Paddy Lacey
 

ASFC terminate the contract of midfielder Paddy Lacey. He's been banned for 14 months by the FA after failing a drugs test

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The 24-year-old tested positive for a prohibited substance after the game at Hartlepool United in November 2016.

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testing positive for cocaine after a match.

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Shame somebody couldnt of just answered my question on the subject when i asked it 6 months ago

The FA only published their statement today: http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/may/05/patrick-lacey-suspended-050517

Why would Accy say anything official before the governing body did?

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As Captain Mainwaring would say 'Stupid boy'!! Having been given a chance that many others would give their right arm for he goes & most royally screws it up - good riddance!

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A decent players that's screwed up his future, still suspended less than joey Barton, would think drugs is worse than gambling

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Too right but pleased to see the club kicking him out straight away however since he hasn't played since then I think they knew. On a positive (not drug test!) frees up wages for next year

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Of course they knew ! In fact it was one of those worst kept secrets.
Lemur and a few others were all over this story in early February.

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Nobody's saying the club didn't know, obviously they did & that's why he was suspended right away but they were probably unable to say anything until the whole process had been completed

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Well so far the sun newspaper has used pictures of Sean Mc and Jordan Clark, can't we just ban the sun like Everton and Liverpool, Chester and tranmere have

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it's certainly banned in the B household!

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did they test the referee after that game. after thae performance he had he mbeen on something.ust have

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Idiot.

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Defamation by The Sun and Mail. Get ready ......

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I'm not sure he is guilty, more to this story than has been printed (so I'm told)

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its not to be shared on a public forum

not guilty or guilty, the lad needs our support.

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He's not entitled to our support - not our player anymore so not our problem, may sound harsh but doesn't make it any less so.
If the lad does have a problem I hope he gets the help & support he needs but he's certainly not Stanley's concern or responsibility. Get the feeling you're just trying to stir things up for the sake of it Dav, he was only here for five minutes & apart from his goal against Portsmouth hardly impressed at all imo

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Disgusting attitude, the lad played for the club, he has worn our colours, he is one of us.

Please be more humane as you clearly do not know what has gone on.

There are 2 sides to every story

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Well he did a urine sample and drugs were found, how the frig is he not guilty?

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We gave him a chance at league football and he repays by going and doing drugs, he's brought disgrace to the colours

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He's guilty.
Never denied it.
The only other "more to the story" is maybe the police have enquiries to make.

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Correction! He WAS one of us & he cocked up his chance to continue being one of us, end of story - surely that's simple enough to understand :rolleyes:

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You obviously have even less idea whats gone on Dav,:rolleyes:

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Are you arranging a collection for him?

What support are you planning to offer him?

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Sad really as he's a decent player.
Wasn't performance enhancing stuff,but all players know the rules and it just brings bad press on the club,who have handled the situation superbly.

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He took cocaine !
Am I missing something here ?
Why does anyone have the slightest of sympathy for him ?

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Young people make mistakes,

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Well that makes it ok then ..........
Fine example to the other young players.
Grow up.

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Come on dav007 there's making mistakes, than there's taking drugs! No sympathy for him at all! He knew what he was doing! He got caught and the right action was taken! Simple! Stupid being a professional football player and chucking it all away!

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So he fell onto the coke and accidentally sniffed it up did he, was you there when he did seens as you think there's make too it? He knew what he's was doing, he knew the punishments for getting caught, he got in trouble at narrow for punching a fan and now this, he obviously doesn't learn from mistakes, he's had 2 chances at football clubs and both times he let them down, he'll be staking shelves at rescout for rest of his life now he's getting a reputation

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Didn't realise he had previous at Barrow, either way goodbye and good riddance

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Im not sure if any of you are aware of what was going on in paddy's private life before and during the alleged incident.

There are 2 sides to every story

Stanley is more than a football club, its a family who looks after its own

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You look after him, Davo, he obviously needs someone with your innate wisdom to put on the straight and narrow.

