10/07/2007 09:06
West Ham United is delighted to announce the signing of Wales international
captain Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a fee of £7.5million. The
27-year-old striker put pen to paper on a five-year contract at Upton Park
this morning to become Alan Curbishley's fourth summer signing. Born in
Cardiff on July 13, 1979, Craig left home as a teenager to begin his career
with Norwich City, where he made his debut against Crystal Palace in March
1997, before going on to net 32 goals in 84 league and cup appearances for
the Canaries. In the summer of 2000, he earned a £6.5million move to
Coventry City but, after suffering relegation in his first season at
Highfield Road, was again the target of Premier League clubs and, in June
2001, Newcastle United manager Bobby Robson swooped to sign him for
£6million. The Welshman enjoyed a fantastic start to his career at St James'
Park, scoring on his debut in an Intertoto Cup match against Belgian side
Lokeren, before going on to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award at
the end of his first campaign, in which he scored 16 goals to form a potent
strikeforce alongside Alan Shearer and help the Magpies qualify for the
Champions League.
Following the arrival of Graeme Souness as manager in August 2004, Craig's
Newcastle career hit a rocky patch and, in January 2005, he joined Celtic on
loan, scoring seven goals in just 12 appearances. In July 2005, his former
national team coach Mark Hughes paid £5million to take Bellamy to Blackburn
Rovers, where he again proved his Premier League quality, scoring 13 goals
in 27 appearances at Ewood Park, a strike-rate that alerted Liverpool to
splash out £6million for his services last summer. He managed nine goals in
27 appearances for the Reds, including a vital Champions League strike
against Barcelona at the Nou Camp that helped Rafael Benitez's men on their
way to eventually reaching the final against AC Milan in May, when he was an
unused substitute as the Italians sealed a 2-0 victory.
Craig made his senior international debut for Wales against Jamaica at the
age of just 18, and has so far earned 45 caps for his country, scoring 13
goals. In October 2006, he was handed the captaincy by national team coach
John Toshack in the absence of Ryan Giggs for a Euro 2008 qualifier against
Slovakia.
At the end of last season, following the retirement of Giggs from
international football, the striker was confirmed as the country's new
captain on a permanent basis, and will now look forward to joining his
national team colleagues Danny Gabbidon and James Collins at Upton Park.
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Bellamy lured by Hammers ambition - WHUFC
10/07/2007 10:13
Craig Bellamy admits that he was persuaded to leave behind Champions League
football at Liverpool after seeing the drive and ambition on display at West
Ham United. The Welsh international captain finally completed his
£7.5million transfer from Anfield this morning after several days of
speculation and, in his first exclusive interview as a Hammers player,
expressed his delight at making the move. "I'm delighted to be here," he
says. "It's taken a little bit longer than I would have liked but the main
thing is that it is done now and I can look forward to the challenge ahead.
"I knew around two weeks ago that there was an opportunity for me to head
away from Liverpool, but I had to make sure that any move was the right one
for me and not just an off the cuff reaction. "I had a lot to weigh up, and
in the end I decided that West Ham United was the best move for me, and
that's why I'm sitting here now. "I wanted to make sure that, if I left
Liverpool, it would be to a club that is going to be pushing for Europe. I
want to play in Europe, it's important to me, and I felt that same drive and
ambition here at West Ham. "Obviously it would be naïve of me to say that we
are going to qualify for the Champions League next season, but that's one
thing we are really going to be pushing for here in the future. "The Club is
looking to strengthen what is already a very good squad, and West Ham are
renowned for their open and attacking football, so everything is perfect for
me."
Having helped Liverpool reach the Champions League final last season - with
the likes of Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Chelsea dispatched along the way -
Craig is certainly no stranger to performing at the very highest level in
club football. However, just as it was for his former Blackburn Rovers
team-mate Lucas Neill in January, the potential to be an integral part of
something big at Upton Park is a far more attractive proposition than some
cynics might claim. "I had a great experience at Liverpool and I believe
West Ham will benefit this year, because I know I am a better player for
it," he says. "I supported Liverpool as a boy and would have had the chance
to play Champions League football again next season, but I needed to look
beyond that, in the same way that Lucas Neill did when he came here. "I
understood Lucas's position. If he'd joined Liverpool, he would have been a
squad player, like I was. Some people don't understand it, but the
opportunity to be a senior figure at an ambitious club like West Ham is very
attractive. "It was important for me to start playing regular football. I
could sit at Liverpool as a squad player all day long, picking up my money,
playing every now and then, but I'd be cheating myself and my personality.
