The Truth About Drugs in Football

[bluemanc]

Monday 8PM Channel 4.
Will this be like the last one that bottled it at the last minute, when they realised purple nose was featuring a little bit to much in the corruption probe they were filming.
I'd love to see them plug Weeo into a lie detector then ask him the hard questions.

 

[Viva Rivaldo]

Hundreds of footballers missed Football Association drug tests over three years.

From April 2007 to August 2010 experts cancelled 240 checks because players from clubs including *Liverpool, Manchester City and *Newcastle did not turn up.

The findings were *uncovered by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.

A survey of 2,800 *footballers – of whom 700 responded – saw 28 per cent admit they have not been tested for two years.

That is despite the FA *insisting regular tests should take place on players.

In a statement the FA said tests were often missed *as *training schedules change.

Dispatches is on *Channel 4 on Monday at 8pm.

Hope it'll be interesting, probably won't be.

 

[samharris]

Monday 8PM Channel 4.
Will this be like the last one that bottled it at the last minute, when they realised purple nose was featuring a little bit to much in the corruption probe they were filming.
I'd love to see them plug Weeo into a lie detector then ask him the hard questions.

Paul merson is presenting it.:)

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

I have a sneaking suspicion one or two England players will be named,some of whom were sold for stupid money in Jan.

 

[BlueMo']

I once smoked part of a spliff in the Kippax.

 

[Blue_Times]

Presumbly it will be like anything else Dispatches do where they try to make a mountain out of mole hill and somehow manage to produce an hour long show without anything remotely fascinating coming from it?

 

[n_mcfc]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3808119/Top-Premier-footie-ace-is-on-cocaine.html

The identity of a top Premier League footballer who tested positive for cocaine will be revealed tonight.
He was later sold by his club in a multimillion pound deal but his new team were not told of the drug test, a TV investigation claims.

The star will be named by Channel 4 show Dispatches as it focuses on the use of recreational and performance-enhancing drugs in football.

The show claims to have discovered the identities of dozens of footballers who have failed drugs tests for cocaine and cannabis.

Their names have been kept secret by the Football Association and their clubs.

It is also claimed 240 drugs tests had to be abandoned between April 2007 and August 2010 after officials turned up at training grounds to discover the players were not there.

The show claims to have official documents that show three former England internationals and one Scottish star faced doping investigations after suspicious levels of testosterone were found in their urine.

All four were later cleared of wrongdoing.

David Howman of the World Anti Doping Agency said the FA needed to be more open about drug testing.

He added: "If you don't, then you are susceptible to an allegation you're hiding something."

The FA said it abides by the World Anti Doping Agency code.

Shit just got interesting.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Dear god ifs the 2 dipper signings I'll wet myself!

 

[n_mcfc]

No idea who this could be.

Going off the picture alone, I'd say Ballack. (Curly hair and dodgy shoulder pads that Chelsea had on their shirts). But then it says he was sold in a multimillion pound deal and I think he went for free.

Any other guesses!?

 

[Blue Haze]

My money is on Carroll.