Accused rapist Ched Evans to be released from prison

[belboid]

Evans issues 'apology':

Convicted rapist Ched Evans has issued an apology via the Professional Footballers' Association "for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned" but maintains his innocence in relation to his conviction for rape.

I suppose if he'd really tried it could have been even more half arsed

 

[Teaboy]

Having just seen another potential job fall through Evans has released a statement. Basically he's very sorry about a lot of things, but he's still not guilty. So that's that as far as I'm concerned - time to move on.

 

[Betsy]

link please

"Oldham Athletic have decided against signing convicted rapist Ched Evans following threats to the club's "staff and their families".
"A club director told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that a staff member was informed a named relative would be raped if the deal went ahead."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30727729

 

[Wilf]

Evans issues 'apology':

Convicted rapist Ched Evans has issued an apology via the Professional Footballers' Association "for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned" but maintains his innocence in relation to his conviction for rape.

I suppose if he'd really tried it could have been even more half arsed

Somewhere, some idiot of a club chairman in freefall towards relegation will be thinking "hmmm... is that enough of a apology to stop us losing sponsors if we sign him?".

 

[Athos]

there's probably quite a few considering it atm. you can probably work out which ones. which clubs both needs the money that desperately and are most likely to treat fan complaints with utter contempt?

Maybe a club like Hartlepool. They're facing the financial disaster that would follow relegation from the league (they're currently bottom), unlikely to lose sponsors if they signed him (since they're inked to the club's owners), and is a club owned by the sort of entity not famed for its ethics - an oil company (with no connection to football or the town, and which has chosen to domicile the club in the Virgin Islands for tax purposes). He could do a good job at that level, and might just get them out of the woods. Plus he'd likely do it cheap, just to get his foot back in the door.

 

[bluescreen]

The thing that gets me is that he's hardly the first footballer to be accused of rape. And of course those acquitted are *obviously* innocent , but isn't there a general culture of entitlement here that needs addressing?

 

[Jay Park]

"Oldham Athletic have decided against signing convicted rapist Ched Evans following threats to the club's "staff and their families".
"A club director told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that a staff member was informed a named relative would be raped if the deal went ahead."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30727729

if you sign that rapist, you'll be visited by our rapist?

 

[Athos]

The thing that gets me is that he's hardly the first footballer to be accused of rape. And of course those acquitted are *obviously* innocent , but isn't there a general culture of entitlement here that needs addressing?

It's hard enough to keep convicted rapist out of the game, never mind those who were acquitted!

 

[Betsy]

if you sign that rapist, you'll be visited by our rapist?

Unbelievable isn't it!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The thing that gets me is that he's hardly the first footballer to be accused of rape. And of course those acquitted are *obviously* innocent , but isn't there a general culture of entitlement here that needs addressing?

Yes there is, which is why had Evans from the off acknowledged what he'd done he could have made a huge difference to this culture of entitlement and many people, me included, would not have such an issue with him. But he's chosen to go down a different path, the same one that's been trodden for years; the victim is partly to blame, feminists are out to wreck his carer, lads will be lads etc. So fuck him.

 

[shygirl]

If true, the threat is as despicable as those levelled against Evans' victim, but I do wonder if Sir Peter Fahey made similar statements about her plight.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Unbelievable isn't it!

Has there been any word on how this threat was made? twitter, letter, phone call, tied to a brick lobbed through a window?

 

[Betsy]

Has there been any word on how this threat was made? twitter, letter, phone call, tied to a brick lobbed through a window?

I don't know but it was said that the person who sent it said they knew where the woman, they said they would rape, lived...

 

[Athos]

Unbelievable isn't it!

Literally, I suspect.

 

[bluescreen]

Literally, I suspect.

Well, I hope it's untrue. Heaven knows, nothing in this sorry saga could for one moment lend it credence.

 

[baffled]

David Conn of the guardian has tweeted that police contacted Oldham who have said no threats made but low level abuse received on twitter.

 

[Betsy]

David Conn of the guardian has tweeted that police contacted Oldham who have said no threats made but low level abuse received on twitter.

From the BBC website...."A club director told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that a staff member was informed a named relative would be raped if the deal went ahead."

 

[andysays]

Literally, I suspect.

I wouldn't say it was "literally unbelievable", but I also wouldn't describe the idea that the "club director who told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that a staff member was informed a named relative would be raped if the deal went ahead" was making the whole thing up or at the very least totally exaggerating what did happen so that Oldham could wriggle out of the mess they've got themselves in as "totally unbelievable" either.

 

[belboid]

Maybe a club like Hartlepool. They're facing the financial disaster that would follow relegation from the league (they're currently bottom), unlikely to lose sponsors if they signed him (since they're inked to the club's owners), and is a club owned by the sort of entity not famed for its ethics - an oil company (with no connection to football or the town, and which has chosen to domicile the club in the Virgin Islands for tax purposes). He could do a good job at that level, and might just get them out of the woods. Plus he'd likely do it cheap, just to get his foot back in the door.

