Linfield captain arrested during Spanish trip [Archive]

sligoman

19/05/2009, 1:06 PM

The captain of the North's most successful football team has been arrested during a stag trip to Spain.

Linfield skipper William 'Winkie' Murphy was arrested in Torremolinos on Friday night and is still being held today.

More (http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/linfield-captain-arrested-during-spanish-trip-411410.html).

Graemerz

19/05/2009, 11:30 PM

Sheridan

19/05/2009, 11:37 PM

He skipped bail and then went back?? I knew footballers were thick but that one takes the biscuit.

David

20/05/2009, 11:10 AM

Noel Bailie is club captain.

mrtndvn

20/05/2009, 2:13 PM

Can't take them anywhere.

Mr_Parker

22/05/2009, 8:51 PM

Noel Bailie is club captain.

Who has been skipper in the games Bailie missed this season?

Steve Bruce

22/05/2009, 11:18 PM

Who has been skipper in the games Bailie missed this season?

A number of players, Winky & Ferguson mostly.

Dodge

23/05/2009, 12:24 AM

Noel Bailie is club captain.

Aye, thats the important part of the piece

Steve Bruce

23/05/2009, 12:17 PM

I was told today Winky is back in the country and has been for the last 2 days.

OneRedArmy

27/05/2009, 3:47 PM

I was told today Winky is back in the country and has been for the last 2 days.

BBC are claiming he's been on remand in Madrid ever since he was arrested, he's now been charged and he's looking at a minimum of 8 years if convicted.

That's a long holiday.

Hibs4Ever

28/05/2009, 8:10 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8070468.stm

Lionel Ritchie

28/05/2009, 11:41 AM

Not to be utterly unsympathetic as he hasn't been convicted of anything ...If I'd skipped bail from a country I'd think hard on returning to it for a family funeral, much less a stag, and would probably try and get in and out of the country over land rather than through a domestic airport.

Why did this mensa-boy not consider flying into, say, Faro instead and driving over to Malaga?

JerseyRed

28/05/2009, 12:07 PM

FFS you just wouldn't be stupid enough to go back.

Steve Bruce

28/05/2009, 1:12 PM

BBC are claiming he's been on remand in Madrid ever since he was arrested, he's now been charged and he's looking at a minimum of 8 years if convicted.

That's a long holiday.

Yeah it seems the info I was given was completely wrong.

Dodge

28/05/2009, 1:22 PM

maybe it was a counterfeit William Murphy flaoting around Belfast

A face

29/05/2009, 2:33 PM

You could not make that story up, its unreal :eek:

Mr_Parker

29/05/2009, 10:04 PM

Court date Wednesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8073837.stm

Umberside

03/06/2009, 6:43 PM

The outcome should be known today shouldn't it?

Dunny

03/06/2009, 9:11 PM

The outcome should be known today shouldn't it?

Released on bail.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8080961.stm

A face

09/06/2009, 10:52 AM

Talk about a PR disaster for the Irish League :eek:

Mr_Parker

09/06/2009, 11:08 AM

Talk about a PR disaster for the Irish League :eek:

:confused:

A face

11/06/2009, 4:00 PM

:confused:

It is though. JJB end sponsorship and the league now has to look for another deal with someone else. One of the biggest stories that is going to run and run for the next while is the biggest teams club captain involved in what is regarded as a serious crime.

Why did the guy go back?????? :eek::confused:

London-Irish

12/06/2009, 12:39 PM

FFS you just wouldn't be stupid enough to go back.

Yeah he should not have gone back there. But at least he didn't flash his "Winky" at the cops.

London-Irish

12/06/2009, 7:47 PM

FFS you just wouldn't be stupid enough to go back.

Severe ejit behaviour.

Mr_Parker

14/06/2009, 6:18 PM

It is though. JJB end sponsorship and the league now has to look for another deal with someone else. One of the biggest stories that is going to run and run for the next while is the biggest teams club captain involved in what is regarded as a serious crime.

Maybe I could answer your point with a question. What could the League have done to prevent this "PR disaster?"

Why did the guy go back?????? :eek::confused:

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/ADVG/681~Dopey-Posters.jpg

Gather round

14/06/2009, 6:37 PM

Maybe I could answer your point with a question. What could the League have done to prevent this "PR disaster?"

Aye. Winkie seems to be a wab- but he's a middle-aged man on a private holiday, not a teenager on his first club trip. It may be a pain for Linfield, but hardly an avoidable embarrassment for the League.

Graemerz

26/06/2009, 11:57 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8119705.stm

Winkie is back home and...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8120361.stm

Linfield sign Curtis Allen.

Dunny

27/06/2009, 12:08 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8119705.stm

Winkie is back home and...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8120361.stm

Linfield sign Curtis Allen.

Was he bought with counterfit money or something?