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Police called in over drug scandal at major football club

Postby ross.mcfc » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:36 pm

A major football club in England has been rocked by a drugs scandal that has gone as far as the police and the English authorities, the Observer can reveal.

The police were called in to investigate after senior members of staff started suspecting some of their colleagues were regularly using class-A drugs inside the stadium. The allegations go to the top of the club and involve at least one high-profile figure with a considerable reputation within the sport.

On one occasion, two prominent officials were allegedly caught snorting cocaine in the boardroom of a rival club during an away fixture. Rumours of the incident have spread among other clubs in the same division. Officials of the league in question have been made aware and are treating it as a first within the sport.

However, there are people at the relevant club who are concerned it may be more a more widespread problem than just the one case. At a home match, one member of the club's hierarchy became concerned when he noticed the residue of a white powder on the clothing of a colleague as he took his seat.

The club cannot be named for legal reasons but a high-ranking source has confirmed that internal inquiries began "following allegations that hard drugs were being consumed by certain people on the premises".

He added: "The police have been informed, as have the relevant league, so it is now a matter for the police to find out if there is a case to answer."

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... major-club
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby ross.mcfc » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:43 pm

I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg. I have long reckoned that drugs and performance enhancement drugs are rife in football.

There is too much money to be made by agents and clubs for them not to be pumping kids full of shit. Wenger once said that once he had players through the door they could tell they had been pumped with drugs by their previous clubs. It went pretty much unreported by the media, head in sand stuff.

The recreational stuff as reported here must be rife. You give young men who may not be the smartest, thousands of pounds a week. What else are they going to spend it on.

I bet this is a London club, full of highly paid wasters, underachieving and may or may not be managed by a high profile English manager who is known for his man management skills which means turning a blind eye to players behaviour.
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Postby gillie » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:09 am

ross.mcfc wrote:I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg. I have long reckoned that drugs and performance enhancement drugs are rife in football.

There is too much money to be made by agents and clubs for them not to be pumping kids full of shit. Wenger once said that once he had players through the door they could tell they had been pumped with drugs by their previous clubs. It went pretty much unreported by the media, head in sand stuff.

The recreational stuff as reported here must be rife. You give young men who may not be the smartest, thousands of pounds a week. What else are they going to spend it on.

I bet this is a London club, full of highly paid wasters, underachieving and may or may not be managed by a high profile English manager who is known for his man management skills which means turning a blind eye to players behaviour.

You are thinking along the same lines as me(no pun intended).Bet the HR department knew all about it.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby Blue Noodle » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:08 am

Please God let it be Liverpool.




But we all know it's probably Newcastle. Mike Ashely. Nailed on. Pards too.
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Postby AG7 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:13 am

Blue Noodle wrote:Please God let it be Liverpool. But we all know it's probably Newcastle. Mike Ashely. Nailed on. Pards too.


It's probably not a premier league club and not even a championship club ... remember that betting scandal and then that fixing scandal ... press always comes out with stories bigging them up as if it's all happening at United or Chelsea or Arsenal and then it comes out at some League 1 or 2 club ...
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby DoomMerchant » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:33 am

Blue Noodle wrote:Please God let it be Liverpool.

But we all know it's probably Newcastle. Mike Ashely. Nailed on. Pards too.


My guess would be Spurs.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby Blue Noodle » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:18 am

DoomMerchant wrote:
Blue Noodle wrote:Please God let it be Liverpool.

But we all know it's probably Newcastle. Mike Ashely. Nailed on. Pards too.


My guess would be Spurs.


No. It's definitely Newcastle. Known associates: Tino Asprilla, Nolberto Solano. Case closed.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby nottsblue » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:19 am

Even if it was the the dippers, there is no way the media would release this story now. It would be buried when England go out of World cup.

My guess is QPR. Or Blackpool.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby ruralblue » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:33 am

Asa & Summerbee and it was purly recreational and celebratory ;-)
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby Chopper » Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:40 am

ruralblue wrote:Asa & Summerbee and it was purly recreational and celebratory ;-)


Please let it be QPR.

Please.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby razor400 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:37 am

I reckon its Villa, they've just suspended 2 members of the coaching staff. I'd love it to be the dippers though.
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Re: Police called in over drug scandal at major football clu

Postby Nigels Tackle » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:00 am

pretty sure our lads were on ketamine on wednesday night...
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