Hartlepool have been fairly clear in their refusal to sign him, they don't look a likely option, imo. Mansfield would be a likely choice, similarly in the crap, northern and close to where he's living now.

 

[William of Walworth]

David Conn of the guardian has tweeted that police contacted Oldham who have said no threats made but low level abuse received on twitter.

If such a tweet (or several) were made then yes, even that's a disgrace and yes, they should be investigated. (Betsy )

But forgive me for being cynical like Bahnhof Strasse , and a bit suspicious still at this point -- the version reported on BBC Sport (and Sky) is suggestive of that much worse -- direct and personal rape threats. Let's see if GMP end up being able to investigate those -- and yes, I hope they catch whoever's responsible quickly.
BUT ... Was it in Oldham's interests (as they saw them!) to erm ....... emphasise any level of threat, for media spin purposes? Only asking the question ...

 

[Wilf]

Hartlepool have been fairly clear in their refusal to sign him, they don't look a likely option, imo. Mansfield would be a likely choice, similarly in the crap, northern and close to where he's living now.

Hmm, wonder what a suitable Travel to Work Zone for Rapists is?

 

[belboid]

Corney apparently has quit as Chairman

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/89746/corney-quits-as-ched-deal-off

 

[Athos]

Hartlepool have been fairly clear in their refusal to sign him, they don't look a likely option, imo. Mansfield would be a likely choice, similarly in the crap, northern and close to where he's living now.

The manager, Moore, was all for it. The club said it 'had no plans'. But that was before his 'apology'. Nothing would surprise me in capital-perverted modern football.

 

[belboid]

The manager, Moore, was all for it. The club said it 'had no plans'. But that was before his 'apology'. Nothing would surprise me in capital-perverted modern football.

they've been clearer than that now - "Hartlepool United do not intend signing Ched Evans and, for the avoidance of doubt, will not be doing so, irrespective of his obvious ability as a football player."

And Moore, as I well know as a Tranmere fan, is a complete dickhead

 

[Athos]

they've been clearer than that now - "Hartlepool United do not intend signing Ched Evans and, for the avoidance of doubt, will not be doing so, irrespective of his obvious ability as a football player."

And Moore, as I well know as a Tranmere fan, is a complete dickhead

Let's hope they, and all clubs, stand firm. Would be pleased to be proved wrong on this one.

 

[Betsy]

If such a tweet (or several) were made then yes, even that's a disgrace and yes, they should be investigated. (Betsy )

But forgive me for being cynical like Bahnhof Strasse , and a bit suspicious still at this point -- the version reported on BBC Sport (and Sky) is suggestive of that much worse -- direct and personal rape threats. Let's see if GMP end up being able to investigate those -- and yes, I hope they catch whoever's responsible quickly.
BUT ... Was it in Oldham's interests (as they saw them!) to erm ....... emphasise any level of threat, for media spin purposes? Only asking the question ...

It never entered my mind to doubt the veracity of what the Oldham person said to the BBC sport's journalist.

 

[mod]

I wish that were true, but, knowing football like I do, I'd not be surprised if some League Two, or even Conference side picked him up cheap, took a hit on losing a few sponsors, gambling that his goals could secure promotion and a big pay-day.

He cant leave the UK for another 2 years until his sentence is complete.

 

[Espresso]

I wish that were true, but, knowing football like I do, I'd not be surprised if some League Two, or even Conference side picked him up cheap, took a hit on losing a few sponsors, gambling that his goals could secure promotion and a big pay-day.

Karl Oyston, the chairman of Blackpool fits that bill to a tee.

After one glorious season recently in the top flight led by the lovely loony Ian Holloway, my poor little home town team is on an ever downward spiral. Karl Oyston is the chairman and he universally hated by all the fans of the club. In return, he treats them with the utmost contempt and gets into all manner of public spats on social media with them. He is being investigated by the FA for sending abusive texts to a fan. And he's suing a fan at the moment.

To put the sodding tin lid on it, his father is Owen Oyston. Oyston senior is the owner of Blackpool FC and is a convicted rapist himself.

Yup, I bet Oyston zoomed off down the motorway to sign Evans the second he heard the Oldham gig was off.

 

[bluescreen]

I read the name Oyston and started to before I read the rest of your post.

 

[hash tag]

Looking slightly to one side for a mo, foitball has had bad press, for a variety if reasons over the years and a club signing a rapist will certainly not help that image.
A club i have not seen mentioned, who no one likes already, who might sign him; millwall. No one would argue with their fans and would anyone dare protest at one of their matches?
Btw, for apology, please read, im getting desperate.