets?
I would laugh if Mr Shaw revealed they paid him for the stunt
It would not surprise me one bit if that were not the case . Clever people know just how to wind up the keyboard commentariat,and the MSM for that matter, so easy to crank up frothing indignation. Hugely amusing. I would laugh if Mr Shaw revealed they paid him for the stunt
Nothing happened to Craig Bellamy when he did something similar years ago.
http://metro.co.uk/2007/02/22/swing-when-your-winn...
They are only picking on poor Shaw because he's an easy target.
#JeSuisWayneShaw
http://metro.co.uk/2007/02/22/swing-when-your-winn...
They are only picking on poor Shaw because he's an easy target.
#JeSuisWayneShaw
garyhun said:
He sounds like a lovely bloke - also asked to leave the club in 2013 after jumping the advertising boards and head butting a rival fan who was giving him some mouth over his size.
'Jumping'?!? Possibly if the advertising boards were laid face down. It strikes me that if his team had played him in the match, they might have won as their opponents would have had trouble squeezing the ball between him and the posts.BlackLabel said:
Nothing happened to Craig Bellamy when he did something similar years ago.
http://metro.co.uk/2007/02/22/swing-when-your-winn...
They are only picking on poor Shaw because he's an easy target.
#JeSuisWayneShaw
Betting in football has taken on a whole new level of seriousness since then I believe...as in I think the blanket bans have happened much more recently than this, and in light of events like it.http://metro.co.uk/2007/02/22/swing-when-your-winn...
They are only picking on poor Shaw because he's an easy target.
#JeSuisWayneShaw
I'm not really sure how I feel about it. If a firm is daft/desperate enough to take bats at decent odds for someone eating a pie, or celebrating in a certain way, then why stop them? It would seem highly likely to me that they are being mugged off but if so, so what?
Fixing matches is not on, and I strongly suspect that is the idea behind the blanket ban - easier to implement than a nuanced approach. But very specific betting?
It was all a bit daft though and has clouded what should have been a 100% joyous footballing event. But football seems adept at shooting itself in the foot.
Halmyre said:
garyhun said:
He sounds like a lovely bloke - also asked to leave the club in 2013 after jumping the advertising boards and head butting a rival fan who was giving him some mouth over his size.
'Jumping'?!? Possibly if the advertising boards were laid face down. It strikes me that if his team had played him in the match, they might have won as their opponents would have had trouble squeezing the ball between him and the posts.
The FA are a stuffy old humourless bunch at the best of times.
It's sad for Sutton that they feel they had to do this.
He was technically reserve keeper, but much more than that to the club. Groundsman, cheerleader, you name it, he turned his hand to it. He's the reason many no league clubs exist, he lives and breathes the game, sacrifices everything for the club, yet the FAhave forced him out over a bit of fun, playing on his stature.
The FA Cup is all about characters like this, and yet the FA complain that the big clubs don't care anymore. Who is left to care if you take the fun out of it?
It's sad for Sutton that they feel they had to do this.
He was technically reserve keeper, but much more than that to the club. Groundsman, cheerleader, you name it, he turned his hand to it. He's the reason many no league clubs exist, he lives and breathes the game, sacrifices everything for the club, yet the FAhave forced him out over a bit of fun, playing on his stature.
The FA Cup is all about characters like this, and yet the FA complain that the big clubs don't care anymore. Who is left to care if you take the fun out of it?
Trabi601 said:
The FA are a stuffy old humourless bunch at the best of times.
It's sad for Sutton that they feel they had to do this.
He was technically reserve keeper, but much more than that to the club. Groundsman, cheerleader, you name it, he turned his hand to it. He's the reason many no league clubs exist, he lives and breathes the game, sacrifices everything for the club, yet the FAhave forced him out over a bit of fun, playing on his stature.
The FA Cup is all about characters like this, and yet the FA complain that the big clubs don't care anymore. Who is left to care if you take the fun out of it?
I agree with a lot of that but no need to bring age into it Trabi. It's sad for Sutton that they feel they had to do this.
He was technically reserve keeper, but much more than that to the club. Groundsman, cheerleader, you name it, he turned his hand to it. He's the reason many no league clubs exist, he lives and breathes the game, sacrifices everything for the club, yet the FAhave forced him out over a bit of fun, playing on his stature.
The FA Cup is all about characters like this, and yet the FA complain that the big clubs don't care anymore. Who is left to care if you take the fun out of it?
Especially as the President of the FA is only just into his 30s!
More important imo is that not one of the FA board of directors has ever played football professionally in their lives, yet they control it.
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