Lee Croft

[another generation]

, but I can't think of an occasion when a professional footballer would need to use such language to a ball boy.

Professional footballer being the operative word there. None of them are the brightest are they? They are above the rest of us mere mortals, and therefore have carte blanche to say what they want to whomever they want. Unless it's racist, of course.

Think this is the day when I can safely call myself 'old'. Sad, isn't it?

 

[jimharri]

Apparently he said "give the fucking ball back ****", ball boy is claiming he said "black c***".

Just seen it now. If Croft did indeed use the word 'black', he deserves to have the book thrown at him. However, if he didn't and he did just call the ball boy a ****, I wouldn't blame Croft in the slightest.

Eh? You reckon it's all right to say, "give the fucking ball back" and to call the lad a '****', assuming it's a word beginning with 'c', but it's not all right to call him 'black'? I don't know what the lad did to get old windmill-arms Crofty wound up, but I can't think of an occasion when a professional footballer would need to use such language to a ball boy.

Yeah; I don't have a problem with that. Maybe Croft, given the chance to relive the moment again, might use a different term. However; late in the game and chasing an equalizer, Croft would have been in an agitated state anyway. We've all said things in the heat of the moment that we didn't intend to and later regretted. Also, looking at the ball boy, I'm guessing that he's early teens maybe. That being so, I would take a guess that he's been called similar (if not worse), and possibly used similar as well. If he hadn't done such a dickheadish thing, the problem would never have arisen, would it? And calling someone a ****, as opposed to a black ****, is totally different. And if you think they're similar, there's no point me even trying to argue with you as we will never agree on it.

 

[yeseye]

If he did call him a black **** then he needs to admit it and apologise quickly, not let it drag on like the Terry/ camel junior affair, sometimes things are said in the heat of the moment which we don't really mean and a lot of the time mean fcuk all anyway!

 

[Dubai Blue]

Apparently he said "give the fucking ball back ****", ball boy is claiming he said "black c***".

Just seen it now. If Croft did indeed use the word 'black', he deserves to have the book thrown at him. However, if he didn't and he did just call the ball boy a ****, I wouldn't blame Croft in the slightest.

Eh? You reckon it's all right to say, "give the fucking ball back" and to call the lad a '****', assuming it's a word beginning with 'c', but it's not all right to call him 'black'? I don't know what the lad did to get old windmill-arms Crofty wound up, but I can't think of an occasion when a professional footballer would need to use such language to a ball boy.

I can; in exactly the same situation that happened to Croft. The ballboy acted like a complete c^nt and got told so.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Anyone know what he's done ? Rumours he's racially abused a 14 year old ball boy.

I think he's alleged to have racially abused a 14 yr old ball boy!

Cheers Dave, I knew you'd have your finger on the pulse.

 

[BlueTG]

If he's used racist language he might as well admit it and get it over with, the FA will probably only give him a 4-8 match ban.

 

[Blootoof]

Have you seen his Wiki page?

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft</a>

Talk about a career nose-dive.

 

[BuckersMCFC]

Have you seen his Wiki page?

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft</a>

Talk about a career nose-dive.

I know it's only Wikipedia, but

As of Octopber 14th 2012, Croft was the subject of a police investigation after he was accused of abusing a black ball boy both racially and sexually.[36]

First I've heard about sexually?

 

[Blootoof]

Have you seen his Wiki page?

<span><a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Croft</a></span>

Talk about a career nose-dive.

I know it's only Wikipedia, but

As of Octopber 14th 2012, Croft was the subject of a police investigation after he was accused of abusing a black ball boy both racially and sexually.[36]

First I've heard about sexually?

Does Black KUNT count?

 

[Kakhaber Tskhadadze K.O.T.A.]

Ballboy was being a dick and kicked the all away

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y-nxAGIDw7Q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... -nxAGIDw7Q</a>