No 13. Havn't you foregotten about Steven Gerrard­ who punched a guy 2 or 3 times in a bar and got off­ completely scott free, disfracefull. I will never­ understand that ruling. It was a typical example of if­ you are famous the law changes for you. Having money­ does not mean you have brains as well. They are unable­ to control the fame and go about thinking they are­ above the law and in most cases they are(Steven­ Gerrard)

One other thing. King's insistence that he is­ innocent in the face of overwhelming evidence to the­ contrary and his previous character are the actions of­ an arrogant @#$%! Just the reason people hate­ footballers - they refuse to accept responsibility.

"#20.Oh and shevvy69,
'nobody asked for Joey­ Barton to­ be banned for life' did they not?
What­ planet have­ you just arrived from!!!!!"

Another­ stupid comment. Barton is one of the most hated men in­ football because he is a thug and attacks defenceless­ people (like King) Like King people called for him to­ be sacked and thrown out of football but Newcastle­ (lacking any moral compass) stood by the £5m signing.­

To say Barton is a hate figure is an understatemnet­ so don't go making this a race issue because Barton­ was treated worse.

As for Wigan, well done for sacking­ the @#$%!

The problem we have is that footballersthink­ they can do what they like and get away with it because­ they earn more money than us. I for one am fed up with­ the attitiude of people like king. He is no better than­ me or you and his behaviour, and that of other­ footballers makes me sick. Why cant they just go out­ and have a good time without getting drunk and thinking­ they are god's gift

#21".the wife says he is innocent and is standing­ by him­ ,they should throw her in jail with him,we all­ know we­ cant say to much about these people as we will­ be­ branded racist,but its typica of these­ people."

By 'these people' you mean black­ huh?

Ok. Let's get this straight. What King did­ was wrong - white, black, chinese, whatever. This­ isn't a racial issue though some gutless idiots­ here think it is. He did something wrong and has been­ punished for it. I think you'll find that standing­ by your man isn't just the domain of black women.­ for som ereason alot of women do stand by their man­ when they are violentor cheat so to imply this is just­ black people is stupid.

my view is that women stand by­ their men purely because they know their standard of­ living will suffer if they leave. if she says king­ didnt do it she needs to wake up and admit she's­ only with him cos of his money.

All men are capable of­ violence regardless of race and i'll think­ you'll find such violence isnt just confined to­ these shores.

#21".the wife says he is innocent and is standing­ by him­ ,they should throw her in jail with him,we all­ know we­ cant say to much about these people as we will­ be­ branded racist,but its typica of these­ people."

By 'these people' you mean black­ huh?

Ok. Let's get this straight. What King did­ was wrong - white, black, chinese, whatever. This­ isn't a racial issue though some gutless idiots­ here think it is. He did something wrong and has been­ punished for it. I think you'll find that standing­ by your man isn't just the domain of black women.­ for som ereason alot of women do stand by their man­ when they are violentor cheat so to imply this is just­ black people is stupid.

my view is that women stand by­ their men purely because they know their standard of­ living will suffer if they leave. if she says king­ didnt do it she needs to wake up and admit she's­ only with him cos of his money.

All men are capable of­ violence regardless of race and i'll think­ you'll find such violence isnt just confined to­ these shores.

Does it matter what they do in the U.S.A,as long as we­ do the right thing in this country and that is to ban­ King from all sports in this country and any other­ sports person who behave's in this way.I can not­ stand football but i know right from wrong and i know­ there is a big following of football which is everyones­ choice but we should not have to see this sort of­ behavier on or off the pitch.Pay them all £300 per week­ and then see how many want to become pro­ footballers.!!!!!!!

call it racist call it what u like- if i did same i­ would have got 4 years because im not famous, but this­ guy has done it before and its not come to light, get­ him out of sport alltogether, he deserves it and if his­ wife dosent see the light theres something very wrong­ with her- oh yeah the money factor, maybe hell turn on­ his kids and his wife if he cant do it in public­ anymore, and as for joey barton hell always be a thug­ he should have had the same treatment with his so­ called other mates, get rid of them all for the better.­ of sport that is. p.s why hasent he hit a guy!

