If Only All Footballers Were This Thoughtful...What A Star!
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While temperatures plummeted across Britain last night with heavy snowfall particularly in the west of the country, Swansea City fullback Angel Rangel put a call out on Twitter asking for the location of homeless people in the Swansea area.
Rangel and his wife then set about driving around Swansea looking for homeless people to give food to. A homeless shelter came to the rescue and gladly accepted the sandwiches that Rangel and his wife had ready to give out. Bravo.
http://epltalk.com/2013/01/19/swanseas-angel-range...
Him and his wife running around Swansea feeding the homeless. You're a f
king hero and I doff my cap to you.
Whats more he's not actually welsh, he's Spanish.
Rangel and his wife then set about driving around Swansea looking for homeless people to give food to. A homeless shelter came to the rescue and gladly accepted the sandwiches that Rangel and his wife had ready to give out. Bravo.
http://epltalk.com/2013/01/19/swanseas-angel-range...
Him and his wife running around Swansea feeding the homeless. You're a f
king hero and I doff my cap to you.Whats more he's not actually welsh, he's Spanish.
Footballers do a lot of stuff in the community. Pretty much every club has events, charity fundraising, and so on and so forth.. Here is just my club, who have opened a free school in the area as well, http://www.evertonfreeschool.com/home/
http://community.evertonfc.com/news/
http://community.evertonfc.com/news/
Edited by TheHeretic on Saturday 19th January 18:22
essexplumber said:
Louis Suarez goes around childrens hospitals scaring terminally ill kids.
Utd had a player called Luke Chadwick, but I am too scared to google an image for you.
Edited by TheHeretic on Saturday 19th January 18:32
TheHeretic said:
Footballers do a lot of stuff in the community. Pretty much every club has events, charity fundraising, and so on and so forth.. Here is just my club, who have opened a free school in the area as well, http://www.evertonfreeschool.com/home/
http://community.evertonfc.com/news/
They do but its not very newsworthy is it, people are easily led by the media into thinking all footballers are http://community.evertonfc.com/news/
Edited by TheHeretic on Saturday 19th January 18:22
s but forget that there's thousands of them and only 6 or 7 regularly appear in the news for being nobsTop bloke. I believe he was in a sandwich chain where the owner said he was about to chuck out the sandwiches so gave them to his wife and him and then they drove around. So he didnt quite put in as much work as you suggest 
a fantastic gesture nonetheless. It is blooming cold out there too.
Top bloke.
a fantastic gesture nonetheless. It is blooming cold out there too. Top bloke.
I have met Rangel and he is an extremely down-to-earth and normal individual.
I think it helps that his footballing roots began in the lower leagues of Spain through to League One and an incredible rise with the Swans. His history was grounded in reality where he was paid a relative pittance while playing in the lowest Spanish divisions.
It is only now that he is earning good money and even then, about £10k a week is incomparable to what some 17 year olds are currently being paid.
Top bloke.
I think it helps that his footballing roots began in the lower leagues of Spain through to League One and an incredible rise with the Swans. His history was grounded in reality where he was paid a relative pittance while playing in the lowest Spanish divisions.
It is only now that he is earning good money and even then, about £10k a week is incomparable to what some 17 year olds are currently being paid.
Top bloke.
From what I remember reading, last year he was on £250 a week? As a prem footballer, he didn't ask for more until he re-signed this year.
If that is the case ... £250 a week for a Prem footballer. Just shows there isn't greed in all cases. ( theo etc. )
May not be 100% but I hope it is.
If that is the case ... £250 a week for a Prem footballer. Just shows there isn't greed in all cases. ( theo etc. )
May not be 100% but I hope it is.
KeyR1 said:
From what I remember reading, last year he was on £250 a week? As a prem footballer, he didn't ask for more until he re-signed this year.
If that is the case ... £250 a week for a Prem footballer. Just shows there isn't greed in all cases. ( theo etc. )
May not be 100% but I hope it is.
I think he was on more than that as he has been our first XI right-back for several seasons now. He certainly would have got a contract increase due to being promoted to the Prem.If that is the case ... £250 a week for a Prem footballer. Just shows there isn't greed in all cases. ( theo etc. )
May not be 100% but I hope it is.
You might be thinking of Ben Davies, our 19 year old left-back now standing in admirably for Neil Taylor - on £400 a week.
Paolo Di Canio buying Swindon fans pizza???? 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21120242
Di Canio was also there with a shovel in hand until the early hours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21120242
Di Canio was also there with a shovel in hand until the early hours
Just read this one, which I thought was nice. An extra year of life expectancy!
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2013/06/18/c...
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2013/06/18/c...
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