"I want to play every week, to test myself and be in the firing line a
little bit. I've signed a five-year contract here, and I will be here for
the long term. I've moved around a bit in recent years, and now I want to
settle. "I'm 28 later this week and hopefully approaching the prime years of
my career. I believe West Ham are going to see the best of me, I'm focusing
on giving my all for the Club and I'm really looking to the challenge
ahead."
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Curbs: Craig will be in his prime here - WHUFC
10/07/2007 14:49
Alan Curbishley believes that new signing Craig Bellamy will enjoy the prime
years of his career with West Ham United. Having made the 27-year-old
striker his fourth capture of the summer in a club record £7.5million deal
this morning, the Hammers boss is looking forward to the impact he will make
at Upton Park.
"I'm really pleased to have signed Craig," says Curbs. "He is the right age,
with the right experience, and has two qualities that I really like - he is
hungry and also a little bit angry. "He is keen to prove to lots of people
what he can do, having not been given much of a chance at Liverpool. They
have moved on now, but so has Craig, and I'm certain that we are going to
see the best of him at West Ham. "He has an opportunity now to cement some
roots and show everybody what a good player he is. I'm sure he will strike
up a good rapport with the fans, because he tries his hardest in every match
and desperately wants to win. "People have raised eyebrows at the fact that
he has played for a few clubs but, if you actually look at his record, it
isn't anything out of the ordinary.
"He was at Norwich as a young boy, then went to Coventry who were relegated
in his first season. At Newcastle he had a fantastic start under Bobby
Robson, but then didn't see eye-to-eye with Graeme Souness, and so spent a
short spell at Celtic. "He did fantastically well at Blackburn, and then
Liverpool came in to activate the release clause he had. Every move has been
to better himself, and now he is coming to us in the prime years of his
career. "He is hungry to do well and I'm sure he will be a great asset to
us. Along with Scott Parker, Julien Faubert and Richard Wright, his arrival
has added further strength to the squad, and we are all looking forward to
the new season."
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Record signing confirmed - KUMB
Filed: Tuesday, 10th July 2007
By: Matthew O'Greel
West Ham have confirmed the capture of £7.5m striker Craig Bellamy. The club
announced this morning that the 27-year-old Welsh international has signed a
five-year-deal, thought to be worth around £45k per week. Talking via
whufc.com, Bellamy announced that he was 'delighted' to be a Hammer: "It's
taken a little bit longer than I would have liked but now I can look forward
to the challenge ahead," he said. "I had a lot to weigh up, and had to make
sure that any move was the right one for me and not just an off the cuff
reaction. In the end I decided that West Ham United was the best move for
me, and that's why I'm sitting here now. "I wanted to make sure that, if I
left Liverpool, it would be to a club that is going to be pushing for
Europe. I want to play in Europe, it's important to me, and I felt that same
drive and ambition here at West Ham. "Obviously it would be naïve of me to
say that we are going to qualify for the Champions League next season, but
that's one thing we are really going to be pushing for here in the future."
Bellamy becomes Alan Curbishley's fourth signing of what is already proving
to be a busy summer, following the capture of Scott Parker, Julien Faubert
and Richart Wright.
