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Another England star wins gagging order: Married father fuels secrecy furore | Mail Online

Yet another Premier League Footballer has been granted an injunction by the courts to stop a story of an affair being published, the football is said to be married.

Do you think its right, I don't. if they want to fly their kite and cheated on their wives suffer the consequences. I know that most footballers aren't the sharpest knives in the box, but if they want to play about, don't be surprised if a gold digger wants to sell the story and cash in, after all there are some young ladies that actually go out for that specific purpose and have readily admitted as much, so you'd think by know the lads with twinkly feet would have caught on, doh!!!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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To the corner flag.:D

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See your still in cloud cuckoo land, quite apt really for you:p

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Well I thought that remark was amusing:)
Jay -if you can't take it you shouldn't give it - and you do

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Watch it you or I'll put you on my ignored list with Mancie;) :D

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No John, of course it isn't right.....and to cite that the injunction is to protect their families.......what utter hogwash. If they were interested in protecting their wives and children, they would keep their trouser snake well and truly fastened into their designer underpants.
The only thing they want to do is portray themselves as sparkling white, so as not to lose their lucrative advertising contracts.......it is all about money......nothing to do with protecting the innocent.

These people are morally bankrupt, they rely on our flawed judicial system(flawed, because it takes account of the ubiquitous EHR legislation) I now view all footballers and celebs with suspicion.

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So did I ... must be the vodka.:confused:

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I agree ... somewhat ... celebs are targets for the media; it comes with the territory and the outrageous amounts of cash they get. But the British press:eek: I read The Daily Mail online the other day, and it put me in mind of a poem, particularly the first two lines (and this is memory, not Google:D): "A Ramble in St. James' Park", John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. For obvious reasons I didn't quote it.

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Any chance of getting a gagging order on here? :)...just a thought :D

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I've read a lot of posts that I don't agree with, but nothing that has had me gagging;):D

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There is one on here, one or two have been banned fer a limited time, so thats gagged em, some have even gone fer good.:D

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Well there is a great one cashy which has worked for me its called the ignore button, I just don't listen to drunken ramblings anymore:D

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Who do you want gagged Mancie...and for what reasons??

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Eric, the media make these people into millionaires,. Advertisers want them to sell their products.....and I know it is a daft concept, but the ordinary folk who buy these products are then like their heroes(or at least that is what the advertisers hope we would believe).....So when these 'heroes' get grubby and the press find out about it, they want to let those who elevated these celebs to their hero status to know about it........Aah,but that would cost the 'hero'his purse........So if you are rich, then you can buy yourself a bit of the privacy you so willingly gave up in the pursuit of money.

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Oh yes, we must not forget the celebs concern for their family.......they should have thought of their family before getting into bed with the women who would sell the story for a little bit of fame(or infamy).
My mother always used to say to me........'Be sure your sins will find you out'.

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The funny thing is that these super injunctions don't work. You can find out who these people are by searching online (twitter especially). Do a search for super injunction and trawl through the results and you'll quickly find it (I'm not spelling out a name). Freedom of speech is alive and well - just not through official channels.

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I don't do twitter....or facebook.
You are right though, these celebs are wasting their money as most of the general population know who they are.

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I also have a problem in not really being a film fan(or TV for that matter) so these so called celebs are nothing more than names to me.

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I have done a search, and found footballers, actors, TV 'personalities'(who decides if the have one?) - all of no interest to me.

However - there was one who attracted my interest -
...the ex richest man in UK - the one who owns most of London real estate - but that didn't have 'juicy' connections -just to do with a fraud, so only to be expected:rolleyes:

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Margaret, I think that another one of my problems(if you can call it that) is I am not that interested on what is happening in someone elses' life.

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That's my take on life too Margaret, I've enough things to bother about in my own life never mind anyone else's, can't understand why people are fascinated with What Katie did next or what Peter did next or what poor Jade went through or whether Kerry has lost weight or who's the new man in her life, I see these TV adds for these programs every day or Magazine articles, I couldn't care less ;)

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....but when a rich man with a royal title supresses knowledge of his involvment in fraud case, we need to know. He might be the victim;), but we don't know unless we are told.

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You might want to know, but I've better things to do, like now I'm going of line to watch Arsenal and Straight after the Stanley, now that is IMPORTANT:);) ps mind your spelling Margaret, your beginning to slip these days:D:D:D

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When I say 'suppresses' it is using the present tense which still applies because the gagging order is still in place.
Your version 'suppressed' is not appropriate.

