Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce admits Marlon King's jail sentence "doesn't help" the public image of the modern professional footballer.
Wigan striker King was convicted of groping a young woman in a nightclub and then breaking her nose and received an 18-month custodial sentence. Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has said the club will sack 29-year-old King.
Asked if he thought there was a problem with player behaviour in the UK, Allardyce said: "Players make a huge contribution in this country. I think if you ask (Professional Footballers' Association chief executive) Gordon Taylor about how much charity work they do, it would answer your question."
He added: "I spoke to him (Taylor) the other day and told him he really should put that out in the public domain, particularly at a time like this.
"We've got one isolated case which is very disappointing indeed, but overall, Premier League footballers and most of the footballers throughout the Football League, across the 92 clubs, do a huge amount for their communities and this country.
"(What has happened) doesn't help and it's a delicate situation, but he (King) has got what justice has served him."
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"King - who has 13 previous convictions including one for violence against women"...The British 'justice' system is a complete joke! Well, it would be a joke if people's lives weren't being ruined by psychopaths that should've already been imprisoned years ago. I had no idea King was such scum. Britain should have the 3 convictions, of any criminal nature, equals a life term, like in America. Most people have zero convictions. Most offenders are repeat offenders and should be exterminated really.
"King's wife Julie - a former Miss Zambia - has vowed to stand by her husband. Speaking to The Mirror from their mock-Tudor home in Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire, she said: "I'm standing by him because I love him and I know he is innocent.""...Sounds like she has the man she deserves. Scum!
the all knowing allardyce getss it completly wrong again, where does he get all this knowledge from. to make such a statement makes me believe all those bangs from heading a football in his playing days are starting to take effect
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