He'll end up on Sky sports, like that other well­ known woman beater Stan Collymore. Or like Phil­ Tufnell, who doesn't seem to have suffered too­ badly from slapping his wife when she left him. Marlon­ should be starved of publicity, so he just disappears­ out of our lives and doesn't set a bad example to­ other thugs out there.

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan was quite right to­ have Marlon King thrown out of his club.
No­ excuses!.
He had no right to do what he did,and should­ he banned from playing in any part of Britain?,the­ answer is,YES!,without a doubt!.
The game needs to be­ cleaned up.

Hotshot

so your statement about ''only in­ England...'' was true then?? lol
what about the­ ''only in England and USA­ statement...'' was that true?
marlon king has­ not got away with it- he has been jailed and there is­ no significant support for him.
barton was jailed and­ no one likes him
akhtar got away with just a 2 year­ ban, followed by a 5 year ban for another incident and­ like king and barton there are a few that support him­ but nothing significant
so please explain how sports­ stars get off lightly in this country compared to other­ countries....

maybe you could at least write 1 comment­ that's correct... ?

the wife says he is innocent and is standing by him­ ,they should throw her in jail with him,we all know we­ cant say to much about these people as we will be­ branded racist,but its typica of these people.

Oh and shevvy69,
'nobody asked for Joey Barton to­ be banned for life' did they not?
What planet have­ you just arrived from!!!!!

She sounds like an Angel. Who knows if she is just some­ beaaaatch:)

STENCH, thuggery is a worlwide problem but please learn­ to read and comprehend before commenting. Yes, Akhtar­ smacked his teamate, and what were the consequences?­ Complete comdemnation in Pakistan's media as well­ as a ban on his playing for the country, which he is­ still serving to date. Marlon king is being defended by­ people both in the legal circles and in the press and­ that he should be allowed to resume his playing career­ as soon as he serves his minimal sentence. As for Joey­ Barton, is he STILL not a Newcastle player earning­ more than you are earning?...nuff said.
Before you­ reply, just think for a minute: There are players in­ the league who get abused, aggravated, hassled,­ rebuffed, and generally dissed by all manner of fans,­ enemies, women, police, and just people who want to­ trip them up. How many react? How many restrain­ themselves? Marlon King has no excuse...and your asking­ him to be shot is not enough, it rather casts doubts on­ your sense of justice and sanity. I repeat that though­ thugerry is universal, only in ADVANCED democracies do­ people get away with it, once they have money.

What all these money bag footballers should know is­ that they are lucky and should try as much as they can­ to be role model and inpiration to others.Also they­ should be careful with all these girls mingling around­ them because most of them are looking for this type­ publicity and then when you give in,ur doomed.Am sorry­ for the girl victim but calling for his total ban from­ football is out of it.So if he finish his sentence and­ become jobless,tell me what will happen?And press­ should stop glorifying this type nasty news,as she now­ the cover girl of today's news of the world.

Hotshot
yes you were wrong and no you have not­ corrected yourself.
USA AND England are not the only­ countries that have thugs playing sport. For example i­ still remember when shaoiab akhtar of pakistan smacked­ his team mate with a cricket bat and was banned (this­ is but one example but it shows that thuggery isn't­ just confined to one country... it's a human­ problem).
also again i repeat- show me where king and­ barton are celebrated in the media or you are a­ liar.

for the record i'm not defending king­ (check my previous comments i.e ''he deserves­ shooting''!))

Stench, Yep, I was wrong, so let me correct myself:­ Only in USA and Britain would would thugs and­­ coonvicted criminals be allowed to­ play sports(Marlon­ King­, Joey Barton, Mike Tyson, Michael Vick, etc) and­ the­ media will STILL celebrate­ them!
In as much as I­ agree that what people do in their free time is not my­ business, also insist that if someone's rights­ infringe on my own, then they should be punished. I am­ just imagining that my sister or neice was the person­ being punched by a physically fit Marlon King...sorry­ mate, I would throw the book at him...millionaire­ footballer or not!!! There is something very messed up­ with our advanced democracy and freedom of rights that­ allows for excessive behaviour without adequate­ consequences.

"The married father of three was celebrating his­ wife's pregnancy and scoring a winning goal earlier­ that day."
what a perverted... seriously­ celebrating the pregnancy of his wife and goes around­ gorping other ladies what a sick f*ck.