Eurosport - Fri, 15 May 17:47:00 2009
Ledley King will be disciplined by Tottenham after being arrested outside a nightclub last weekend.
The Tottenham defender has apologised to manager Harry Redknapp but he will be in the team which faces Manchester City at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
Redknapp would not detail what punishment King would receive but he did launch an attack on the drink culture which pervades football.
Redknapp said: "Ledley will play tomorrow. He has apologised. He knows he was wrong. He made a mistake and he has to learn from that and make sure it doesn't happen again. I've had a good chat with him."
Redknapp added: "There is no problem with people having the occasional drink but if you have to get drunk you shouldn't be drinking.
"I don't want player going to nightclubs and misbehaving. The problems nearly all come when players get drunk. These players are role models. They've got kids looking up to them."
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were not always getting the full picture. high profile football players are often an easy target for racist and ignorant thugs in clubs. footballers tend to drink in the clubs near the teams that they just played so may be somewhere where there are a lot of oppositions fans. Although Ledley should have been man enough to walk away if this kind of thing happens, its easy to understand with the amount of abuse thrown at these players why sometimes things get heated after a few drinks. Also you've got to look at the compensation the accuser is likely to get from a premiership star and question why they started a altercation in the first place.
Ledley is a top Player, gets paid big money and he is only HUMAN, however,in my opinion, these sportsmen need to stop and think before they go out on the town, by all means have a good time, but act sensibly, the paying public help to pay your wages.
sort it out mate!
king was as sorry a year ago when he was thrown out of the faces in romford. these guys supposed to be athletes and they're paid so much, they really could stay away from a bar for theses few short years they're fit enough to play football and be role models for the kids
Skunk!
Come on the Spurs !!!!!!
i think colin should get alife
he wrote at leasst 3 comments the samee
sad F£$%
Regardless of which team you play for or are a fan off nobody, and I mean nobody, has the right to be abusive to others. Agreed, it goes on all the time, but that does not make it the right thing to do. By the way, I am 69 years old and have been SPURS fan all my life. COYS.
King is one footballer who, before now had been without controversy as he was well-behaved and much loved. I was disappointed by the show of shame of the last weekend, but the poor guy has apologised and his club has stated it would discipline him. Must he be crucified? What would you do to those fat cats in the Commons who steal public funds they are meant to administer? Let Ledley be.
give im a rise harry,help the poor lad through his emotions,yes thats it have a nice chat,he was at a £500 minimum spend table,if someone said that to me i would try to get out the toilet window,no wonder ledley had a fit,role model eh!i wonder which role they mean,do many footballers takeup boxing.
brecken 87 have you ever met a scotsman and had the @#$% to fight him i dont know why im wasting my time with you but if you a spurs fan who's wasting there time.celtic fan the bhoys
come on give the boy a chance!! it would drive anyone to drink playing for spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
colin u @#$%.....
MPs, thieving bast turds, worse than manu turds
comment 37, i am not an arseholenal fan, but you do have a point, talk sh it get a job in parliament, talk more sh it and get loads of money by stealing from joe soap, even i can't stoop that low.
Colin are you ok mate ? Everything you comment on comes out of your overused Arsenhol.
You are so articulate ever tried running for parliament, the pay is average, but the expenses and pension is worth thinking about.
All you sad acts in scotland note one thing, ledley is a class player unlike those two rangers freaks so he should be allowed to get away with things, at the end of the day he is playing in the best league in the world not the SPL (worse than our local sunday division 10)
Come on england and spurs lets keep beating the scots up its fun!!!!!!!!
i wouldnt get suspended for a row when i not working, granted he a role model but my kids havent heard of it nor has anyonelses whos kids read the paper this is a punishment for stupid pr reasons, leave the bloke alone spurs probably just wanna get his new contract wage down a bit
Jimmyrice No27, We will never know how good he would have been but none of those names are in his league now, name me one of those who never loses a ball in the air and can play centre half or holding midfield player at international level !
Ps who is Fredinand !! If you had him at the back you might not need Howard Wheeb to help beat us eh !
spurs turds
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