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Ex Players - They used to play for us

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/leicester-city

Listen to Cottee explain how he battled for a place in the starting line-up and ultimately found the net in memorable fashion at Old Trafford here

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Tony Cottee has revealed why his early days at Leicester City after signing in 1997 proved a challenge.

The striker joined the Foxes after a spell playing in Malaysia but endured a slow start under manager Martin O'Neill.

"The biggest problem I had, and I knew when I got into training with Leicester, I wasn't fit," Cottee told BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast.

"I had a very difficult year. The fitness you need in Malaysia is not the fitness you need in the Premier League. If you are doing half the running, you have half the fitness. That wasn't easy.

"I was still living in Essex as my wife was pregnant. I did look at some lovely places to live in Leicester.

"I didn't want to uproot my daughter, I had twins on the way. It was a difficult decision but I decided to stay in Essex and commute to Leicester.

"Whatever way you look at it, it was a big thing to do. At 32, you shouldn't be spending four hours on the motorway.

"It took me four or five months to get fit. We played Grimsby in the League Cup - we were the holders - and we got walloped. I remember Martin slaughtering everyone. He got to me and said 'Tony, what did I pay for you?' I said '£500,000 boss'. He said 'that was £500,000 too much'."

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1 minute ago, South Shire Fox said:

Cue the ‘lets take him back’, ‘give him a trial’ comments 😂. Wasnt good enough to earn a contract with a shocking Reading side

Strange response to a report of a guy who is struggling with his mental health.

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26 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Strange response to a report of a guy who is struggling with his mental health.

Im not talking about the headline, im talking about the article where it says hes searching for a new club for next season and would love to come back here. The club he forced a move from

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1 hour ago, StanSP said:

 

 

In the summer of 2021, Norwich had been forced to tear up a deal with BK8 amid outrage among fans and locals who pointed out marketing on YouTube featured simulated sex acts with a sausage. BK8 have since deleted the adverts, apologised and rebranded themselves.

 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/06/22/aston-villa-new-shirt-sponsorship-deal-bk8-betting-ban/#:~:text=In the summer of 2021,sex acts with a sausage.&text=BK8 have since deleted the adverts%2C apologised and rebranded themselves.

 

Aston Villa accused of ‘dangerous’ new shirt sponsorship deal with ‘misogynist’ betting company BK8
Villa's new shirt partner was previously dropped by Norwich due to its sexualised adverts with young women

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Jeremy Wilson,
 CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER
22 June 2023 • 2:50pm
Aston Villa accused of "dangerous" new shirt sponsorship deal with "misogynist" betting company BK8
Aston Villa's home shirt for the 2023/24 season CREDIT: Aston Villa
Aston Villa have been accused of a “tone-deaf” and “dangerous” new shirt sponsorship deal with controversial online betting company BK8.

Despite pleas from fans and a Premier League pledge to outlaw betting firms as a club’s main shirt sponsor from 2026, Villa have agreed a three-year deal with a brand that was previously dropped by Norwich City following outrage over sexualised adverts with young women.

Villa said that the partnership would create “exciting collaborations together that will help to grow both brands, particularly within Southeast Asia” but the announcement was greeted on Twitter by one Birmingham City Councillor with an emoji of someone being sick.

“Really poor choice by the club to go back to gambling sponsors but one with a misogynist history, too,” Cllr Nicky Brennan, who represents the Sparkhill ward, said. “Modern football - always about the money, when it should be about the fans and community.”

Gary Lineker, the former England captain and now BBC Match of the Day presenter, highlighted the Premier League’s recent promise. “Thought clubs were no longer going to have gambling sponsors on shirts?” he wrote, referring to the announcement in April that, from 2026-27, clubs would no longer advertise betting companies on the front of their matchday shirts. 

The new partnership was also condemned by the campaign group Gambling With Lives, which is a community of families bereaved by gambling-related suicide.

“This is not only tone-deaf but also dangerous,” a spokesperson said. “At least one person dies every day in the UK because of gambling. Fans, including children, should be able to watch or go to games without being bombarded by gambling ads.”

As disclosed in January by Telegraph Sport, the Aston Villa Fans Consultation Group had previously written to the club over the expected new partnership with BK8, which will replace Cazoo as the club’s primary sponsor. The deal with Cazoo was understood to be worth £6 million a year to Villa but clubs such as West Ham United and Everton have earned around £10 million a season with betting firms. 

“While we appreciate that gambling firms typically pay above the average rate for Premier League shirt sponsorships, considering the club’s promises we feel Aston Villa is not holding itself to a high enough standard, especially when it comes to the ethics of sponsorship arrangements,” the Villa fan groups said. The letter also questioned whether it was an opportunistic move ahead of the Government’s delayed white paper on gambling reform.

In the summer of 2021, Norwich had been forced to tear up a deal with BK8 amid outrage among fans and locals who pointed out marketing on YouTube featured simulated sex acts with a sausage.

Aston Villa accused of "dangerous" new shirt sponsorship deal with "misogynist" betting company BK8
A sponsorship deal between Norwich and BK8 was quickly scrapped in 2021
BK8 have since deleted the adverts, apologised and rebranded themselves. Campaigners, including England record appearance holder Peter Shilton, have been calling for an outright ban on betting companies in football.

“It’s everywhere,” James Grimes, head of education at Gambling With Lives, said. “It’s bonkers that we have got into this situation where it is omnipresent.

“The Government must really take control of this and stop all forms of gambling advertising in football. Football will rinse every single penny from this industry until it is no longer allowed to do so. That is the depressing reality.”

