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19-12-2007, 1:33 PM
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Sol Campbell says verbal abuse towards footballers and managers has spiralled out of control and it is time for the authorities to start taking action.
Campbell says he has come under fire himself while Sir Alex Ferguson, Harry Redknapp and Avram Grant have all complained about crowd behaviour.
"It's out of hand now," the Portsmouth and England defender told BBC Radio 4.
"We can all take the booing or light banter, but when it gets to the realms of verbal abuse it's a bridge too far."
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19-12-2007, 2:05 PM
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When I do hear some of the stuff that people shout, even coming from the adults in the family enclosure's at football grounds it does sadden me that people feel the need to abuse players in this way. Banter is one thing, verbal abusive is very unpleasent.
Nobody no matter what you earn or who you are should be subjected to any abuse, physical or verbal. This is why I would also like player's/Manager's stop surrounding or abusing the referee whenever they don't like a decision as it should work both ways.
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19-12-2007, 2:27 PM
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Tbh, in this day and age, you can see his point. We don't abuse people like we do at football in other walks of life, so why carry on doing it during games?
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a) When a bloke is earning more in a year than most of us will in a lifetime, I can understand people getting a little, erm', 'shirty' nowadays, when perhaps once it would have been just 'banter'.
b) I can see some people will object to Campbells comments, saying it's just tough tbh, as that's part and parcel of the game.
c) and at the same time I can see others saying this is yet another example of over paid ponces whining when people get fed up with them exposing their limited talents which cost them £45 to watch!
Agree Simon, the players themselves hardly set a good example do they? I seem to recall a certain incident in the recent WC final, that due to abusive remarks resulted in an appallying assault on the player who made them - in front of millions. The result? A sending off. However, had someone called my mother (or was it sister?) that in a pub, and I'd stuck one on them, I'd be court.
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19-12-2007, 2:29 PM
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I know that they get a lot of abuse, but for £100K per week they can shout anything they want about me, my family etc.
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19-12-2007, 2:40 PM
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"I know some people may be a little bit disgruntled at how I left certain clubs. I totally understand that."
Oh he understands that as he lied about wanting to sign a new contract at the club he was captain of, and made sure all the money the club would have received went into his and Sky Andrews pockets, that the abuse he receives is just...  I'm glad it's getting to him
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19-12-2007, 2:44 PM
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The point is that people don't consider "celebrities" (my god how I hate that word) as real people. They are put up on pedastals and consider them different from the rest of us.
IMO the media and the ******** heat magazine culture is partly to blame for constantly banging on about these kind of people as if they were demi-gods.
People need to realise that Sol Campbell, Alex Ferguson etc are just normal people like everyone else with normal feelings and emotions etc.
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19-12-2007, 2:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Games Guru The point is that people don't consider "celebrities" (my god how I hate that word) as real people. They are put up on pedastals and consider them different from the rest of us.
IMO the media and the ******** heat magazine culture is partly to blame for constantly banging on about these kind of people as if they were demi-gods.
People need to realise that Sol Campbell, Alex Ferguson etc are just normal people like everyone else with normal feelings and emotions etc. | Sorry Games, I would never describe the red nosed burglar as 'normal'.
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19-12-2007, 3:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sicknote10 "I know some people may be a little bit disgruntled at how I left certain clubs. I totally understand that."
Oh he understands that as he lied about wanting to sign a new contract at the club he was captain of, and made sure all the money the club would have received went into his and Sky Andrews pockets, that the abuse he receives is just...  I'm glad it's getting to him  | too right, the lying   then goes to the other side the   the big
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19-12-2007, 4:37 PM
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Quite right
You wouldn't be allowed to verbally abuse a person on the street, so you shouldn't be allowed to just because you are at a football match
It is quite one thing to boo a player for a dirty tackle or a dive... but to get personal or vindictive is not on
Of course, it does work both ways. Chelsea Players and teams should be punished far more heavily than they currently are for the bullying and attempted intimidation of officials. It is also irrelevant what their pay packet is. Somehow I do not think that argument would be used if we was talking about racism
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19-12-2007, 7:39 PM
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Such a shame that the only way a player can catch the eye of the new England manager is to have a little moan.
I remember the day when talent and form was all that was needed to give them a chance of playing for England.
What next? A tearful apology on a Mid-Morning chav programme for the way she behaved to her first family?
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19-12-2007, 7:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Sicknote10 "I know some people may be a little bit disgruntled at how I left certain clubs. I totally understand that."
Oh he understands that as he lied about wanting to sign a new contract at the club he was captain of, and made sure all the money the club would have received went into his and Sky Andrews pockets, that the abuse he receives is just...  I'm glad it's getting to him  | With you on that one, hadn't really noticed he got that much when playing against Spurs to tell the truth.
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19-12-2007, 7:52 PM
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i was at the liverpool manure game on sunday and i can honestly say that it was very very erm whats the word im looking for ah yes friendly
atmosphere i love a little party with an atmosphere i had no problems what so ever in calling mr rooneys pie eating belly antics |
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19-12-2007, 8:03 PM
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He's right and it doesn't matter how much he earns he should still be shown some respect like everyone else. If you spoke like that to someone outside of a football ground you would be arrested.
You must be pretty sad to verbally abuse someone you've never met.
Or maybe he should be verbally abused since he has done so much to deserve it....oh wait, no he hasn't.
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19-12-2007, 8:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyKnuckle86 He's right and it doesn't matter how much he earns he should still be shown some respect like everyone else. If you spoke like that to someone outside of a football ground you would be arrested.
You must be pretty sad to verbally abuse someone you've never met.
Or maybe he should be verbally abused since he has done so much to deserve it....oh wait, no he hasn't. | a great man once said
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20-12-2007, 9:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyKnuckle86 He's right and it doesn't matter how much he earns he should still be shown some respect like everyone else. If you spoke like that to someone outside of a football ground you would be arrested.
You must be pretty sad to verbally abuse someone you've never met.
Or maybe he should be verbally abused since he has done so much to deserve it....oh wait, no he hasn't. | If someone is paying me £100,000 a week, fans are paying upwards of £500 a season to watch me play, then I play like an overweight donkey week in week out, frankly they can feel free to call me what they like. As long as it's not racist or sick.
It's yet another attempt to sanitize football even further. No more, no less.
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