I missed an 'e' from 'involvement'.
I blame the physical disability of my hands, rather than the mental incapacity to spell.

Remind me again of your excuse.
A bad workman always blames his tools

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Ya I always questioned my mum about how my brain was wired seeing I do suffer from dyslexia;)

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I agree. Not completely on the "willingly gave up" part; but I'm thinkin' about it.:D

But ... Sometimes I think that folks want their "heroes" to get grubby; makes them more human:rolleyes: Wasn't it Wilde who said something about: The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about? And the British press:eek:

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In order to recognise my spelling mistake, you must have a 'chell specker' that shows them to you - WOW;)

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Ya mean you've had to sleep on that Margaret to realise:rolleyes:, come on lass your slowing down, my spell checker is my bestest mate, didn't ya know:D
ps ya got your ch and your sp mixed up in your post;););)

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I think they do willingly give up their privacy......they court the press, they dance attendance for the press.......oh Yes, except when they have a dirty secret they want to hide...then it there is a howl of 'Privacy'.

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So, we can agree to disagree on the "willingness" thing.;) But, in one case I have been reading about in the Guardian, involving some chick called Imogen Thomas, the issue has nothing to do with willingly seeking publicity and notoriety, and a lot to do with blackmail. Blackmail, I believe, is still a crime in the UK.:rolleyes:

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Eric, there will always be ladies of dubious reputation who will do what they can to feather their nest(no pun intended).......and these stupid footballers/actors/celebs think with what is in their pants pocket...they should be able to spot them coming a mile off....with their cleavage showing and their puddings boiling over.......if they didn't get into the situation in the first place, then there would be no chance of them being held to ransom.

Yes, there still is a law against blackmail, but I think in this situation they deserve all they get.......I can find no sympathy in my heart for them......for their wives,perhaps, for their children certainly, but for these guys who can't keep it in their drawers.......Not a chance!

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When your talking about footballers Margaret remember their brains are in their feet, but can be highered by about 2' 6" when needed for quick 2 minute bursts:D

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As I said in my post John...in their pants pocket!


And isn't it obvious that they can see better than they can think?

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You mean it looked like two ferrets climbing out of a sack?:D

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Yerself, you must associate with some very strange women........I thought ferrets were those little hairy stoat like things........I have never seen a woman with furry boobs....you must let me know where you hang out and then I can come and have a look.
NO.........only joking :)

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He's one very strange fellow Margaret;)

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Don't run into many Greek and Portuguese women, eh:D You know, the one's with the braided armpits:eek::)

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Eric, they might have braided armpits, but we are talking boobs here....not armpits......I have never seen a chap with eyes out like chapel hatpegs because he has seen the size of a womans armpits....ged away wi yer!

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what are these gagging orders people are speaking of?

my woman does it of her own free will :confused:

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Ya daft sod:D:D

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Yes these super-injunctions are a rich man's law, but I only have a problem with the ones that conceal hypocrisy on the part of the person seeking the injunction. If, for example, they are in a position of power arguing about how the rest of us should live our lives, while they are doing something contrary to that in private, then I have no sympathy with them.

The names I've seen bandied about on Twitter (footballers, actors, comedians etc) are people who, in the main are trying to protect themselves from tabloid gossip and tittle tattle, and I say good luck to them if they can put a stop to it.

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And their excuses are usually to protect the family, pity they didn't do that before the trousers came off

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I think we could do with Gagging orders on accyweb too:D:D:p

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Hope your not getting any Ideas Mick my good fellow:D:D;)

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I don't buy the argument that super-injunctions are a rich man's law. No one give a flying you-know-what about what poor folks do; so the equaltiy thing isn't an issue.

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Think your spot on there Eric, people are nosy and only want to read about the rich and famous, people have affairs all the time in ordinary down to earth life, nobody gives a monkey's just a passing comment of "have you seen who Joe Bloggs is knocking off":D

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That isn't the point.......you might not care about what Joe Bloggs is up to, but it does not mean that Joe Bloggs might not want to conceal his misdeeds.

Equality within the justice system should mean that justice is dealt out fairly........it should not be able to be bought......which in effect is what is happening with the super injunctions. These rich celebs are able to cover up their dirty doings by paying for them to be concealed.

Arnold Shwarzeneggar has the right attitude.......he expects the media to hound him but he has asked that they leave his family alone......he is man enough to admit to his wife and his family what he has been up to......though I wonder if he would have done the same if there wasn't the evidence that the child with his lover, provides.

