Premier League - Spurs to discipline King

Eurosport - Fri, 15 May 17:47:00 2009

Ledley King will be disciplined by Tottenham after being arrested outside a nightclub last weekend.

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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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  1. 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.

    From LUKE, on Sat 16 May 2:16PM
  2. 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.

    From albion_forestor, on Sat 16 May 8:23AM
  3. sort it out mate!

    From Yea-Joon, on Sat 16 May 12:57AM
  4. 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

    From glamshot, on Sat 16 May 12:38AM
  5. Skunk!

    From Gollywog, on Fri 15 May 11:31PM
  6. Come on the Spurs !!!!!!

    From Brendan, on Fri 15 May 10:25PM
  7. i think colin should get alife
    he wrote at leasst 3­ comments the samee
    sad F£$%

    From chris.wilson1993, on Fri 15 May 10:25PM
  8. 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.

    From a.bice, on Fri 15 May 10:22PM
  9. 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.

    From Michael K, on Fri 15 May 9:43PM
  10. 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.

    From haleygroves, on Fri 15 May 8:02PM
  11. 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

    From Brian, on Fri 15 May 7:52PM
  12. come on give the boy a chance!! it would drive anyone­ to drink playing for­ spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From lanesra, on Fri 15 May 7:31PM
  13. colin u @#$%.....

    From peter_652004, on Fri 15 May 7:11PM
  14. MPs, thieving bast turds, worse than manu turds

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 6:32PM
  15. 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.

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 6:30PM
  16. 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.

    From ainotse, on Fri 15 May 6:11PM
  17. 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!!!!!!!!

    From brecken87, on Fri 15 May 6:08PM
  18. 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

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Fri 15 May 6:07PM
  19. 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 !

    From ainotse, on Fri 15 May 6:05PM
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    spurs turds

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 6:01PM
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