Craig_J
Eidur Gudjohnsen
It's a biography, not an autobiography. It's been written by someone else.
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It's a biography, not an autobiography. It's been written by someone else.
Whiffler
Jermaine Jenas
Yes, but presentation of thoughts rather than deeds will throw the reader. Basically a sh1te writer's account of a sh1te person's sh1te behaviour.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
If you want a giggle read Spooky's parody of Sol's book in this blog posting (bottom paragraph)
http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2014/3/26/he-wants-to-slap-it-i-just-want-to-slap-him?
http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2014/3/26/he-wants-to-slap-it-i-just-want-to-slap-him?
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Sol is back on twitter apparently, how long will this foray last
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Sol Campbell is ready for the backlash.
For black players that speak frankly on racism it always comes.
Largely from a football *community unwilling to address the imbalance between its substantial black playing *contingent and those that go on to actually manage its clubs. Currently zero in this country.
What shocked Campbell on the last occasion he spoke openly on the issue of race and the England captaincy, however, was the *reaction of several black ex-pros.
They distanced themselves from Campbell’s claim that he would have been England captain for the next 10 years had he been white – even though he subsequently clarified those comments made in his autobiography.
Campbell said: “They are seeing what is happening around them and they don’t do anything about it. They love the status quo. They want to just toe the line.
“It’s a case of, ‘I’m alright, I don’t care who is coming up behind me. I’m too scared to own up’.
“Well, I’m not like that and I am never going to be like that. I’m just going to be me.
“People could have said what they did in a different way. John Barnes had bananas thrown at him. He is almost acting as if nothing happened to him.
“People like him could have said: ‘Maybe not 10 years but I could see where he was coming from. Articulate it in a different way’. Then you’ve got Paul Ince in the Daily Mail. It’s like: ‘Really?!’ What position are you protecting when your position can so easily be taken away?
I know some of the political people are trying to kind of move the FA in certain ways.
“But you just get to the stage where, if I’ve got black ex-players going against me then you start to think: ‘What is going on here? I’ll just let people drift and carry on doing my own thing’.”
Addressing the accusation from critics that he had only made his controversial England claim to promote his autobiography, Campbell – who gave a Commons speech on racism in football last week – said: “Its a book. They are my experiences. Am I not going to say what was on my mind or be honest about my feelings?”
He was speaking at the launch of the Brixton-based Black Cultural Archive. In years to come Campbell could find himself alongside the likes of Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano at the south London centre which explores the role that black people have played in British history.
The ex-defender was England’s second-youngest captain at the age of 23. In 2006 he became the only player to have represented England in six successive major tournaments.
In 2004 he was part of the Arsenal Invincibles team that stormed to the Premier League title undefeated.
Yet Campbell, a big supporter of the new £7million archive, believes a black player with his experience in the future would still have little chance of sporting the Three Lions’ armband on a regular basis.
Left-back Ashley Cole, 32, retired from international football this summer after being omitted from Roy Hodgson’s World Cup squad despite having the experience of five major tournaments.
“At the moment black players are not in a position to compete.” Campbell said.
As for the Rooney Rule, which would see candidates of colour included on short lists for *managerial positions in a bid to address a lack of black managers?
No chance. Because of the chairmen and the people around the chairmen. Some of the chairmen are blinkered in terms of where they are from or what they know so they obviously rely on the group of people below them to help.”
Campbell, who retired from playing two years ago, is working towards gaining his coaching badges through the Football Association of Wales.
“I’m on the last bit of my A-Licence and I am starting my Pro in September.” he said. “I’m going to get it and then I am going to see where life goes from there.” Yet, like many recently retired black players in this country, he is pessimistic about the qualification actually leading to a job.
He believes black players have a lesser value in the eyes of English club chairman compared to ex-pros from abroad.
“Look at Ruud Gullit and Jean Tigana, they are black and have managed in this country,” he added. “We’ve got black players who have achieved similar things to them domestically and have the same level of quality.
