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I forgot to post this when it actually occured, but here it is...
HAMMERS SHAME
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<H2 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.05em; FONT-SIZE: 1.05em" ="padding-bottom-7">WEST HAM'S wretched season plummeted to new depths last night when cops were called to the club's posh bash in London. </H2>
The event at the Grosvenor Hotel descended into angry scenes involving Hammers striker Demba Ba and defender Danny Gabbidon.
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An eyewitness at the £275-per-head event - just 24 hours after the club was relegated from the Premier League - revealed how Ba triggered the mayhem when he was asked by a fan for his autograph.
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The player replied, "I'm too tired" and the fan snapped, "I pay £60,000 a year for a box at this s*** club, I'm not going anywhere."
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The fan squared up to Ba with Gabbidon stepping in to keep them apart. A table was knocked over in the mayhem.
<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; transparent: ">The eyewitness said: "The players had just eaten their first course and there was a little interval.
"One fan walked past Demba Ba and said, 'Can I have your autograph?' Ba turned round and said, 'I'm too tired'.
"That triggered the mayhem. The fan went berserk, shouting and screaming at Ba, hurling all sorts of racist insults at him - and Ba looked like he was about to lash out when Danny Gabbidon separated them.
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"A table was tipped over and security men raced into the room - it was chaos. Within moments, police were all over the place.
"Everyone was there, including the club's owners David Gold and David Sullivan.
"Sullivan was furious and screaming, 'Why did this happen after everything we've just been through?'
"It was a pathetic sight and left everybody feeling ashamed."
<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; transparent: ">Eyewitnesses say celebrity fan and host Ben Shephard tried in vain to calm the storm, jumping on stage to beg the yobs, "Please sit on your seats don't throw them."
Police and security staff restored control as some fans dashed out of the hotel and disappeared into the Park Lane crowds, pursued by stewards.
A hotel worker claimed one of the yobs kung-fu kicked over a vintage vase while others ran amok in the hotel's luxurious dining room.
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"We know exactly who they are, and they won't be getting away with this."
Players quickly made their escape out of the hotel's back exits. They had been ordered to attend and allegedly faced club fines if they did not show up.
About 200 people were at the event including corporate sponsors. It was the second annual dinner to raise money for West Ham's famous Academy.
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3584407/Cops-called-as-West-Ham-star-clashes-with-fans-at-gala-dinner.html
Additional Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387870/West-Ham-gala-dinner-wrecked-Demba-Ba-snubs-autograph-relegation.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
This episode amply illustrates:
(a) the general nonchalance of players of all skin colours who have just participated in aseason that has resulted in their club's relegation (see photographs of the smiling Robbie Keane and Mark Noble below- they've been paid, so what do they care?). If they hadn't been ordered to attend, they probably wouldn't even have turned up...
(b) the insulting arrogance of the black Demba Ba, who refused to sign an autograph for a fan at a paid event because he was "too tired"
(c) the embarrassing White penchant for non-White hero worship, exemplified by asking a black for hisautograph in the first place.
At least he abused the filthytoe rag...
Edited by: Rebajlo
HAMMERS SHAME
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<H2 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.05em; FONT-SIZE: 1.05em" ="padding-bottom-7">WEST HAM'S wretched season plummeted to new depths last night when cops were called to the club's posh bash in London. </H2>
The event at the Grosvenor Hotel descended into angry scenes involving Hammers striker Demba Ba and defender Danny Gabbidon.
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An eyewitness at the £275-per-head event - just 24 hours after the club was relegated from the Premier League - revealed how Ba triggered the mayhem when he was asked by a fan for his autograph.
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The player replied, "I'm too tired" and the fan snapped, "I pay £60,000 a year for a box at this s*** club, I'm not going anywhere."
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The fan squared up to Ba with Gabbidon stepping in to keep them apart. A table was knocked over in the mayhem.
<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; transparent: ">The eyewitness said: "The players had just eaten their first course and there was a little interval.
"One fan walked past Demba Ba and said, 'Can I have your autograph?' Ba turned round and said, 'I'm too tired'.
"That triggered the mayhem. The fan went berserk, shouting and screaming at Ba, hurling all sorts of racist insults at him - and Ba looked like he was about to lash out when Danny Gabbidon separated them.
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"A table was tipped over and security men raced into the room - it was chaos. Within moments, police were all over the place.
"Everyone was there, including the club's owners David Gold and David Sullivan.
"Sullivan was furious and screaming, 'Why did this happen after everything we've just been through?'
"It was a pathetic sight and left everybody feeling ashamed."
<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; transparent: ">Eyewitnesses say celebrity fan and host Ben Shephard tried in vain to calm the storm, jumping on stage to beg the yobs, "Please sit on your seats don't throw them."
Police and security staff restored control as some fans dashed out of the hotel and disappeared into the Park Lane crowds, pursued by stewards.
A hotel worker claimed one of the yobs kung-fu kicked over a vintage vase while others ran amok in the hotel's luxurious dining room.
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"We know exactly who they are, and they won't be getting away with this."
Players quickly made their escape out of the hotel's back exits. They had been ordered to attend and allegedly faced club fines if they did not show up.
About 200 people were at the event including corporate sponsors. It was the second annual dinner to raise money for West Ham's famous Academy.
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3584407/Cops-called-as-West-Ham-star-clashes-with-fans-at-gala-dinner.html
Additional Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387870/West-Ham-gala-dinner-wrecked-Demba-Ba-snubs-autograph-relegation.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
This episode amply illustrates:
(a) the general nonchalance of players of all skin colours who have just participated in aseason that has resulted in their club's relegation (see photographs of the smiling Robbie Keane and Mark Noble below- they've been paid, so what do they care?). If they hadn't been ordered to attend, they probably wouldn't even have turned up...
(b) the insulting arrogance of the black Demba Ba, who refused to sign an autograph for a fan at a paid event because he was "too tired"
(c) the embarrassing White penchant for non-White hero worship, exemplified by asking a black for hisautograph in the first place.
At least he abused the filthytoe rag...
Edited by: Rebajlo