QuoteWill read it tommorrow. Too tired to now. Thanks though,
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Liverpool
Everton
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Significantly, Thompson, who had also been charged with hooliganism, had already made a confession, for which he had received a six-month suspended sentence, after confirming that he had attacked Mr Georgiev together with Wilson and Shields. However, when the trial began and Thompson was called to give evidence, he gave a highly contradictory and muddled account of events.
In front of two judges and three jury members, Thompson said he did not know Shields, despite the fact that he had stayed in a room next to his at the hotel. Backtracking on his own confession, he said that he had only seen the fight from far away and ran off after a brick was thrown at someone's head by someone with "brownish hair" whom he did not know. In so testifying, he had effectively ruled out Mr Sankey as the culprit, since he was someone whom he knew well.
As the other defence witnesses trooped in to give evidence regarding Shields's whereabouts at 3am, it became obvious that a surprisingly large number of his friends had seen him peacefully asleep at that time - even those who were not staying in the same room. All sorts of reasons were given for their having stumbled into the apparently unlocked room where they had, they said, seen his prone form before retreating. One had gone to the room thinking that there might be a party there, only to be disappointed to find every-one was tucked up in bed, while another had dropped by to retrieve his mobile telephone, and so on.
One defence witness, Paul Graney, pointed the finger at Mr Sankey, although his testimony was anything but conclusive. Mr Graney said: "He never said that he did not hit anybody, but neither had he said he did hit somebody." Both Graney and Shields had denied being related, but eventually Shields was forced to admit that they were "kind of cousins".
Then came the bombshell that catapulted the case into the headlines: from the safety of Britain, Mr Sankey issued a confession via his solicitor that he was indeed the man who had nearly killed Mr Georgiev. Mr Sankey was not, however, prepared to stand trial. His expectation seemed to be that Shields would now be set free and the matter forgotten about.
The defence, naturally, seized upon the admission. But the court's judges seemed less impressed, prompting intercontinental outcries of incredulity. What nobody seemed to ask was why the court should accept a confession that ran counter to all the known facts of the case. In his statement, Mr Sankey claimed that: "I saw three men running at me with bottles and bricks in their hands. I panicked and stupidly picked up a brick and threw it in the direction of the men running towards me. I saw the brick hit one of them. I panicked and I turned and ran away and returned to the hotel."
How Mr Sankey could be so certain that the man he had injured was Mr Georgiev was puzzling. Certainly the Bulgarian's injuries, which included having a three-inch section of his skull staved out with something far more substantial than a lofted brick, were inconsistent with Mr Sankey's account.
The prosecution witnesses saw a man, whom they believed was Shields, smash a paving slab on Mr Georgiev's head. Even if they had mistakenly identified Shields, Mr Sankey's version was not in keeping with their accounts.
Last week, Mr Sankey and Thompson were unavailable for comment. Wilson, who was given a suspended sentence for his role in the attack, is still in Bulgaria. Others were keen, however, to keep the pressure up for Shields to be released. Mr Unsworth, an apprentice pipefitter who had been rounded up by police at the Kristal hotel, dismissed the inconsistencies in Mr Sankey's confession. "Sankey is just saying that he threw a brick, but I spoke to a lad who was there and he saw him smash the brick on the guy's head," he said.
And why had Mr Sankey suddenly confessed? Mr Unsworth shrugged. "Probably he thought it would not go this far, and then when it did his conscience got the better of him."
Whatever the truth, the case is an unedifying one and reflects poorly on Liverpool's football supporters. Mr Unsworth summed up the unsavoury feeling about the whole affair. He sympathised with his friend left in prison, he said, but had little pity for Mr Georgiev. "I felt sorry for him at first, but by insisting it was Michael that attacked him he is just trying to get his compensation money. Anyway, he only came out of the fish-and-chip shop to help out the Germans who were out there."
Will read it tommorrow. Too tired to now
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
Where are you going with your 7th to 10th??I said they'd finish 16th, and they're going the right way about it at the moment.
August 31st 2005: Pld Pts
Liverpool ----------2-- 4
Everton ---------- 3-- 3
We're ahead of them, and they're back in the drop zone already, so normal service has resumed.
Spurs 0 - 0 Liverpool
Good result today away to a decent Spurs side. Not many teams will go there and keep a clean sheet. No goal conceded yet and thats Boro and Spurs away gone already, two fixtures that we nearly always seem to lose. Momo Sissokko is a machine, unlucky Moysey boy!
Everton 0 - 1 Portsmouth
Opps-a-daisy! And the icing on the cake was Dunc the drunk got the winner......wrong end Dunc
Boro and Spurs the 2 most difficult away games in the Premiership outside Chelsea,Arsenal and Man U IMO,would have taken both results beforehand.Look at Arsenal yesterday!Pool can kick on now and put in a serious challenge to Chelsea over the rest of the season.