West Ham United FC - top ten transfers
1. Craig Bellamy £7.5m (Liverpool, 2007)
2. Dean Ashton £7m+ (Norwich, 2006)
3. Scott Parker £7m (Newcastle, 2007)
4. Matthew Upson £6m+ (Birmingham, 2007)
5. Julien Faubert £6m (Bordeaux, 2007)
6. Tomas Repka £5.5m (Fiorentina, 2001)
7. Luis Boa Morte £5m (Fulham, 2007)
7. Don Hutchison £5m (Everton, 2000)
9. Freddie Kanoute £4m (Lyon, 2000)
10. David James £3.5m (Aston Villa, 2001)
* '+' indicates additional clauses
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West Ham seal £7.5m Bellamy deal - BBC
West Ham have completed the signing of striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool
for a club record £7.5m. The 27-year-old Wales captain has signed a
five-year contract after just one season at Anfield. "I wanted to make sure
that, if I left Liverpool, it would be to a club that is going to be pushing
for Europe," Bellamy told the West Ham website. "I want to play in Europe,
it's important to me, and I felt that same drive and ambition here at West
Ham." Bellamy's departure from Liverpool follows the Reds' signings of
forwards Fernando Torres and Andriy Voronin. The former Norwich, Coventry
and Newcastle star arrived at Anfield in a £6m deal from Blackburn and
scored nine goals in 42 appearances. Bellamy's move was delayed because of a
private contractual dispute with Liverpool, which has since been resolved.
There seemed to be little doubt that he would be shown the exit door this
summer after Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez dropped at hint at the unveiling
of Torres. Spaniard Torres was added to a strikeforce including Voronin,
Crouch and Dirk Kuyt, meaning Bellamy - and Djibril Cisse, who has joined
Marseille - had to make way because they were surplus to requirements.
"Obviously it would be naïve of me to say that we are going to qualify for
the Champions League next season, but that's one thing we are really going
to be pushing for here in the future," added Bellamy. "The club is looking
to strengthen what is already a very good squad, and West Ham are renowned
for their open and attacking football, so everything is perfect for me."
Bellamy cited the increased chance of first-team football as one of the
reason for leaving Liverpool and believes the Hammers will reap the benefit
of his indifferent spell on Merseyside. "I had a great experience at
Liverpool and I believe West Ham will benefit this year, because I know I am
a better player for it," he says. "I supported Liverpool as a boy and would
have had the chance to play Champions League football again next season.
"But I needed to look beyond that, in the same way that Lucas Neill did when
he came here. "I understood Lucas's position. If he'd joined Liverpool, he
would have been a squad player, like I was. "Some people don't understand
it, but the opportunity to be a senior figure at an ambitious club like West
Ham is very attractive. "It was important for me to start playing regular
football. I could sit at Liverpool as a squad player all day long, picking
up my money, playing every now and then, but I'd be cheating myself and my
personality."
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BELLAMY EXPLAINS REDS EXIT - Sky
By James Pearson - Created on 10 Jul 2007
Craig Bellamy has revealed his desire to play regular first-team football
was the main reason behind joining West Ham. The former Newcastle and
Blackburn ace left Liverpool on Tuesday in a deal costing The Hammers
£7.5million. Bellamy had only been at Anfield for one year, but was forced
to consider his future after growing frustrated at the club's rotation
policy. The Wales captain is now looking to feature more under Alan
Curbishley with the hope of boosting his form for his country. "I'll be
turning 28 this season so I want to start playing football now," he told Sky
Sports News. "I think I played 10 or 11 full games last year. I want to try
and improve on that and play every week. "Obviously with one or two more
signings at Liverpool it was going to be a lot more difficult to get into
the team. "I would have been happy to stand and fight for my place but that
wasn't the case. So I had to look at the best option for me. "I want to play
European football and I believe West Ham have got a good chance of that in
the years to come. "You don't walk away from Liverpool too easily, but I
wanted to play football. "It's important I play week-in, week-out to be able
to lead my country out as well."
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Hammers nail Bellamy deal - Sky
By Peter ORourke - Created on 10 Jul 2007
West Ham have completed the signing of Craig Bellamy from Liverpool. The
Welsh international has penned a five-year deal at Upton Park after passing
a medical and agreeing personal terms. West Ham have paid a club record
£7.5million fee to land the former Newcastle and Blackburn hit-man.
Liverpool decided to offload Bellamy as he is surplus to requirements
following the signing of Fernando Torres. Bellamy is West Ham's fourth
signing of the summer following the captures of Scott Parker, Julien Faubert
and Richard Wright.