I quite liked Lacey, the very little I saw, and thought he may have had some potential. But he's barely had one season at Stanley and less than a handful of appearances, and I don't regard that as making a bit-part, player "one of us".

Hope he gets his life sorted, but he's further from being a Stanley legend than even you, Davo.:rolleyes:

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Yes he was going through personal issues and illness but that's what the club is there for he could of confided in them and they would of helped, like they did with buzzer when he was a recovering alcoholic, but no he had to go do stupid like taking drugs

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i do agree with you st06nc2, but i think people need to look at the bigger picture.

Paddy is young enough to still have a decent career in the game

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He messed up at barrow by punching a fan, he messed up at Stanley by taking drugs, he's got a bad reputation, who's going to take him on

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burnley took on joey barton

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Yes dav cus Lacey and Barton are the same quality

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Lee McEvilly kept on finding clubs, although he is currently available as a free agent

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[QUOTE=DAV007;1193759]i do agree with you st06nc2, but i think people need to look at the bigger picture.

Part of the bigger picture is that 1000s of lads would love the chance of being a pro footballer and for one reason or other don,t make it or can,t make it. save your sympathy for these or the little kid in the stanley shirt who was mascot at burnley yesterday.

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DAV007 wants us to support him yet is doing beggar all himself to help the poor lad it seems.

Probably a Blackburn fan...

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I'm no rovers fan.

Let's get all the facts before we pass judgement on the lad

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should we really pass too much of a harsh judgement on him anyway? He took some drugs like loads of people do. He compounded his error into a huge cock up - like most of us do occasionally, especially younger ones - because he's a footballer. It could have been me, could have been you, a son or a daughter.

Sounds like (unless Dav knows better) that the club had no choice but to sack him - if he's admitted his guilt. Depends how you judge these sorts of things but support and sympathy to accompany that would seem appropriate to me. He's lost his (relatively low paid) job. I imagine he may have worked hard at Stanley to try to break through, like many players do. Can't be a bed of roses being a fringe player at Stanley.

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And the fact are ? Dav ?
I guess we've all got our contacts and the way I'm hearing it - no excuse.

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There is no excuse for taking drugs, he had people at the club he could of confided in if he had any problems but no he goes and does something stupid and brings shame to the club, no sympathy for him

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[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1193828]should we really pass too much of a harsh judgement on him anyway? He took some drugs like loads of people do

I'm not passing any judgement, just (as Davo would say) looking at the one fact that we know for sure.
If you employed him, Didders, maybe it wouldn't be a big deal to you if your employees used drugs. But athletes and sportsmen and women risk losing their jobs and reputation if they get caught taking drugs. They know that, and they know they get tested. His employer has a clear standard. He failed to meet it. He was sacked. No judgement on the rights and wrongs of drug taking.

.... (unless Dav knows better):rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Yeah, they'd be sacked if it affected their work (although if someone had just said they'd had some coke at the weekend they wouldn't). They'd be sacked if we were a safety critical company or a football club.

But they would get my sympathy. We've all been young and daft, or old and daft. We've all made mistakes.

I'm not criticising the club in any way, and realise that some people see this entirely differently - but that's how I stand.

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Lord - you talk as though hes done it once and get caught.
That's not what is out there.
He's been on the gear.
See you later son.

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I just hope he gets the help he needs, This curse of drugs has infiltrated all levels of people in all walks of life. The dealers should simply be shot. A young lad like Paddy will be scarred for life by this. He need to use his ban time wisely and take all the help available.

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Lots of people have problems, some can deal with them better than others - just read Billy's article on the fishy site, good on him for speaking out so frankly about what for some is a taboo subject.

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Good old Rodney.
Delighted he's finally come out about this which is the right thing to do.

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Well done Billy, that will help him come to terms with summat thats horrible to deal with.

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Well done Billy not the easiest thing to do especially as a footballer very courageous and great to see he's come out the other side just proves that the Paddy Lacey route is not necessarily required...nice one Billy!

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DAV007 - why did you defend him ?

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What do you know twenty eight?

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Everything, apparently.:rolleyes: