Scottish Mag 3 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 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." Campbell felt so strongly about the situation that he rang the BBC to raise the issue himself. "You get to the stage when people say you've got to be immune to this," he added. "I may be immune to this but I'm playing football and should not be subjected to that type of abuse. "I am an international player who has given his whole career to club and country. I think I deserve more than this. "I know some people may be a little bit disgruntled at how I left certain clubs. I totally understand that. "But when you get to the level of personal abuse that I and other players are subjected to, it's got to stop now." And Campbell thinks verbal abuse is as bad as racist chanting. "There is no difference for me," said the 33-year-old centre-half. "It's harmful. They are trying to belittle you and it is downright out of order." Campbell says not enough has been done to stamp the problem out. "I think the FA has let down a few players up and down the league," he said. The former Tottenham and Arsenal player even accused the game's governing body in England of sitting idle and brushing the problem under the carpet. "This is the 21st century," he said. "This is a human rights situation where professional sportsmen - managers as well - want to do their job professionally and people are abusing them verbally. "If this happened on the street you'd be arrested. The FA, the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) and even the government should get involved." Campbell, who says clubs could be fined if they fail to control their fans, plans to meet the FA to air his concerns. But in response to his claims, the FA issued a statement suggesting it was already working hard to stamp out abusive behaviour by fans. "The FA works very closely with clubs and also with the government in terms of pushing for legislation to clamp down on abusive, threatening or violent behaviour in football grounds," it read. "But we have to be clear that on a match-by-match basis the responsibility lies with the individual clubs to deal with any abusive, threatening, insulting or racist behaviour that goes on. "When that behaviour goes into the realms of a criminal offence, then they must deal with it in conjunction with the police. "Whenever someone is either ejected from a ground or arrested at a football match for abusive, insulting, racist or violent behaviour, we would absolutely support any efforts to get those people banned from football matches from anything from three to 10 years. "We wouldn't want them connected with the game in any way." PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor sympathised with Campbell. He told BBC Sport: "Sol has been subjected to quite a bit of abuse of various natures in his time and he is entitled to ask for help and support. I hope that will come, not only from his club but the FA as well." Chelsea boss Grant also believes players receive too much abuse from spectators. "From a sporting perspective I don't like it," said Grant after defender Ashley Cole was verbally abused by Arsenal fans during Sunday's game against his old club. "Football is not an opera or a concert, but this is not the first time they did it and I have a feeling it won't be the last. "I don't like it. I never did it even when I was a supporter, but it's part of football." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RlCO 0 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm not seeing the connection like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm not seeing the connection between the picture and the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Im not sure what Sol's on about like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] I agree - look at the storm over Ashley Cole sticking his rods up after the recent Arsenal match. Yet the crowd were doing the same plus a lot more for 90 minutes. The fact he's a horrible little cunt is irrelevent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm not seeing the connection like. Scochee's not that bad these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sol's one of my favourite English players... but the constant abuse he gets from Spurs fans is well deserved tbh. He knew very well what he was getting in to when he decided to go to Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] I agree - look at the storm over Ashley Cole sticking his rods up after the recent Arsenal match. Yet the crowd were doing the same plus a lot more for 90 minutes. The fact he's a horrible little cunt is irrelevent Not to mention this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11079 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I think he dropped this... It's easy to say that "He gets paid enough to put up with the abuse.", but that's not why he should grow up. It's because he's an international footballer, it's because he's worshipped by his own supporters, it's because he's intelligent enough to know that the average football fan assumes mob mentality at the match so the comments can be readily ignored. Diouf, Savage among others get far worse abuse if you ask me, but they're not so precious as to think that it's cruel and unusual. He needs to realise that fame is give and take, you have to balance the praise with the abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22524 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 what a load of bollocks sol. comes with the territory and the £100k + per week wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Any fan that complains about an opposition player wants their head read. Any player that complains about the crowd being on their back wants to quit the game. I made the point in the other thread about being stunned at the 4-0 Wimbledon game in '93. That's the kind of bile and vitriol I WANT to see at a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal 0 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 A big fat FUCKOFF from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 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." Campbell felt so strongly about the situation that he rang the BBC to raise the issue himself. "You get to the stage when people say you've got to be immune to this," he added. "I may be immune to this but I'm playing football and should not be subjected to that type of abuse. "I am an international player who has given his whole career to club and country. I think I deserve more than this. "I know some people may be a little bit disgruntled at how I left certain clubs. I totally understand that. "But when you get to the level of personal abuse that I and other players are subjected to, it's got to stop now." And Campbell thinks verbal abuse is as bad as racist chanting. "There is no difference for me," said the 33-year-old