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Duo eye Hutchinson
By Peter ORourke - Created on 10 Jul 2007
Skysports.com understands West Ham and Newcastle are chasing FC Copenhagen
star Atiba Hutchinson. The powerful midfielder caught the attention of a
host of clubs after impressing in last season's UEFA Champions League
campaign. Copenhagen face a fight to keep hold of Hutchinson as several
sides look to lure him away to a bigger European league. Newcastle and West
Ham have been keeping tabs on the Canadian international as they look to
bolster their squads. Hutchinson's agent, Andreas Kirsch, is aware of
interest from the duo and he admitted the 24-year-old would be interested in
a move to England.
"There is interest from both clubs in Atiba and there is a lot of interest
from English clubs in him," Kirsch told skysports.com. "We are not in
serious negotiations and we will just wait and see what happens. "They have
both scouted Atiba a long time and they have informed us of their interest.
"Atiba would love to come to England, it is one of his main goals to play in
England."
German champions Stuttgart are also keen on Hutchinson and Kirsch says
preliminary talks have taken place with the club. "We are in early
discussions with Stuttgart and they are keen on signing him."
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West Ham break club transfer record to sign Bellamy - Times Online and
Agencies
Craig Bellamy, the Wales international captain, has joined West Ham United
for a club record fee of £7.5 million. The 27-year-old, who was told he had
no future at Anfield following the arrival of Fernando Torres from Athletico
Madrid, agreed a five-year deal on Friday, but the announcement was held
back until contractual negotiations with Liverpool had been finalised. "I
had a great experience at Liverpool and I believe West Ham will benefit this
year, because I know I am a better player for it," Bellamy told the the
London club's official website. "I've signed a five-year contract here and I
will be here for the long term. I've moved around a bit in recent years and
now I want to settle."
Bellamy is West Ham's fourth summer signing, following the additions of
Scott Parker, Julien Faubert and Richard Wright to Alan Curbishley's squad.
Bellamy's fee breaks West Ham's previous transfer record of £7.25m, paid to
Norwich City for striker Dean Ashton in January 2006. Curbishley had made no
secret of his desire to bring a recognised goalscorer to the club, after his
failure to sign Darren Bent, the Charlton Athletic striker, who spurned a
£17m offer to join Tottenham Hotspur. It takes Curbishley's spending to
almost £40m since he took over from Alan Curbushley as manager in December
2006. West Ham will become the sixth club Bellamy has played for, continuing
a career that began in his emergence through the youth system at Norwich
City, onto Coventry City, Newcastle United, Celtic (on loan), Blackburn
Rovers and then Liverpool, before his move to Upton Park. The player has
regularly courted controversy in that time, most notably in a high-profile
falling out with then Newcastle manager Graeme Souness, the club for whom
Bellamy scored 48 goals in 123 games and enjoyed perhaps the best period of
his career.
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West Ham in record deal for Craig Bellamy
By Andy Hooper and agencies
Last Updated: 10:26am BST 10/07/2007
West Ham have confirmed the signing of Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy for a
club record fee of £7.5 million. Bellamy, 28 next week, agreed a five-year
deal at Upton Park following the arrival at Anfield of Spain international
Fernando Torres. The transfer was agreed on Friday but was delayed over the
weekend as Bellamy negotiated over contractual issues with Liverpool.
Bellamy, the Wales captain, becomes West Ham's fourth summer signing and
takes manager Alan Curbishley's spending since he arrived at Upton Park in
December to nearly £40m. The deal for Bellamy breaks West Ham's previous
transfer record of £7.25m, paid to Norwich for Dean Ashton in January 2006.
Bellamy joins midfielders Scott Parker and Julien Faubert as well as
goalkeeper Richard Wright in signing for the club this summer. Curbishley
had previously targeted Darren Bent and had a £17m offer accepted by
Charlton, but the England striker chose instead to join Tottenham.
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Bellamy becomes a Hammer
Wales captain signs five-year deal
Staff and agencies
Tuesday July 10, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
West Ham have completed the signing of the Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy
for a club-record £7.5m. Bellamy's departure from Anfield was prompted by
the arrival of Fernando Torres and he has signed a five-year contract at
Upton Park. "I had a great experience at Liverpool and I believe West Ham
will benefit this year, because I know I am a better player for it," said
Bellamy today. "I've signed a five-year contract here and I will be here for
the long term. I've moved around a bit in recent years and now I want to
settle."
