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March 05, 2004
6 Leicester City players arrested: on allegations of sexual assualt in Spain. players involved, more info here.
Why were Leicester City players training in Spain for an "upcoming match against Birmingham on Saturday"? Does Birmingham have some micro-climate I'm unaware of? [/missing the point entirely]
posted by JJ at 08:08 AM on March 05, 2004
Just a bit of a treat for the players I think - training in Cartagena has got to be better than training in Leicester.
posted by BigCalm at 08:19 AM on March 05, 2004
It makes me angry, Jerry. Angry and tired. On the positive side though, a team without Dickov and Scowcroft should be much easier to beat. So I say lock 'em up and throw away the key.
posted by squealy at 08:42 AM on March 05, 2004
Dickov, Sinclair and Gillespie have been remanded in custody, which could mean they are scoffing churros for 12-18 months. Leicester play us a week Saturday, not tomorrow. Leicester have a pretty poor record on these overseas jaunts. Woman batterer and dog lover Stanley Victor Collymore got the whole team banned a couple of years ago after setting off a fire extinguisher and it was on some trip that loveable cheeky chappy Dennis Wise broke his team mates jaw. On another trip, with Newcastle to Dublin, Gillespie got laid out by Alan Shearer. Did anyone mention team spirit and bonding ? If I was a Leicester fan I would be pretty pissed off; with the position they are in I would be expecting them to be working their gonads off in training, not getting lagered up in Spain. I also wonder what all those local traders who are still owed money by Leicester following their inglorious going into administration episode think of the club paying for a glorified 18-30 piss up, while they whistle?
posted by Fat Buddha at 09:22 AM on March 05, 2004
Update. Bit early to say really, but it looks bad for Frank Sinclair and Paul Dickov. Considering that it's going to trial, could we see a conviction here?
posted by BigCalm at 09:38 AM on March 05, 2004
If the allegations are true, it sounds like they could be going down for quite a long time: breaking into somebodies room and gang-raping them. Jesus.
posted by dng at 09:42 AM on March 05, 2004
Silly, silly boys. So who has the worst behaved athletes, England or America?
posted by salmacis at 10:24 AM on March 05, 2004
Before we can say that, we'll have to find out if footballers are athletes.
posted by dng at 11:12 AM on March 05, 2004
I think the team was in Spain for the La Manga tournament. At least the MLS teams are including the Earthquakes and the Burn.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:53 PM on March 05, 2004
" Silly, silly boys" is part of the problem. They aren't, they're adults. Unfortunately, like most atheletes, they've probably been given free passes on lousy behaviour from school on into adulthood. Which culminates in this sort of evil.
posted by rodgerd at 03:30 PM on March 05, 2004
No Bill. Leicester were in La Manga for a break. They weren't playing any games.
posted by salmacis at 04:33 AM on March 06, 2004
Wow, Leicester certainly makes Leeds look like choirboys. Which, now that I mention it, reminds me: What happened to that alleged gang-rape involving players from London teams that happened in London last year? Nice how that's all disappeared. Man. I was going to post that something about this earlier, but thought, why bother, what's new? I'd like to see this nonsense sorted out, and if it did happen, no special dispensation given to these pampered players. Just lock them away. If there's any humor in this, I think the Guardian have found it in this headline: Leicester players face long Spanish probe. btw, I didn't realize Collymore was ex-Leicester. Seems like he really still likes dogs, or dogging, that's about dogs, right? Turns out old Stan is quite a weiner himself.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:45 AM on March 06, 2004
Don't talk about Stan Collymore, I'm a Villa fan, I just can't take the pain.
posted by BigCalm at 11:09 AM on March 06, 2004
wc2002: The case was dropped due to lack of evidence. Dogging about dogs? Er, only if you're unlucky I suppose...
posted by salmacis at 12:09 PM on March 06, 2004
Sal, okay, but that tourney is going on at the same time as this training which I doubt is coincidental. I would note too that the Earthquakes took third place!
posted by billsaysthis at 12:53 PM on March 06, 2004
BC: Stan used to play for Liverpool, too. Can't say I remember him getting into any trouble during that time. But then, again, I can't say I remember him at all.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:10 PM on March 06, 2004
I would note too that the Earthquakes took third place! yeah, but the Metros took first!
posted by goddam at 04:28 PM on March 06, 2004
goddam, sadly the local paper didn't really give much in the way of reports so that went unnoticed here. still, the mstars are my second favorite MLSters, so cool.
posted by billsaysthis at 06:48 PM on March 06, 2004
that tourney is going on at the same time as this training which I doubt is coincidental. Er, yes. Leicester timed a break in their schedule to coincide with a meaningless pre-season friendly tournament. Whatever..
posted by salmacis at 05:24 PM on March 08, 2004
And I've just heard a rumour that they've been jailed, though none of the main news agents are reporting it yet.