Top 10 of the week – Marmite players.
January 11th, 2010 | Author: Shaw
Players you hate to love, and love to hate. Hence Marmite players. Okay lets countdown…
10. Ashley Cole
The less said about him the better. However, he has proved to be a constant performer for Arsenal and Chelsea as well as England despite him leading a life that points to one word. COCK!
Defining Moment: Sleeping with someone other than his wife (Even if it is Cheryl Cole)
9. Cristiano ‘Dior’ Ronaldo
The nickname comes from Ronaldo’s obsession with wearing *cough* ‘camp clothes’*cough* Fashion labels. Now I’m not going to talk about Ronaldo too much as the combined attention on him might make ise ego explode. So I won’t.
Defining moment: Getting one heck of a brown tan.
8. Sol Campbell
Previously one of the country’s best centre backs. But why would you move to Nott’s County and only play a half.? Only he knows (money?) Nope only he knows.
Defining moment: Campbell trying to justify his move.
7. Dennis Wise AKA the Rat
Known for being the wrecking ball in Chelsea’s midfield and for scoring his one and only England B goal with his arse. Most recently he somehow got a job as executive director (or something) at Newcastle, which still baffles me, as does him being a manager. But who knows he may turn out good.
Defining moment – As a Chelsea fan this.
6. Craig ‘anyone for golf?’ Bellamy.
Bellamy has always been a player of great quality and is currently having a fantastic season at Man City. But he does love his controversy. At Newcastle he had a nice long spat with Souness resulting in the boss saying he would never wear the Newcastle shirt again. However, Bellamy was not finished, while on loan at Celtic he sent gloating texts to Freddie Sheppard’s son and Alan Shearer after the Toon lost in the semi’s of the 2005 FA Cup to Man Yoo. What did Shearer wanna do?…”knock his block off” should the player have returned to Newcastle United. If that’s not enough he bashed Riise in the face with a gold club… apparently.
Defining moment: Investing £650,000 into the Craig Bellamy Foundation for disadvantaged children in Freetown, Sierra Leone. So not all that bad.
5. Gary ‘Red Nev, Citizen’ Neville
Mr. Manchester United. There is not a bone in my body that likes Gary Neville and it depresses me that I have to stay subjective. But he has enjoyed many succesful years at Manachester United and has won 85 caps for England. Over the years Gary has also been somewhat of a ‘unionist’ when he allegedly flirted with the idea to boycotting an important Euro 2004 qualifier away to Turkey in support of teammate Rio Ferdinand who had been issued with a ban for missing a drug test, he has also talked players into snubbing press interviews as a protest to such events. As a result he gained the nickname Citizen Neville after Citizen Smith ( a character who emulates Che Guevara)
Defining Moment – Pissing off every Liverpool fan.
4. Lee ‘Dyer Straits’ Bowyer
Lee’s career has gone full circle really. In his early career he shone at Charlton and started well at Leed’s, now he’s showing once again that he’s a quality player at Birmingham. But unfortunately the boy likes a little scuffle;
1) 1996 – Bowyer was convicted of affray and fined £4,500 following an incident in a McDonald’srestaurant in London in which CCTV footage showed chairs being thrown and a staff member of Asian origin was racially abused.
2)2005 – Agreed a £170,000 out-of-court settlement of a civil action for damages brought by the victim and his brother, who had been less seriously hurt in the assault
3)2006 – Dyer vs Bowyer – You know the one. Resulted in a red card, plus an automatic three-game ban, for each player.The Football Association fined Bowyer £30,000 and imposed an additional three-game ban, and the club fined him six weeks’ wages. In addition, Bowyer was charged by Northumbria Police in connection with the brawl with offences under section four of the Public Order Act. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of using threatening behaviour and was fined £600 and ordered to pay £1000 costs.
4) Oh, and while at Charlton he tested positive for Cannabis.
Take your pick for defining moments.
3. Duncan ‘Drunken’ Fergerson
Ferguson loves a fight. He has had four convictions for assault – two arising from taxi–rank scuffles, one an altercation with a fisherman in an Anstruther pub and the most infamous: his on–field confrontation with Raith Rovers defender John McStay in 1994 while playing for Rangers. He has also managed to get 9 red cards in his Premiership career, the last: a right hook to Paul Scharner’s stomach. Which Paul later described himself as a ‘friendly punch’. Hardman pah!
Defining moment – Defending his house against a burglary. Big D even put one of the two in hospital for 3 days. Nice.
2. Roy Keane
A god to Man Yoo fans, and a twat to most other people. Keano was certainly a character and always continued to show passion for the game, which is admirable. However, he cannot be forgiven for his challenge on Alf-Inge Haaland. Admitting in his book that he purposefully set out to end a players career. The devils work, from a red devil…see what I did there?
Defining moment: Not really a defining moment but i think this video is hilarious.
1. Robbie ‘Poogate’ Savage
The former Leister City player is known for his tenacious, no prisoners style in the heart of midfield, so it is no wonder that the welshman hold’s the record of receiving the most yellow cards of any Premiership player – almost 90. Robbie Savage is hated my most fans of teams he has played against, as his notorious simulation antics have resulted in the sending off of many players. A more impressive fact is that Savage has only been sent off twice in his career. His first came in an international where he reacted to a challenge from Michael Hughes, of Northern Ireland and was sent to the stands as a result. His second (and first in the Premiership) came as late as March 2006, when he saw red for two bookable offences – might I add that the second yellow was for an accidental handball.
Defining Moment – “Poogate” - Savage used the referee’s toilet before a game, claiming he had an upset stomach due to antibiotics he was on at the time. The Football Association charged him and he was fined £10,000, a decision that he appealed against, but lost. Leicester fined him two weeks’ wages for the incident.
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Hahaha, love it.
Pretty much everyone on that list is scum.
As for Bellamy and his ‘charity werk’, naming a Charity after yourself is so unbelievably self-serving it’s untrue. Do it quietly or not at all.
Savage is a king
“As for Bellamy and his ‘charity werk’, naming a Charity after yourself is so unbelievably self-serving it’s untrue. Do it quietly or not at all.”
Don’t be daft. Charities such as his are funded largely by donations from others. Without his name (or another player or celeb, or whatever), that charity wouldn’t receive half the donations it does. Sound, effective marketing and promotion.
Now if he was DONATING to a cause and shouted it to the rooftops, then you can break his balls. But this is just a business decision by he and his people, and it is a good one. His charity makes money for those kids, and does so in large part because his name is on it.