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What I was saying Margaret was that Whoever Joe Bloggs is knocking of its hardly going to make the headlines of the Tabloids, they are only interested in newsworthy stories, the ordinary man in the street would have no need for an injunction

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No John, it doesn't make the headlines but it might be just as important to him, for him to keep his misdeeds quiet,but unless he has lots of money, then this is not available to him.
My point being, that the law should not favour the rich who can pay, over the poor who cannot.
I always thought the figure of justice was blind for that reason....so that she cannot see the richly gilded garments of the merchant over those of the servant.

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The footballer who had an affair with Imogen Something is now suing Twitter.

Well only one footballer's name appeared on the Twitter superinjunction site, so all he's done is confirm it for the millions who saw it.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

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As Jaysay observed earlier......footballers are noted for having brains in only their feet.
Enough said!

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I'm the guy who saw the brake up of my last marriage played out on the front pages of the Observer and Evening Telegraph as well as the Sunday Mirror and NOTW

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can you post the links :eek: ;)

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Sadist:D, it was 22 years ago SJ, if you want to trawl the the archives at the ET and Obs be my guest, I'm of to watch the Stanley:rolleyes:

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So...then you will understand exactly what I mean.

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Ya but it wasn't me who was bothered really, but the other party DID threaten legal action against the press, which actually did backfire in later years, never did get a good press after that;)

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The footballer in question has been named in Parliament today. His name is all over tonights news bulletins. I'm not going to name him, because of the uncertainty over the legality of it all.

He was the model professional, longest serving player in the Premiership, inspiration to younger players,role model, perfect family man. awarded an MBE etc etc the superlatives go on and on.

But all the time just like any other dimwit who couldnt keep it in his trousers at the flutter of a tart's eyelash. I don't blame him for that, because we are all human.

But spare me the superlatives about what a brilliant guy he is. He hung her out to dry at the first hint of trouble by naming her in his injunction while trying to conceal his own identity.

Hardly the actions of a gallant man!

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i aint naming either but bet hes been to quite a few gigs.:D

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Oh dear... how could this man take advantage of such a vunerable, innocent girl?? ;)


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GET IN THERE MY SON! :D

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O dear and it's all ended in tears (and big bills)

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n by all accounts he welshed on her.:D

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That some strange sexual practice ? Like French or some such ? The worrying thing about it is the connotations about "Welsh", one hears rumours about what them Taffies get up to ! :eek: :D

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Ya but who does he play for;):D

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He could at least have done a Clinton and splashed out on a new dress for the poor girl:D

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and todays winner of quip of the day is already settled before 10am lol :D

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I like the headline.

Gigg Gag Goolie.:D

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Close; but no cigar:rolleyes::D

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I'm in the process of studying hundreds of images of Ms. Thomas, trying to figure out what Giggs sees in her:rolleyes::D

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Well it seems like the woman at the centre of this gagging order Imogen Thomas, has decided to get away for a few days apparently she's taken a short break in Spain, flew out yesterday On RYANair:rolleyes:

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Eric, I hope you can reach the top shelf in your newsagents:D

Isn't there a phrase that goes something like this........'you don't look on the mantelpiece when you are poking the fire'.......maybe it applies in this case.

And forgive me, but if you took away his money, what would be the attraction in this footballer.

I know that I am past the first flush of youth, but I would rather go to bed with a good book and a bar of chocolate....much less hassle and just as enjoyable!

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Unfortuneatly I know what you mean Margaret:s_cry::s_cry::s_cry::D

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About what John? The good book and bar of chocolate? or not looking on the mantelpiece when you are poking the fire?:D

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When I said to the other half on a Saturday night, is it time for bed, she just shrugged and said somehow that doesn't quite mean what it used to 20 years ago:D

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No, it doesn't mean quite the same.......but is that such a big thing?
sometimes quality overcomes quantity........you can make of that what you will:)

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all that grunting, pushing and sweating....and that's only to get the bedroom door open :)

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Better draw a veil over the rest.....we're going to be getting into trouble, me and you John boy!

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You should be so lucky its like that just getting to the bedroom door never mind opening it:D

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Ya don't mean a gagging order do you ya Margaret;)

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Some Welshmen prefer wellies to football boots.

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No John....No gagging order....it just isn't something to discuss in polite company.:)

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Where's the polite company:confused: It's just us who are hangin' around.:alright:

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Well it was until you popped up Eric:D

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Eric, are you saying we aren't polite?

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Himself !!! :eek: :w00t: