Turncoats and Traitors

Xavi6

A tasty one to get your teeth into at this hour of the morning

Prompted not just by the Roy Keane debate (again), but also by the news that Alan Smith may return to Leeds after committing the ultimate sin of leaving them for Manchester United.

So who are the biggest turncoats and traitors in football?

jebidiah

MrStuffins

The one which always sticks out in my mind is this guy. I'm not a Spurs supporter, but I remember the absolute horror when he left Spurs for free, having led them on for months and months saying he was gonna stay, and joined Arsenal of all teams.

Paully D

Luis Figo, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, and many more.

Ian_K

starbelgrade

OPENROAD

MrStuffins wrote: »

The one which always sticks out in my mind is this guy. I'm not a Spurs supporter, but I remember the absolute horror when he left Spurs for free, having led them on for months and months saying he was gonna stay, and joined Arsenal of all teams.

I have only ever got excited about two signings we were made, and both were for Sol, legend!!

JerryHandbag

starbelgrade

Only kiddin... we'll let the Great Dane away with that one!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

No mention of Willie Gallas yet!? First man to play for Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea..

kryogen

Brian Kidd

premierstone

Kenny Miller

major bill

sol campbell
alan smith
figo

all already mentioned

brian shelley could possibly go down as the worst in irish footballing history if his move to shamrock rovers this season happens.:mad:

rovers will remember james keddy and tony grant:pac:

kryogen

MrStuffins

starbelgrade wrote: »

Have to disagree with this one. While United supporters get their knickers in a bunch over Tevez, they also refuse to believe or accept that Tevez was willing to stay and was shown no loyalty by Man Utd.

I think it's very unfair to feck a player about and show him no respect and them b1tch about him moving to a rival, even if that rival in ManCity

Warper

Xavi6 wrote: »

A tasty one to get your teeth into at this hour of the morning

Prompted not just by the Roy Keane debate (again), but also by the news that Alan Smith may return to Leeds after committing the ultimate sin of leaving them for Manchester United.

So who are the biggest turncoats and traitors in football?

How are you a Mod?

MrStuffins

kryogen wrote: »

FYP!

SM01

There's a decent article in 4-4-2 magazine this month about Graham Turner and his move from Hereford United where he served as manager, chairman and owner, to their fierce rivals - Shrewsbury Town where he now serves as manager. The Hereford fans see him as a turncoat and a judas obviously! Not quite as glamorous as Owen or Figo mind you. Amusingly, the first line of the wikipedia article on Shrewsbury Town currently reads:

"Shrewsbury Town Football Club Are a bunch of Sheepshaggers, based in Shrewsbury, Wales."

Warper

It takes something special to get a pigs head thrown at you so ya Figo would be the most high-profile.

Xavi6

Warper wrote: »

How are you a Mod?

I've no idea what you mean by that.

GLaDOS

Glen Crowe, though he made up for it to a certain extent.

BOHtox

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Glen Crowe, though he made up for it to a certain extent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NMpsVJCdo&playnext=1&list=PL9E4724B6DC8B525B&index=2

and then we blew it

starbelgrade

Turned his coat over so fast, it came back on the same way round.

bobbysands81

No mention of the original Judas scumbag that is Maurice Johnston yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Johnston

massdebater

Het-Field

Paul Ince (Somewhat Unfairly)

Frank Lampard (Totally Fairly)

Warper

Xavi6 wrote: »

I've no idea what you mean by that.

Its obvious this thread was started with the whole Roy Keane story atm. If you were not a mod this thread would be locked.

markesmith

But the worst is Sol Campbell. I actually lost interest in football for 3-4 years after that happened. It jaded me.

Xavi6

Warper wrote: »

Its obvious this thread was started with the whole Roy Keane story atm. If you were not a mod this thread would be locked.

Course it was, sure I said as much in the OP! The other thread brought up the topic of traitors and lord knows there's been plenty in the game, not just Royston (if indeed he is one).

Anyway if looked a little closer you would see that I'm not a soccer mod so have no control over content in the forum. I'm sure if you report it one of the actual mods will be happy to lock it and hand out whatever punishment is deemed necessary.

