Premier League - Men charged over Sol abuse

Eurosport - Tue, 13 Jan 13:52:00 2009

Police have charged 11 people with indecent chanting aimed at Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell during a match against Tottenham in September.

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The men were arrested in connection with alleged racist and homophobic chanting towards former Tottenham captain Campbell during the game at Fratton Park.

The 11, including three juveniles, have been bailed by police to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on January 20.

A Hampshire police spokeswoman said a further five men captured in photographs taken at the game were still being sought.

Those charged are Dean Nelson, 23, of Southbury Road, Enfield, north London; Bradley Barnes, 35, of Malmesbury Park Road, Bournemouth, Dorset; Oliver Silvester, 28, of High Street, Southampton, Hampshire; Stuart Turner, 34, of Queen Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire; Richard Allen Gibbs, 35, of Ormonde Road, Wokingham, Berkshire; Ian Trow, 48, of Kingshill Drive, Deans Hanger, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire; Keith Stevens, 54, of Portland Close, Hailsham, East Sussex and Joe Turner, 18, of The Lindons, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex.

The three youths charged were a 15-year-old from Winchmore Hill, north London, a 15-year-old from Purley, Surrey, and a 13-year-old from Deans Hanger, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

The police spokeswoman added no further action would be taken against another man, aged 18, from Essex.

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  1. Mr Pompey was on sky sports news after defoe left and­ said that if football fans followed their heads, no-one­ would go anymore. Well done that man!!
    Its time fans­ realised that until they get over the "I­ haven't missed a match for 25 years" mentality­ and boycotted games until players and their agents­ clean up their acts, that nothing will change.
    If­ players (and agents etc...) act in an immoral and ,­ some would say , an indecent way re contracts etc,­ without any respect for their clubs or the­ fans......how can you expect fans to have any respect­ for them??
    Even Ian Wright said that campbell must have­ known how spurs fan would re-act. Campbell could have­ gone anywhere but to go there???? I wonder how much he­ thought about the £125000 a week v the hatred from­ spurs fans??? I bet his agent (thinking of his cut)­ told him it would soon die down! Could have been worse­ sol, you could have played in columbia!!

    From steve.marriot, on Wed 14 Jan 9:41AM

  2. A PARASITE IS SOMEONE OR THING THAT FEEDS OFF­ SOMETHING, IE; PORTSC"M FOOTBALL­ CLUB...............................NOTHING, THAT FITHY­ HOLE OF A TOWN HAS EVER DONE IS BY ITSELF...........YOU­ ARE A DISGUSTING BENEFIT CHEATING EXCUSE OF A TOWN, YOU­ LIVED OFF HARRYS CONTACTS AND THE PLAYERS HE COULD­ DRAW, YOU ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THE­ PREMIERSHIP.....................................YOU­ WON'T FIND ME LOOKING FOR ALLIES ON HERE­ CHUBBY.................NO ONE LIKES PORTSC"M­ FC.........NO ONE LIKES THE CITY AND NO ONE SEEMS TO­ LIKE YOU..........................................WEIRD­ FAT BIRD, GET A JOB AND TAKE THAT NEEDLE OUT OF YOUR­ ARM..............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Wed 14 Jan 7:45AM

  3. I make my point rock and roll couldnt help himself in­ the end, surely now everyone , all supporters black,­ white, asian,jewish from exeter to newcastle can now­ see what a parasite he is

    From Yvonne, on Tue 13 Jan 11:49PM

  4. oh my god cool wat did he do cry :(

    From mahir, on Tue 13 Jan 9:47PM

  5. serves them right. how many are they out of the­ thousands of fans? or is it because sol is a black man.­ i thought all these about racism is past and gone and­ that the world is more advanced and civilized than­ this? good a thing its not their decision to make­ choice of players that should play in a match else­ their prejudice would have killed Sol's career. the­ police are doing a nice job, they should keep it up.­ some people do not deserve to watch matches live.

    From sean_hopkings, on Tue 13 Jan 9:28PM

  6. Oh no, not again Sol Cambell.
    I listened to a few years­ ago on radio 5 live and honestly, you sounded pathetic.­
    You get a hell of a lot of money for what you do, lots­ of others much less fortunate than you suffer so much­ pain, hardship and abuse and don't do half as much­ complaining as you do, you really need to get a grip,­ Im sure if you continue throughout life as you do, then­ you" will" have problems.