"All I have in this world is my balls and my word,and I don't break em for noone"
Jon Arne Riise was awesome on Saturday, has to stay in the side from now on. Was impressed with Crouch and Cisse as well, looks to be the best partnership, a bit of fine tuning needed though.
ha ha i love the unbiased view you have , a good result is drawing with spurs since when ??Spurs 0 - 0 Liverpool
Good result today away to a decent Spurs side. Not many teams will go there and keep a clean sheet. No goal conceded yet and thats Boro and Spurs away gone already, two fixtures that we nearly always seem to lose. Momo Sissokko is a machine, unlucky Moysey boy!
Everton 0 - 1 Portsmouth
Opps-a-daisy! And the icing on the cake was Dunc the drunk got the winner......wrong end Dunc
while everton played **** the worst ive ever seen them and still played pompy off the pitch and had 3 shots scrambled of the line , beattie made his come back so we should have some strikers to choose from soon .
they just have to shoot kilbane complete and utter tosh
since spurs have jenas defoe carrick davids king and robinson in their side.
you gowl!
makes the result all the sweeter
you gowl!
Hee hee heemakes the result all the sweeter
And Cahill needs to be rested. He is half the man he was last season.
yea i was at the game he looked very tired but he hasnt stopped for years , he played all the WC qualifiers he played in the oympics and in some other comp , plus he flew to oz last week and only got back in time for the pompy game .And Cahill needs to be rested. He is half the man he was last season.
normally he would be box to box but i few times he couldnt run any more .
also with moyes ,he plays 442 once then comes out and says it doesnt work . it was nothing to do with the formation, we didnt win because he picked kilbane and davies instead of faddy and ossy .
yet again as soon as faddy and ossy came on it gave us pace with skill players that can cross and we were all over pompy creating a load of chances .
picking kilbane means your starting with 9 players !! your left back has no cover your left wing has no attacking ability .
from the game
martyn was class all ways is should be englands number 2 keeper
hibbert . distribution wasnt great but his tackling is top drawer one of the best tacklers in the prem .
yobo class act
weir . is just too old causes the defence to sit too deep but won everything in the box .
valente ; did well finally have a left back that can pass
davies kilbane : if they completed one pass i must have missed it utter rubbish
cahill : tired
artetta : left stranded with out cahil or neville
dunc : was dunc gets about gets unfairly trated by the ref and scored!!
bent : still our best striker it will be an outrage if he looses his place to beattie again .
subs
faddy and ossy : outstanding best ive ever seen faddy play
beattie : jury is still out on this guy .
Champions Chant
Here's a new chant that we can sing during Champions League games:
"We are the mighty Liverpool,
We're Europe's Number One,
And when we won the European Cup,
We said, "We told you so",
We beat Chelsea and Milan,
Everton, and William Gaillard,
We are in this year's Champions League,
So we had the last laugh".
Repeat........
Here's a new chant that we can sing during Champions League games:
"We are the mighty Liverpool,
We're Europe's Number One,
And when we won the European Cup,
We said, "We told you so",
We beat Chelsea and Milan,
Everton, and William Gaillard,
We are in this year's Champions League,
So we had the last laugh".
Repeat........
im embarresed for you thats so so sad
great 3 points for the Migty Reds last night!!
De De De De De De De Deeeerrrrrr
Yup, and two fingers up to all the b*****ds that said we haven't a hope. A special extension of those two fingers to Eamon 'ManU' Dunphy who said we have "Zero chance" of making an impact in the CL this season. Suck my balls Eamon
What about Peter Crouch? Outstanding and looking good to prove even more people wrong. Momo Sissoko is just unbelievable as well, can't wait to see him kicking Frank Lampard around the ankles.
now your getting carried away with yourself peter crouch oustanding for a lanky streak of pi ss more like !!still compaired to any other player he is average very average . .Yup, and two fingers up to all the b*****ds that said we haven't a hope. A special extension of those two fingers to Eamon 'ManU' Dunphy who said we have "Zero chance" of making an impact in the CL this season. Suck my balls Eamon
What about Peter Crouch? Outstanding and looking good to prove even more people wrong. Momo Sissoko is just unbelievable as well, can't wait to see him kicking Frank Lampard around the ankles.
you cant compare sissoko with lamps , lamps is still the best central midfielder in the prem , you could compare sissoko to viera but its way too early .
are you not worried about how much ye struggled the other night against a very poor team .
[QUOTE=anto1208]peter crouch oustanding for a lanky streak of pi ss more like !!QUOTE]
personal attack on peter. wheres the moderator?
if we struggle like that all season and win 2-1 at the same time i'll be delighted. far better than playing pompey off the pitch and still losing!
you gowl!
So Crouch is a lanky string os p**s
Lamps is the best CM in the prem
and Real betis are a very poor team............
glad we got that sorted
First of all, Crouch was outstanding against Betis, I did not say that Crouch is outstanding full stop. Secondly, where did I compare Sissoko to Lampard?? I said I couldn't wait to see him getting stuck in to Lampard (we owe him one broken ankle from last season), how is that a comparison? You're the one getting carried away becuase you're not reading the posts properly
Now anto1208, remember how we laughed last season at your predictions of Everton in the CL, even Everton in Europe? Here's why - UEFA Cup 1st Round: Dinamo Bucharesti 5 - 1 Everton
It's even funnier than Celtics 5-0 defeat to Armenia Bratiuseless, and you're saying Betis are a bad team?
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