“That’s where it gets bizarre. What’s the mentality of the *hierarchy? Where are they going when they look abroad to employ a black player who has been fantastic at football rather than someone who has actually been in England on the same level?
“The problem is with the mentality. But the FA is the key to change. It is easier for them to integrate black coaches into their system.
“Look at [ex-Charlton boss] Chris Powell. Why is he not in the England set-up? He is not going to rock the boat, he is a good coach. He has all his badges. He has shown himself to be a fine manager in his own right.
“The FA are trying to do this coaching thing where they are helping out black players to be able to get boardroom jobs and things like that.
“They are supporting it and that’s good. But that sort of thing should be inside the FA. It should come under the FA umbrella.
“That shouldn’t be an external thing. That thing costs money to run. That should be in your *manifesto. Why is it not? Ask Greg Dyke.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sol-campbell-says-black-english-3922579#ixzz38k971bqU
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For black players that speak frankly on racism it always comes.
Largely from a football *community unwilling to address the imbalance between its substantial black playing *contingent and those that go on to actually manage its clubs. Currently zero in this country.
What shocked Campbell on the last occasion he spoke openly on the issue of race and the England captaincy, however, was the *reaction of several black ex-pros.
They distanced themselves from Campbell’s claim that he would have been England captain for the next 10 years had he been white – even though he subsequently clarified those comments made in his autobiography.
Campbell said: “They are seeing what is happening around them and they don’t do anything about it. They love the status quo. They want to just toe the line.
“It’s a case of, ‘I’m alright, I don’t care who is coming up behind me. I’m too scared to own up’.
“Well, I’m not like that and I am never going to be like that. I’m just going to be me.
“People could have said what they did in a different way. John Barnes had bananas thrown at him. He is almost acting as if nothing happened to him.
“People like him could have said: ‘Maybe not 10 years but I could see where he was coming from. Articulate it in a different way’. Then you’ve got Paul Ince in the Daily Mail. It’s like: ‘Really?!’ What position are you protecting when your position can so easily be taken away?
I know some of the political people are trying to kind of move the FA in certain ways.
“But you just get to the stage where, if I’ve got black ex-players going against me then you start to think: ‘What is going on here? I’ll just let people drift and carry on doing my own thing’.”
Addressing the accusation from critics that he had only made his controversial England claim to promote his autobiography, Campbell – who gave a Commons speech on racism in football last week – said: “Its a book. They are my experiences. Am I not going to say what was on my mind or be honest about my feelings?”
He was speaking at the launch of the Brixton-based Black Cultural Archive. In years to come Campbell could find himself alongside the likes of Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano at the south London centre which explores the role that black people have played in British history.
The ex-defender was England’s second-youngest captain at the age of 23. In 2006 he became the only player to have represented England in six successive major tournaments.
In 2004 he was part of the Arsenal Invincibles team that stormed to the Premier League title undefeated.
Yet Campbell, a big supporter of the new £7million archive, believes a black player with his experience in the future would still have little chance of sporting the Three Lions’ armband on a regular basis.
Left-back Ashley Cole, 32, retired from international football this summer after being omitted from Roy Hodgson’s World Cup squad despite having the experience of five major tournaments.
“At the moment black players are not in a position to compete.” Campbell said.
As for the Rooney Rule, which would see candidates of colour included on short lists for *managerial positions in a bid to address a lack of black managers?
No chance. Because of the chairmen and the people around the chairmen. Some of the chairmen are blinkered in terms of where they are from or what they know so they obviously rely on the group of people below them to help.”
Campbell, who retired from playing two years ago, is working towards gaining his coaching badges through the Football Association of Wales.
“I’m on the last bit of my A-Licence and I am starting my Pro in September.” he said. “I’m going to get it and then I am going to see where life goes from there.” Yet, like many recently retired black players in this country, he is pessimistic about the qualification actually leading to a job.
He believes black players have a lesser value in the eyes of English club chairman compared to ex-pros from abroad.
