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. @#$% Fart Lane

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 6:00PM
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    Tottenham Turdspurs

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 5:59PM
  3. Ledley must have a lengthy ban from playing for Spurs­ (starting on Monday after trip to Anfield and finishing­ in time for the preseason friendlies) So he had a few­ too many and gave a bouncer a bit of verbal,no`one died­ did they ? unlike our lads in Afghanistan are, but that­ is not tabloid news any more,thank goodness the next­ day they had the Emirates Embryonic dross to feature­ again!!
    He is still my hero, the best centre half, we­ have had since the double winning side in the 60`s a­ fantastic and loyal guy and can play in the Premier­ League without training and we rarely lose when he is­ in the team, without him playing through the pain­ barrier, we might still be at the bottom of the league.­
    My only disappointment was it happened in a bad day­ for the club after the nightmare with Wilson Palacious­ a few hours earlier.

    From ainotse, on Fri 15 May 5:57PM
  4. Ban the turd [King], ban spurs turds

    From Colin H, on Fri 15 May 5:57PM
  5. give him a break

    From garylocker, on Fri 15 May 5:50PM
  6. 22 what are you basing that stupid claim on what do u­ no what he would be like with oout injury and if you go­ on him now or last few seasons fredinand, vidic, terry,­ carvaliho, alex, gallas, carragher, skirtel, agger are­ all better an that just 4 clubs not too mention puyol­ etc from abroad your spurs supporters are divs

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Fri 15 May 5:47PM
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    RASCAST NAGGA

    From donneysbeck, on Fri 15 May 5:29PM
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    A SAY HE AS A RASCAST CANT

    From donneysbeck, on Fri 15 May 5:26PM
  9. I am a Spurs fan and without his injuries Ledley King­ would be the best Centreback in the country if not­ Europe. However this does not give him any right to­ blot his copybook with such behaviour and should­ conduct himself in a manner beffitting the club­ captain, England player and role model. Look how Rio­ Ferdinand conducts himself. Missed drugs test aside he­ is rarley caught out in such a manner. Harry should­ fine him two weeks wages and put him on a drink­ awareness course and a warning over future conduct.­ This is the 4th Time Spurs fans have seen their captain­ being carried out of clubs... Carling Cup final when we­ won we can accept.

    From mrcarpetuk, on Fri 15 May 5:20PM
  10. im a spurs fan and was apalled by his arrogant­ behaviour, im rich do u no who i am, yes ledley u are a­ lucky man who does no training all week, gets paid shed­ loads of money, and should realise that although he is­ good, not many teams will take him on with all those­ injurys and harry aint gonna tolerate that madness. You­ are suppose to be setting examples

    From samanthamccarthy, on Fri 15 May 4:56PM
  11. His actions are deserving of a heafty ban.

    From JONHBOY, on Fri 15 May 4:55PM
  12. I agree with loosecanon9 there the arrogance was­ pathetic, but when you are in the state he was in you­ say and do things you wouldnt normally do, with huge­ regrets the next day!

    From Richard, on Fri 15 May 4:08PM
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    From gpopo96, on Fri 15 May 3:44PM
  14. The issue for me was NOT that he got drunk but what he­ said " Im rich do you know who I am, Im rich and­ famous and dont deserve to be arrested". I can­ forgive the drunkeness but not the arrogance...loser.

    From loosecanon9, on Fri 15 May 3:40PM
  15. He gets paid ridiculous amounts of money NOT to get­ pissed and to keep himself in good shape. Because of­ the high profile of professional footballers they need­ to watch their step and if they cannot toe the line in­ reflection of their fantastic lifestyle then they­ should pack it in and go back to the building site­ where they can work for a fair days pay and no more and­ go and pissed and start fights every night of the week.­ They all have a choice, toe the line or *$?~ off.

    From Anthony L, on Fri 15 May 3:27PM
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    j.essaye are you on crack? pro footballers should be­ aloud the same rights as ordinary civillians like me­ and you...if he wants to get pissed and abuse a bouncer­ or two let him be! its his choice. thanks goodnight and­ god bless x

    From wadinho123, on Fri 15 May 3:08PM
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    Hes human, so what if he over did it, we have all been­ guilty of that at points in our life, pathetic how­ things get blown out of proportion! He got pissed made­ a @#$% of himself got in a fight! SO FUKIN WHAT

    From Richard, on Fri 15 May 3:03PM
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    Ledley's bad week is set to continue tomorrow,­ Robinho will run rings around him, he'll be that­ dizzy he'll wish he was back on the ale.

    C'mon­ City we need this win badly.

    From JOHN, on Fri 15 May 2:58PM
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    Don't know what he did. Can't be that bad,­ otherwise he's e getting all the pious anti-Barton­ types on his case. If it was that bad, where's the­ abuse?

    From Phil, on Fri 15 May 2:55PM
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    Discipline, ooh kinky!..

    From Howdyho, on Fri 15 May 2:53PM
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