Footballers weddings

Posted by: Rasher on 15 June 2007

Looks as if we're going to be subjected to 4 chav royalty weddings this weekend.
This country really has dumbed down to rock bottom. Why do they have to have so much money, and what message is this sending out to all the kids; that success is getting in a supermarket magazine? Fuck me!

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Sir Crispin Cupcake

Thanks for the warning Rasher - I'll look forward to avoiding them!

Rich

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Chris Kelly

Rasher
I was happily oblivious to it all til you posted!

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Rasher

There'll be no avoiding it - believe me.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by JWM

I married a footballer once - Barnsley United or whatever it's called - no problem.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by scottyhammer

footballers - wankers or what! take darren bent for example: west ham offer £16m and £75 grand a week! yes chaps a week!
now bearing in mind charlton accepted the offer and no other club have made a bid what does he do ? he says he wants more and turns it down.
f****g greedy wanker !!
charlton have said they dont expect another offer in this range and expect him to line up for charlton in the championship next season.
footballers eh ! dont ya luv em. i personally think we are better off without players with that attitude anyway.

scotty

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Jay

quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
footballers - wankers or what! take darren bent for example: west ham offer £16m and £75 grand a week! yes chaps a week!
now bearing in mind charlton accepted the offer and no other club have made a bid what does he do ? he says he wants more and turns it down.
f****g greedy wanker !!
charlton have said they dont expect another offer in this range and expect him to line up for charlton in the championship next season.
footballers eh ! dont ya luv em. i personally think we are better off without players with that attitude anyway.
scotty

surely anyone should be free to choose where they "work" (obviously I'm using quite a liberal meaning) regardless of who or what they are?

bit of sour grapes there scotty?

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Rasher

It still baffles me that the more these moron footballers and their bimbo girlfriends and wives publicly flaunt & squander their wealth, those that supply them with that money, usually the working class man & their sons who now can't afford a season ticket to their local club, rather than resent it - actually seem to revere them even more !! Extraordinary. If I was being fleeced by these tossers I'd make sure they never got a penny from me ever again.
It's unbelievable.
Imagine for a moment if this was politics and politicians, and the outcry that would ensue.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Chris Kelly

Rasher
Isn't the primary benefactor of these otherwise unemployable oafs the Dirty Digger? It's Sky wot dunnit. The fans' money is not the primary source of income for the clubs, at least not the turnstile money. The daylight robbery that goes on with replica kit may be another story, particularly for the big "brand names" clubs.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by BigH47

quote:
at least not the turnstile money

Not exactly a small amount at some clubs though.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Rasher

From Blackburn Rovers web site:

quote:
BLACKBURN Rovers are to cut the average cost of adult season tickets for next season by 25%.

It means Rovers will be giving more than £1million back to supporters in the form of reduced prices.

Rovers were one of the first Premiership clubs to say they will be investing some of the new television money in their supporters and they have honoured that pledge with this announcement.

In a throwback to last century prices, the cheapest season ticket will cost just £249 for the CIS stand which has nearly 5,500 seats available at this price.

The cost of a season ticket behind the goal in the Walkersteel Blackburn End will be just £299, a 30% reduction on this season's average price of £425.

Oh good...cheap family entertainment then..

I wonder how much for a bigger club?

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by JamieWednesday

quote:
I married a footballer once - Barnsley United or whatever it's called - no problem

James, I'm not sure that's allowed when you already have a wife.

Was it the mock, post modern, ironic chav pad you wanted, or what?

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Jay

here are the chelsea season ticket prices..

EAST UPPER
Adult - £855
Senior Citzen - £430
Juvenile - £430

EAST LOWER FAMILY CENTRE
Adult - £530
Senior Citzen - £265
Juvenile - £265

WEST LOWER
Adult - £810
Senior Citzen - £405
Juvenile - £405

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by scottyhammer

jay,
i think you missed my point.(although im not surprised by a chelski fan).

im moaning at the sheer greed showed by footballers in general.
and far from sour grapes over bent,im glad whu are not signing him as i never rated him. i personally would prefer andy johnson from everton.
all footballers should spend a day down a mine to teach them how fortunate they are in their particular profession. scotty

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by JWM

* bump

Sorry guys and mods -

I thought I'd thought of a witty comment, but (as usual

) it was rubbish. I think it must have been the "mock, post modern, ironic chav" in me trying to get out

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Steve S1

quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
jay,
i think you missed my point.(although im not surprised by a chelski fan). im moaning at the sheer greed showed by footballers in general.
and far from sour grapes over bent,im glad whu are not signing him as i never rated him. i personally would prefer andy johnson from everton.
all footballers should spend a day down a mine to teach them how fortunate they are in their particular profession. scotty

Yeah. A Russian mine. AJ is a true pro, not England class but a great Premiership striker and loyal with it.

Steve

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Jay

I don't get it. AJ gets paid prob as much as Mr Bent but Mr Bent is public enemy number one?

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Chillkram

quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
f****g greedy wanker !!

Don't hold back Scotty!

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Guido Fawkes

scotty

Darren Bent was a good player then he went to play for our second XI a.k.a Charlton - the graveyard of football - why can't they build their own team instead of trying to nick somebody else's - still Ambrose, Bent, Bent, the Hermaninator and Holland are all yesterday's men as far as I'm concerned.

If you want to land a goal scorer then Billy Sharp or Freddy Eastwood would be my recommendations. I'd avoid Shevchenko if I were you.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by ryan_d

When Paul Sturrock took over his first club....can't remember who it was he actually did take the team down a local mine to show them what real work was. This was a first division Scottish team.....the players were hardly earning the megabucks of the premiership but they were still on good money at the time. I think the average was about 4K a week.

Ryan

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Originally posted by JWM:
I married a footballer once - Barnsley United or whatever it's called - no problem.

Barnsley are currently top of the Championship with Blackpool second and Bristol City third - Watford, West Brom and Wolves are in the drop zone. We're still unbeaten and joint top if I read it right.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Chillkram

ROTF

Is that the final arbiter then?

If clubs are level on points, goal difference, goals scored, games won and record against each other, does it go on alphabetical order?

Or maybe best half-time pies.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Originally posted by Chillkram:
ROTF

Is that the final arbiter then?

If clubs are level on points, goal difference, goals scored, games won and record against each other, does it go on alphabetical order?

Or maybe best half-time pies.

I think the rule is teams beginning with I and Q get automatic promotion if it finishes that way, but I may have just made it up.

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Chillkram

quote:
Originally posted by ROTF:
I think the rule is teams beginning with I and Q get automatic promotion if it finishes that way, but I may have just made it up.

Oh I hope not!

Posted on: 15 June 2007 by Bob McC

Believe it or not, all other things being equal, alphabetical order does indeed determine the order in the championship.

Posted on: 16 June 2007 by JWM

quote:
Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
Believe it or not, all other things being equal, alphabetical order does indeed determine the order in the championship.

Then how relived I am that I support "AAAAAAAA Ipswich Town FC" (look 'em up in the Yellow Pages)