This JT AF trial

[silvercue]

That is my point though. It used to be a case that assualt on a football pitch was not dealt with by the law. If Terry is found guilty - there is no way that can remain the way as precedence will be set that the pitch is no sanctuary from the law. As football is not boxing, that means a complaint from the public about what Joey Barton did on the last day, for example, will mean that the police will have to act.

[SpankwiR]

Tweeted by Sam Wallace: Ashley Cole tells court in Terry trial that Loftus Road can 'get feisty at times'

[Johnnykc]

punching and other criminal offences we see every week in the Prem will end up in court if he is found guilty.

I don't agree.....The only reason this has been bought to court and the resultant publicity is because of the possible racism.......as I said..everyone wants to be seen to be acting strongly regarding this, whereas a couple of players having a slap on a saturday doesn't (quite rightly) warrant the same attention.

[Hitman34]

so terrys defence is that the loftus road crowd was so feisty that it caused terry to bleet out "black ****" at ferdinand"


first cole sells out his manhood, now he is selling out his colour! boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[SpankwiR]

We all know Terry said it, he knows he said it but when he got found out he cacked his pants and can up with this I was merely repeating what I thought Anton was a accusing me of. Yeah cos if some black geezer was asking me if I called him a black c*nt I'd really go "Do you think Im calling you a ****ing black c*nt?" What a load of sh*t!

He has been found out and he knows it. I'd have more respect for him if he manned up and admitted it.

[Hitman34]

just like champion league semi final when he said he never touched the guy then afer being shown a video of him karate kicking the guy in the back he admits that it looked bad but does not remember doing it. lol that c.u.n.t is a f.u.c.k.ing looooooser

[SpankwiR]

Arsenal getting mugged off:

Crown to Ashley Cole: 'You used to play for Arsenal, the crowd doesn't make any noise at the Emirates do they?' [LAUGHTER in court]

[silvercue]

I don't agree.....The only reason this has been bought to court and the resultant publicity is because of the possible racism.......as I said..everyone wants to be seen to be acting strongly regarding this, whereas a couple of players having a slap on a saturday doesn't (quite rightly) warrant the same attention.

Sorry, you are wrong. The publicity has played a part in this, but assulat is a more serious offence than racial comments. And your view is totally subjective. I think elbowing someone in the face and smashing their eye socket is far worse than calling someone a black ****. Luckily, so does the law. In your world violence would be acceptable but calling people names would be a hanging offence if it had the word "black" involved.

[Johnnykc]

Sorry, you are wrong. The publicity has played a part in this, but assulat is a more serious offence than racial comments. And your view is totally subjective. I think elbowing someone in the face and smashing their eye socket is far worse than calling someone a black ****. Luckily, so does the law. In your world violence would be acceptable but calling people names would be a hanging offence if it had the word "black" involved.

hmmmm....my point is that not everything that happens on a football pitch will end up in court.....It doesn't matter whether it is a premier league match or a pub match on a sunday morning.....everyone accepts that passions rise and things can get a bit feisty.....TBH..your ever so slightly extreme 'eye socket' example probably should end up in court!

All you've done in that last post is use a particularly violent assault as an example yet try to infer that 'black' is just a word when used on the same pitch......

[rangersbitch]

Rather than risk falling out with any fellow QPR fans by commenting on their various arguments about the value and purpose of this trial, I decided instead to write a piece that rips into the nonsense written by various knobs on Twitter:

http://thisismyengland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/john-terry-and-army-of-twits.html

[andythefish]

Rather than risk falling out with any fellow QPR fans by commenting on their various arguments about the value and purpose of this trial, I decided instead to write a piece that rips into the nonsense written by various knobs on Twitter:

http://thisismyengland.blogspot.co.u...-of-twits.html

Nice piece,frighteningly true!

[silvercue]

hmmmm....my point is that not everything that happens on a football pitch will end up in court.....It doesn't matter whether it is a premier league match or a pub match on a sunday morning.....everyone accepts that passions rise and things can get a bit feisty.....TBH..your ever so slightly extreme 'eye socket' example probably should end up in court!

All you've done in that last post is use a particularly violent assault as an example yet try to infer that 'black' is just a word when used on the same pitch......

No, the point I have made is that this case could change what happens on a football pitch, if it doesn't we will see more players in court. As rangersbitch's article points out this has nothing to do with Anton making a complaint to his employer, or about conduct in a place of work. The football pitch has been a sanctuary from the law for a long time, this case means it will not be if JT is found guilty and the police will have to treat every incident where a member of public makes a complaint about an assualt (for example), with witnesses and camera's as sources of evidence, seriously. This could be as big for football as Bosman.

I would rather there is an element of leaving things on the field, others don't want that, but you can't have it half or both ways. Either breaking the law on a football pitch means a criminal investigation or it doesn't. You can't limit it to racial slurs because the application of the law cannot be selective like that.

[Johnnykc]

Interesting silvercue.....But maybe SOME examples of particularly bad behaviour SHOULD be looked at from a criminal angle........have a look at this .... http://planetivy.com/sport/1063/joey...their-actions/

[MattyRangers]

Rather than risk falling out with any fellow QPR fans by commenting on their various arguments about the value and purpose of this trial, I decided instead to write a piece that rips into the nonsense written by various knobs on Twitter:

http://thisismyengland.blogspot.co.u...-of-twits.html

Superb blog mate, made for a good read that.

[Kimimar0]

Rather than risk falling out with any fellow QPR fans by commenting on their various arguments about the value and purpose of this trial, I decided instead to write a piece that rips into the nonsense written by various knobs on Twitter:

http://thisismyengland.blogspot.co.u...-of-twits.html

I dont see what point you are trying to make? That not all tweets are 100% accurate? Well this is nothing new and the article comes off as pretty boring because of that.