“Look at Ruud Gullit and Jean Tigana, they are black and have managed in this country,” he added. “We’ve got black players who have achieved similar things to them domestically and have the same level of quality.
“That’s where it gets bizarre. What’s the mentality of the *hierarchy? Where are they going when they look abroad to employ a black player who has been fantastic at football rather than someone who has actually been in England on the same level?
“The problem is with the mentality. But the FA is the key to change. It is easier for them to integrate black coaches into their system.
“Look at [ex-Charlton boss] Chris Powell. Why is he not in the England set-up? He is not going to rock the boat, he is a good coach. He has all his badges. He has shown himself to be a fine manager in his own right.
“The FA are trying to do this coaching thing where they are helping out black players to be able to get boardroom jobs and things like that.
“They are supporting it and that’s good. But that sort of thing should be inside the FA. It should come under the FA umbrella.
“That shouldn’t be an external thing. That thing costs money to run. That should be in your *manifesto. Why is it not? Ask Greg Dyke.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sol-campbell-says-black-english-3922579#ixzz38k971bqU
Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Im sure the BCA didnt want him waffling his usual **** at a huge PR event for the organisation
Sol Campbell was speaking at the opening of the Black Cultural Archive in Windrush Square, Brixton, London.
The BCA is a unique collection and exhibition of archive material and artefacts, showcasing the role that black people have played in British history.
The BCA will host a number of culturally centred exhibitions with its own community arts and educational programmes, special events, talks and workshops
Sol Campbell was speaking at the opening of the Black Cultural Archive in Windrush Square, Brixton, London.
The BCA is a unique collection and exhibition of archive material and artefacts, showcasing the role that black people have played in British history.
The BCA will host a number of culturally centred exhibitions with its own community arts and educational programmes, special events, talks and workshops
Millsy_Yiddo
Naybet
Yep, seems a bit f*cking stupid to use a black player who has represented England at every tournament he feasibly should have as an example of the FA having something against black players.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Can we start a campaign to kick sol Campbell out of football?
The man is a macaron.
If I wasn't on the iPad I'd link his rant at the FA for appointing Gary Neville as coach rather than him. I mean what on gods green earth has Gary Neville done that sol Campbell hasn't?
Ignoring Gary Neville's more impressive career, the fact that he's finished his coaching badges and that he's got some coaching experience. Oh, and that he's not a ****ing raving lunatic who's always trying to play the race card.
The man is a macaron.
If I wasn't on the iPad I'd link his rant at the FA for appointing Gary Neville as coach rather than him. I mean what on gods green earth has Gary Neville done that sol Campbell hasn't?
Ignoring Gary Neville's more impressive career, the fact that he's finished his coaching badges and that he's got some coaching experience. Oh, and that he's not a ****ing raving lunatic who's always trying to play the race card.
strange comments - either he's telling the truth and he's the only person in english football willing to spill the beans on the true goings on behind the scenes in the game or he's a stark raving mad lunatic - won't be winning many of his peers over with these comments where it seems like he's taking a big swing at his fellow black sportsmen.
Craig_J
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Was going to post this earlier but thought why bother? I mean as long as he gets a platform he'll be there making comments like these. It's going to start up every now and then for as long as he lives so we might as well ignore it. Bit like when North Korea pop up every now and then to remind us that they're amazing and that we should bow down to them.
Edit: Can't seem to shake this image from my head of Judas, Kim Jong-Un and Denis Rodman hitting the town in Pyongyang
Edit: Can't seem to shake this image from my head of Judas, Kim Jong-Un and Denis Rodman hitting the town in Pyongyang
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Whiffler
Jermaine Jenas
Gary Neville gave us the aqueducts.
Oh, and he never left the game (or any game at half time), but has evolved from player to coach. Not that I like or particularly rate the guy.
Baleforce
Martin Peters
:lol:
Baleforce
Martin Peters
Campbell, and the "city" of Sunderland need to be nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.