BK8, which will have branding featured on the front of Villa’s three shirts until the end of the 2025-26 season, has committed to making a local charity contribution for every adult third strip that is sold. “The move comes off the back of BK8’s previous work over the past two years, working with charities and programmes involving mental health awareness and this initiative is the first of what will be a number of collaborations with the club,” an Aston Villa statement said.

Michael Gatt, BK8 EMEA managing director, stressed its commitment to the local community.

“We will work tirelessly to make an impact in this area with a number of programmes across the region that engage with Villa supporters locally but also on a global scale,” Gatt said.

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9 minutes ago, davieG said:

In the summer of 2021, Norwich had been forced to tear up a deal with BK8 amid outrage among fans and locals who pointed out marketing on YouTube featured simulated sex acts with a sausage. BK8 have since deleted the adverts, apologised and rebranded themselves.

 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/06/22/aston-villa-new-shirt-sponsorship-deal-bk8-betting-ban/#:~:text=In the summer of 2021,sex acts with a sausage.&text=BK8 have since deleted the adverts%2C apologised and rebranded themselves.

 

Aston Villa accused of ‘dangerous’ new shirt sponsorship deal with ‘misogynist’ betting company BK8
Villa's new shirt partner was previously dropped by Norwich due to its sexualised adverts with young women

By
Jeremy Wilson,
 CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER
22 June 2023 • 2:50pm
Aston Villa accused of "dangerous" new shirt sponsorship deal with "misogynist" betting company BK8
Aston Villa's home shirt for the 2023/24 season CREDIT: Aston Villa
Aston Villa have been accused of a “tone-deaf” and “dangerous” new shirt sponsorship deal with controversial online betting company BK8.

Despite pleas from fans and a Premier League pledge to outlaw betting firms as a club’s main shirt sponsor from 2026, Villa have agreed a three-year deal with a brand that was previously dropped by Norwich City following outrage over sexualised adverts with young women.

Villa said that the partnership would create “exciting collaborations together that will help to grow both brands, particularly within Southeast Asia” but the announcement was greeted on Twitter by one Birmingham City Councillor with an emoji of someone being sick.

“Really poor choice by the club to go back to gambling sponsors but one with a misogynist history, too,” Cllr Nicky Brennan, who represents the Sparkhill ward, said. “Modern football - always about the money, when it should be about the fans and community.”

Gary Lineker, the former England captain and now BBC Match of the Day presenter, highlighted the Premier League’s recent promise. “Thought clubs were no longer going to have gambling sponsors on shirts?” he wrote, referring to the announcement in April that, from 2026-27, clubs would no longer advertise betting companies on the front of their matchday shirts. 

The new partnership was also condemned by the campaign group Gambling With Lives, which is a community of families bereaved by gambling-related suicide.

“This is not only tone-deaf but also dangerous,” a spokesperson said. “At least one person dies every day in the UK because of gambling. Fans, including children, should be able to watch or go to games without being bombarded by gambling ads.”

As disclosed in January by Telegraph Sport, the Aston Villa Fans Consultation Group had previously written to the club over the expected new partnership with BK8, which will replace Cazoo as the club’s primary sponsor. The deal with Cazoo was understood to be worth £6 million a year to Villa but clubs such as West Ham United and Everton have earned around £10 million a season with betting firms. 

“While we appreciate that gambling firms typically pay above the average rate for Premier League shirt sponsorships, considering the club’s promises we feel Aston Villa is not holding itself to a high enough standard, especially when it comes to the ethics of sponsorship arrangements,” the Villa fan groups said. The letter also questioned whether it was an opportunistic move ahead of the Government’s delayed white paper on gambling reform.

In the summer of 2021, Norwich had been forced to tear up a deal with BK8 amid outrage among fans and locals who pointed out marketing on YouTube featured simulated sex acts with a sausage.

Aston Villa accused of "dangerous" new shirt sponsorship deal with "misogynist" betting company BK8
A sponsorship deal between Norwich and BK8 was quickly scrapped in 2021
BK8 have since deleted the adverts, apologised and rebranded themselves. Campaigners, including England record appearance holder Peter Shilton, have been calling for an outright ban on betting companies in football.

“It’s everywhere,” James Grimes, head of education at Gambling With Lives, said. “It’s bonkers that we have got into this situation where it is omnipresent.

“The Government must really take control of this and stop all forms of gambling advertising in football. Football will rinse every single penny from this industry until it is no longer allowed to do so. That is the depressing reality.”

BK8, which will have branding featured on the front of Villa’s three shirts until the end of the 2025-26 season, has committed to making a local charity contribution for every adult third strip that is sold. “The move comes off the back of BK8’s previous work over the past two years, working with charities and programmes involving mental health awareness and this initiative is the first of what will be a number of collaborations with the club,” an Aston Villa statement said.

Michael Gatt, BK8 EMEA managing director, stressed its commitment to the local community.

“We will work tirelessly to make an impact in this area with a number of programmes across the region that engage with Villa supporters locally but also on a global scale,” Gatt said.

Im really not bothered. Not our problem to be honest.

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1 hour ago, fox_favourite said:

Im really not bothered. Not our problem to be honest.

Yet you took the time to comment on it. 
lm not bothered re Villa but i do know there are plenty of Foxestalkers who have gambling problems who’d be interested in it     

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52 minutes ago, Corky said:

Such a shame that Drinkwater has struggled so much. Hope he gets a chance to show what he can do.

I do wonder at times if footballers, and former ones, receive/are encouraged to reach out if they're struggling mentally in any aspect of their respective careers.

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Tom Cleverly retired .

 

Cannot be too many players where one of their last actions in football was to score a winning goal !


Basically got his last injury v Burnley scoring the only goal in August and didn’t play again.

 

https://twitter.com/WatfordFC/status/1675119747917021185?t=cZJI2r8NVVxz2Sbsls6_lQ&s=19

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