The Wales captain takes Alan Curbishley's spending since he arrived at West
Ham in December to nearly £40m. The Hammers have also signed the midfielders
Scott Parker and Julien Faubert this summer, although Carlos Tevez is
expected to join Manchester United in the next few weeks.
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Serial sinner Bellamy will feel at home with West Ham - Daily Mail
Last updated at 11:53am on 10th July 2007
They like their duckers and divers in the East End and when it comes to
taking a punt on some of the Premiership's more colourful characters, West
Ham's attitude has been a liberal one in recent years. The signing of Craig
Bellamy, who is poised to complete a £7.5million switch from Liverpool today
that will see his earnings rise to £75,000-a-week, is further evidence not
only of chairman Eggert Magnusson's ambition and the seemingly vast wad of
cash burning a hole in his back pocket but also West Ham's continuing belief
that they can rehabilitate even serial sinners. While other clubs hold their
noses and double lock their front doors, the Hammers prefer to leave the key
under the doormat and welcome the bad boys with open arms and a big cuddle.
It was a policy that bore spectacular fruit with Paolo di Canio at a time
when the temperamental Italian was public enemy No1 and working in a clothes
shop in Ternana. John Hartson, instigator of one of the most famous player
bust-ups of all time when he planted his boot into Eyal Berkovic's head on
West Ham's training ground, Neil Ruddock and Julian Dicks (when he was
re-signed from Liverpool) were all players of questionable character.
And what of Lee Bowyer? His proposed move to Birmingham City two summers ago
collapsed following protests by Blues fans alarmed at the prospect at
subsidising the wages of one of football's most persistent offenders. There
were no such fears at the Boleyn Ground 12 months later. Upton Park is
football's equivalent of the Priory clinic. No sin is too big. Whether your
peccadillo is beating up team-mates or attacking referees, you can be
guaranteed a second chance in east London.
If Pete Doherty was a Premiership footballer, he would inevitably pitch up
at West Ham at some point in his career. From a list of football's top 10
bad boys by the satirical website Who Ate All The Pies, four of them
(Hartson, Di Canio, Bowyer and now Bellamy) have turned out for the Hammers
in the last decade.
Of course, West Ham aren't the first club to be seduced by Bellamy's searing
pace and incisive forward play if somewhat erratic scoring record. They are
the eighth club of the 27-year-old's career and his fourth in two years
since his spectacular falling out with Newcastle. Rafael Benitez had hoped
that Bellamy's boyhood support for Liverpool and a greater maturity
demonstrated during a productive season at Blackburn Rovers would help him
mend his ways. If Benitez's mind had not already been made up by his patchy
record in front of goal (nine goals in 42 games), it would have been by his
drunken antics at an Algarve training camp in February when Bellamy played
golf with John Arne Riise as his ball after spending too long on the 19th
hole. The Spaniard has opted to cut his losses on the combustible Wales
captain, preferring to put his faith and the bulk of his transfer budget in
the younger and classier Fernando Torres.
Yet despite Bellamy's lengthy roll of shame, and the fact that he was not
manager Alan Curbishley's first choice (that was Darren Bent) or possibly
even second choice (the Hammers boss also asked about Mark Viduka), West Ham
know they have secured the services of a proven Premiership player who is
capable of destroying the best organised of defences. Indeed, the prospect
of a little and large forward alliance of Bellamy and a fit-again Dean
Ashton is a mouthwatering one for the Hammers faithful, enough certainly to
wipe away the gloom generated by the looming departure of Carlos Tevez to
Manchester United.