    From Pete, on Tue 13 Jan 9:11PM

  7. OH DON T KNOW 3 POSTED...LETS SEE.PS...STILL LOVE YOU­ ROCK AND ROLL.....

    From dene, on Tue 13 Jan 8:01PM

  8. LOOKS LIKE MY LAST COMMENT WAS NT POSTED...SO ROCK AND­ ROLL ...ONE COMMENT...SHUT THE **** UP.

    From dene, on Tue 13 Jan 8:00PM

  9. MIGHTY? MIGHTY? HOW ON EARTH IS SOME P155P0T OF A­ SUNDAY MORNING PARK,­ "MIGHTY"?...............YOU ARE THE MOST­ DISLIKED CLUB IN THE NATION...........YOUR TOWN IS A­ DISGRACE TO ENGLAND, YOUR FOUL SUPPORTERS ARE THE­ LOWL1FE OF THE COUNTRY...............YOUR PLAYERS ARE­ BEGGING TO GET AWAY, YOUR MANAGER IS A DEADWOOD­ P155HEAD THAT OUR MANAGER DIDN'T WANT WHEN HE MOVED­ TO A PROPER CLUB...............YOUR GANGSTER BLOOD­ MONEY OWNERS MONEY, IS ABOUT TO BE PULLED WHILST­ HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION....................GO AND­ ROUND UP YOUR SC"M JUNK1E SUPPORTERS AND HUNT DOWN­ SOME INNOCENT KIDS ON AN MATCH DAY AND GIVE THEM A­ KICKING. THAT'S ALL YOUR WORTHY OF AND KNOWN­ FOR.................OH, AND MATE???????????? DON'T­ CALL ME "MATE" YOU FILTHY PORTSC"M­ NEEDLE ARMED SH1THEAD.....................YOU ARE­ FILTH.................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Tue 13 Jan 7:13PM

  10. johnston_yvonne, I dont have a problem with Portsmouth­ or you, just people who make sweeping generalizations,­ not all Spurs fans are racist scum and you will find­ that Spurs fans take more stick than any other fans in­ London because of the Jewish connections, West ham and­ Chelsea fans are far worse than our fans.
    My main­ concern is that this has been turned into some media­ circus, yes the chants were unsulting but what about­ the Liverpool and Leeds fans who sing the Munich songs­ or the Man Utd fans who sing about Heysel, isnt this­ just as bad, or is that acceptable because its not just­ insulting one individual

    From matt, on Tue 13 Jan 7:03PM

  11. Ah, I wondered how long it would take ROCK AND ROLL to­ join this little discussion. 'ROCK AND ROLL' -­ you're about as rock and roll as my granny - and­ she's dead! Which one of the accused are you­ mate?

    So, your only decent player leaves for the only­ decent team in London, EIGHT YEARS AGO, and you still­ can't get over it. You're a prat, along with­ the rest of the filthy scum who came down to mighty­ Fratton a few months ago. Get a life moron.

    From Peter S, on Tue 13 Jan 6:49PM

  12. SO YVONNE THOUGHT SHE HAD SOMEONE TO BACK HER UP AND­ BECAME BRAVE AGAIN AFTER ALMOST CRYING IN HER LAST­ POST, TYPICLA OF EVERY OTHER PORTSC"M­ SUPPORTER..................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.............­ .......DOES THE LITTLE PORTSC"M MUPPET WANT DUM­ DUM?..........WE'LL YOU CERTAINLY ARE DUMB­ DUMB...............................COME ON­ SPURS.....................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Tue 13 Jan 6:48PM

  13. SHHhhhhhhhh martin youlll wake him up again hahahaha

    From Yvonne, on Tue 13 Jan 6:42PM

  14. VERY SENSIBLE POSTIN THERE ADDRESSES ALL WE NEED NOW IS­ A BIT OF ROCK AND ROLL.

    From Mart, on Tue 13 Jan 6:21PM

  15. James b, Its only a slur if people take offence. If­ everyone just chilled out and didn't go crazy­ evertime someone makes a reference to them that they­ didn't like, then there would be very little­ racism.

    E.g. A black man calling me 'vanilla­ face' would be a slur, BUT i wouldn't care and­ i certainly wouldn't press charges or call him a­ racist.

    From Richard C, on Tue 13 Jan 5:49PM

  16. You are full of it, B???????.....

    From Yvonne, on Tue 13 Jan 5:41PM

  17. Fishing for friends now or just back peddling rock and­ roll to look nice YOUR NOT ............ youve said what­ you had to say on portsmouth or as you refer to it as­ "??????", THE PEOPLE AS "????????",­ THE GIRLS AS"???????????" I wont go on but­ explain why you have to be so nasty and­ hostile...........

    From Yvonne, on Tue 13 Jan 5:13PM

  18. STOP HARPING ON ABOUT RACISM­ CHUBBY..................YEAH IT'S WRONG, YEAH WE­ DON'T LIKE IT, BUT WHY THE HEADLINING OF ONLY­ BLACKS AND ASIANS........NO ONE KICKS UP WHEN JEWS ARE­ ABUSED AT FOOTBALL MATCHES........................EVEN­ BIG LUMPS LIKE YOU HAVE A DIG CHUBBY................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Tue 13 Jan 5:01PM

  19. Oh james b, I realise that. But do we really want to­ be paying the police 4 months wages (I incorrectly­ suggested it was only 1 month earlier) to chase anyone­ guilty of making an insult or slur?

    From david b, on Tue 13 Jan 4:59PM

  20. No rewandjew, I'm not a racist. But maybe it's­ because of the likes of you that consider my innocuous­ comment "disgraceful" that make the police­ feel compelled to act upon such trivia?

    From david b, on Tue 13 Jan 4:55PM
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