Until then I'll continue to enjoy the names being offered (nobody else has even mentioned Keane btw).

oconnon9

kryogen wrote: »

Brian Kidd

incorrect

United fans still chant his name

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

I'm not too fond of Jeff Kenna either...

Mint Sauce

Ince
Owen
Tevez

Xavi6

Warper

Xavi6 wrote: »

Course it was, sure I said as much in the OP! The other thread brought up the topic of traitors and lord knows there's been plenty in the game, not just Royston (if indeed he is one).

Anyway if looked a little closer you would see that I'm not a soccer mod so have no control over content in the forum. I'm sure if you report it one of the actual mods will be happy to lock it and hand out whatever punishment is deemed necessary.

Until then I'll continue to enjoy the names being offered (nobody else has even mentioned Keane btw).

Im not a snitch man, dont worry, carry on

Jazzy

Xavi6 wrote: »

A tasty one to get your teeth into at this hour of the morning

Prompted not just by the Roy Keane debate (again), but also by the news that Alan Smith may return to Leeds after committing the ultimate sin of leaving them for Manchester United.

So who are the biggest turncoats and traitors in football?

xavi6 turning on Sven Goran-Eriksson will always be the one that sticks out in my mind!

cson

A man utterly devoid of an class.

cson

More Arsenal traitors

£15m man





And the biggest prick of them all;



"Only £65,000 a year"

Yeah, we only gave you a career you ungrateful ****.

Chardee MacDennis

cson wrote: »

A man utterly devoid of an class.

lets not forget

Mr.Nice Guy

Don't see how Owen can be classed as a turncoat or traitor when you consider his situation. He looked like he was washed up, was desperate to play for his country again but that seemed like a forlorn hope, and then all of a sudden United offered him a lifeline. He would have been bonkers not to sign. I say the same about Sparky taking on the City job. I'm still annoyed that he got flak from certain quarters over going there as it was a chance too good for him to pass up.

Tevez springs to mind for me considering his talk about not wanting to go to a rival club like Liverpool and then he went and signed for City. Heinze if the move to Liverpool had gone through. Pleasantly surprised that Stephen Ireland hasn't been mentioned here.

dor83

For the way he left Inter after all the club did for when he suffered those injuries, but he is still the best player I have ever seen play.

cson

That's fair going outta Ronaldo actually :pac:

TheProdigy

Not a traitor but a useless cúnt

andyman

Very unfair on Bentley as well. Arsenal deemed him surplus to requirements for God's sake...

cson

TheProdigy wrote: »

Not a traitor but a useless cúnt

Liverpool thread is that way

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andyman wrote: »

Very unfair on Bentley as well. Arsenal deemed him surplus to requirements for God's sake...

Meh, still crossed the divide and the only useful thing he ever did for Spurs was score a belter against us in the 4-4 DVD Extravaganza Game.

DOC09UNAM

cson wrote: »

Liverpool thread is that way

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Meh, still crossed the divide and the only useful thing he ever did for Spurs was score a belter against us in the 4-4 DVD Extravaganza Game.

Playing one game for Arsenal, and then joining spurs 4 years later can hardly be considered Traitorism to be fair.

OPENROAD

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Playing one game for Arsenal, and then joining spurs 4 years later can hardly be considered Traitorism to be fair.

TheProdigy

cson wrote: »

Liverpool thread is that way

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Actually considering it is always on the first page and the thread titles run on a vertical basis it would be ↑ or ↓...Unlucky

RobTheLad

Kewell's transfer to Galatasaray provoked strong criticism from fans of his former team Leeds United as he was a Leeds player when two of their fans were killed in clashes before a UEFA Cup semi-final against Galatasaray in Istanbul in April 2000

cson

feelingstressed wrote: »

Per week?

Whoops yeah, per week.

@ DOC09UNAM: Don't care what you say but for most fans crossing the divide at any stage of a career is a no-no.

In recent memory; Bentley, Gallas and Rohan Ricketts are the only ones who've done it from our end.

mikemac

Figo for me, a post has already been added with pics so no need to duplicate

MrStuffins

cson wrote: »

That's fair going outta Ronaldo actually :pac:

Notice how he gets progressively fatter in each pic!