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BELLAMY WANTS TO SETTLE - Football365
Posted 10/07/07 14:27EmailPrintSave
Craig Bellamy insists the chance to be a "senior figure" at West Ham was
more appealing than remaining a squad player with Liverpool. The Hammers
have confirmed the signing of Bellamy for £7.5million, with the Wales
skipper leaving Anfield after just one season. The addition of Fernando
Torres has made competition among Reds' strikers even more fierce. Bellamy
admits he was not prepared to be a squad player at Liverpool next season,
even though he would have been involved in another Champions League
campaign. But he is convinced the Hammers will be competing among the elite
before too long. He said: "I knew around two weeks ago that there was an
opportunity for me to head away from Liverpool, but I had to make sure that
any move was the right one for me and not just an off-the-cuff reaction. "I
had a lot to weigh up, and in the end I decided that West Ham was the best
move for me. "I wanted to make sure that, if I left Liverpool, it would be
to a club that is going to be pushing for Europe. I want to play in Europe,
it's important to me, and I felt that same drive and ambition here at West
Ham. "Obviously it would be naive of me to say that we are going to qualify
for the Champions League next season, but that's one thing we are really
going to be pushing for here in the future. "The club is looking to
strengthen what is already a very good squad, and West Ham are renowned for
their open and attacking football, so everything is perfect for me. "I had a
great experience at Liverpool and I believe West Ham will benefit this year,
because I know I am a better player for it."
Bellamy joined his new team-mates in training on Tuesday and links up with
Wales international team-mates James Collins and Danny Gabbidon plus former
Blackburn colleague Lucas Neill. The Australian turned down the chance of a
move to Liverpool to sign for West Ham in January and Bellamy understands
why. "I supported Liverpool as a boy and would have had the chance to play
Champions League football again next season but I needed to look beyond
that, in the same way that Lucas Neill did when he came here," said Bellamy.
"I understood Lucas's position. If he'd joined Liverpool, he would have been
a squad player, like I was. Some people don't understand it, but the
opportunity to be a senior figure at an ambitious club like West Ham is very
attractive. "I've signed a five-year contract here, and I will be here for
the long term. I've moved around a bit in recent years, and now I want to
settle. "I'm 28 later this week and hopefully approaching the prime years of
my career. I believe West Ham are going to see the best of me."
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From 365.
Congratulations West Ham. Just when you thought that - like 'Dr' Gillian
McKeith - you could not possibly get any more loathsome, you sign Craig
Bellamy and give him a reported £70,000 a week. Now that is a stroke of
genius.
That will ensure that those who reserved judgement over the Alan Pardew
sacking, gave you the benefit of the doubt over the Carlos Tevez affair and
turned a blind eye to the £30m-plus spent on average players on massive
wages, might finally accept that you are the Premier League's least likeable
club.
This is a mantle previously held by Leeds and then Newcastle - both magnets
for mercenary players with roughly 427 zillion times more money than sense,
and more court appearances than medals to their names.
Anyone fancy a night out with Bellamy, Lee Bowyer, Carlton Cole, Anton
Ferdinand, Lucas Neill and Scott Parker? Anyone find a single player on the
West Ham squad list that they actually like? We came to a halt after Dean
Ashton and Mark Noble - and that was more about pity as the poor fella had
the misfortune to be brought up as a Hammer.
The signing of Bellamy has taken Alan Curbishley's spending as West Ham
manager close to the £40m mark. That's a massive amount of money. Has he
bought a single player with the potential to play for a top-four side? Well
yes, a single player in Lucas Neill, who turned down Champions League
football with Liverpool for a relegation fight with West Ham (oh and oodles
of cash).
Aside from Neill, he's bought three Arsenal rejects, one Liverpool reject,
one Chelsea reject and has-been and never-were players like Nigel Quashie
and Calum Davenport. Those who questioned how he would cope with a decent
budget (and we were in that bracket) were definitely right to question.
While Newcastle, T*tenham and Aston Villa have bought players with ambition,
West Ham have bought average footballers whose careers have either stagnated
or gone backwards.
Even those of us with some sympathy over the Tevez affair and little good
will towards Sheffield United, could not celebrate at the decision to uphold
the Blades' relegation. Frankly, we wanted rid of both of them.
There will be many 'neutrals' who want that putting right this coming season
and will rejoice at the sight of crying Hammers' fans just as we did at
those pictures of Leeds fans with tear-stained faces on the day they were
relegated.
Still not convinced? Look at the list of 'celebrity' fans...internet star
Leslie Grantham, TV racist Jo O'Meara, wifebeater Frank Bruno and Billy
sodding Mitchell (the most rubbish of all the Mitchells) and tell me you
want Sunderland or Derby relegated instead.
Sarah Winterburn
You may see the stupid northern bint here
http://www.football365.com/credits/0,17734,9699,00.html
- PeterR
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