centre-half. "It's harmful. They are trying to belittle you and it is downright out of order." Campbell says not enough has been done to stamp the problem out. "I think the FA has let down a few players up and down the league," he said. The former Tottenham and Arsenal player even accused the game's governing body in England of sitting idle and brushing the problem under the carpet. "This is the 21st century," he said. "This is a human rights situation where professional sportsmen - managers as well - want to do their job professionally and people are abusing them verbally. "If this happened on the street you'd be arrested. The FA, the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) and even the government should get involved." Campbell, who says clubs could be fined if they fail to control their fans, plans to meet the FA to air his concerns. But in response to his claims, the FA issued a statement suggesting it was already working hard to stamp out abusive behaviour by fans. "The FA works very closely with clubs and also with the government in terms of pushing for legislation to clamp down on abusive, threatening or violent behaviour in football grounds," it read. "But we have to be clear that on a match-by-match basis the responsibility lies with the individual clubs to deal with any abusive, threatening, insulting or racist behaviour that goes on. "When that behaviour goes into the realms of a criminal offence, then they must deal with it in conjunction with the police. "Whenever someone is either ejected from a ground or arrested at a football match for abusive, insulting, racist or violent behaviour, we would absolutely support any efforts to get those people banned from football matches from anything from three to 10 years. "We wouldn't want them connected with the game in any way." PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor sympathised with Campbell. He told BBC Sport: "Sol has been subjected to quite a bit of abuse of various natures in his time and he is entitled to ask for help and support. I hope that will come, not only from his club but the FA as well." Chelsea boss Grant also believes players receive too much abuse from spectators. "From a sporting perspective I don't like it," said Grant after defender Ashley Cole was verbally abused by Arsenal fans during Sunday's game against his old club. "Football is not an opera or a concert, but this is not the first time they did it and I have a feeling it won't be the last. "I don't like it. I never did it even when I was a supporter, but it's part of football." if anything, the authorities should take action against pricks like him, who think they are so hard done by while earning 100 grand a week ........... and can't take criticism. By capping their pay, or in all seriousness, introduce some sort of performance related pay. In fact, they won't take action in either the above or what he is saying either, so the stupid cunt should shut his gob and appreciate how well off he is What a knacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] big load of bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 A big fat FUCKOFF from me. Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 in fact, to go further. Speaking of performance related pay. When the thick cunt handled the ball and gave us a penalty in the Cup Semi final 1999 playing for Spurs, he should have paid the season ticket bill for all the Spurs fans for the next season, been banished to the reserves for 12 months, and been locked in stocks and pelted with rotten tomatoes for a week, as he effectively ended their season and cost them an FA Cup Final place. Its him that is choosing to be a prick, so I wonder how that would grab him ? Wanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] big load of bollocks I would bet everything I own that if you were ever in the presence of Sol Cambell you'd be too chicken to say anything - due to the fact he could beat the living shit out of you. Get you in a crowd of several thousand blokes and you all think you're hard. Twats. Edited December 20, 2007 by Asprilla's foreskin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] big load of bollocks I would bet everything I own that if you were ever in the presence of Sol Cambell you'd be too chicken to say anything - due to the fact he could beat the living shit out of you. Get you in a crowd of several thousand blokes and you all think you're hard. Twats. And then bum you. Allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 My mate told me that on Sunday they had a shot of Ashley Cole, and the commentator said "Ashley Cole there, who will be rightly booed for the full 90 minutes." Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6920 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Is it really as bad as it used to be? I mean Gazza got frozen mars bars chucked at him when he returned with Spurs. Sol has always been a bit sensitive...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4079 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 If he wants fans arrested for abuse fair enough. As long as they start walking on the pitch and arrest players for assault when they take someone out of the game. Or retaliate to a fair challenge. Or get arrested for fraud for diving. The way he talks you would think footballers never did anything to wind fans up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 If he wants fans arrested for abuse fair enough. As long as they start walking on the pitch and arrest players for assault when they take someone out of the game. Or retaliate to a fair challenge. Or get arrested for fraud for diving. The way he talks you would think footballers never did anything to wind fans up. Or verbally abuse the officials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 £100k a week blah blah blah...should put up with it blah blah blah..... He's got a point to be fair....the reaction of these "fans" when someone says anything back shows how childish they are. The laughable thing is, I bet most of them would never dream of saying anything on their own but are happy to be one of the voices in the crowd. They get carried away and it's pathetic. /rant] big load of bollocks I would bet everything I own that if you were ever in the presence of Sol Cambell you'd be too chicken to say anything - due to the fact he could beat the living shit out of you. Get you in a crowd of several thousand blokes and you all think you're hard. Twats. And then bum you. Allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31592 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) Probably best not to say much about him in front of his brother mind. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,...1498934,00.html Edited December 20, 2007 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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