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Post by miltonstokie on Jun 22, 2013 23:25:40 GMT
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Post by pittshillplotter on Jun 22, 2013 23:33:36 GMT
Yes.....and there's many more who have endured similar problems and health issues. At least he admits partial responsibility....
Shame ...
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Post by fortressbritannia on Jun 22, 2013 23:45:58 GMT
Massively unfortunate for him obvioudly a club legend but he has to take a fair chunk of responsibility (which he has done).
Didn't he release a book 2/3 years ago, surely he would have had a decent sum for that?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 23:47:58 GMT
Unbelievably sad story, concerning the greatest player I have ever seen in a Stoke shirt .......I hope his fortunes change soon
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Post by swampySCFC on Jun 22, 2013 23:52:48 GMT
I dont knows what to think. Best player I have ever seen and he must hgave earned a decent living. If he's pissed it away then sorry Al but who's to blame?
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Post by samdamule on Jun 22, 2013 23:54:13 GMT
It's disgusting to think someone like Bendtner will probably never worry about money if he retired now and never worked another day, times have truly changed
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Post by lastoftheldk on Jun 23, 2013 0:15:49 GMT
Best player I seen for Stoke, spoke to him a few times in his club in castle ( old El Sids), came across as a ass, not nice to see him in this position though, but as he says himself a lot of his problems are down to himself
He,s right about modern wages, but it,s probadly a good job he did not earn them or it would have been a bigger almighty fall for him,,
Any way Alan hope things get better for you...
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Jun 23, 2013 0:34:10 GMT
Whilst it is a sad story in some respects he has to take a huge chunk of blame, he has achieved more than most people ever dream of and earned more money than most of us will ever see but he's pissed it all up the wall. If it was anyone else other than a Stoke hero I'd have not one drop of pity for him. Gouranga.  |
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Post by werrington on Jun 23, 2013 0:35:18 GMT
It's disgusting to think someone like Bendtner will probably never worry about money if he retired now and never worked another day, times have truly changed Why should Bendtner get singled out ? I was privileged to see Hudson in both of his spells at SCFC but his off the field antics are of his own making What has Bendtner got to do with it ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 0:52:11 GMT
Yes.....and there's many more who have endured similar problems and health issues. At least he admits partial responsibility.... Shame ... Not partial responsibility ...Completely responsible for his own situation ......you sow the seeds , and then reap the harvest ...it was up to him to provide for his own future ...why is it the fault of his old clubs that he is almost destitute ? He should have provided himself with the means to live a decent life once he retired , his accident was most unfortunate though . |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 23, 2013 0:53:52 GMT
We all know, and Huddy's acknowledged himself, his own part in his downfall. In the interests of compassion it would be good if SCFC could do something to help him. I don't know what exactly but surely there is some kind of way the club could support him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 0:58:57 GMT
We all know, and Huddy's acknowledged himself, his own part in his downfall. In the interests of compassion it would be good if SCFC could do something to help him. I don't know what exactly but surely there is some kind of way the club could support him. Because of who he is and what a great player he was ...I would have no problem with that |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 23, 2013 1:00:42 GMT
Remember too, we know aboput Alan Hudson. His situation does expose how vulnerable people with disabilities actually are.
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Post by Do it for dobing on Jun 23, 2013 1:17:39 GMT
Very sad great Stoke player, a pity we didn't win the title in the mid 70s, too many injuries and a poor goalkeeper which we wasted so much money on, Farmer was good enough
Could Stoke not use him on match days on the hospitality side and during the week at the academy helping the young kids? He has mountains of knowledge and experience
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 1:34:35 GMT
Could Stoke not use him on match days on the hospitality side He came to the cuckoo on Newstead a few years ago to knock over a pile of pennies we had built for the dougie mac. He was supposed to be doing it at 9pm but fell into it shortly after he came in.  Cant sleep ? |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 23, 2013 2:05:20 GMT
He doesn't seem well enough to be able to be out on the training ground. There must be comething he can help with though.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 23, 2013 2:15:47 GMT
I still don't actually know what Pennant actually did to be pushed to the outer.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jun 23, 2013 3:15:05 GMT
He's got a cracking pair of trainers on, good to see he's got his priorities right!!!  |
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Post by sage on Jun 23, 2013 4:07:40 GMT
Harshest thing in that is how he was ditched by his wife after the accident cos she didn't want to have to push him in a wheelchair! In sickness and in health!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 4:51:49 GMT
Very sad read but raises a few interesting points.
Bit sad to hear that he says he feels let down by the clubs that he played for, why, what duty of care do they have for an ex employee...none...
It would be like me having a pop at the Roper Family of Churchil Chaina if I fell on hard times , as I worked for them way back in the 80's.
And it is hardly riches to rags, although fairly modest in them days £120 a week was hardly a fortune, and most players lived well beyond their means in them days, especially the bright lights of London and all the parties.
All that he has got is his lap top....mmmm,,,wonder if the hostel has wifi....
Plenty of other players from our club from your era are doing ok for themselves, Banksy, Terry Conroy etc etc etc, but at the same time many more have fallen on hard times, it's a shame his time came too soon, but having said that, could he have really coped with the mega stardom even ordinary players receive these days...Bit like Gaza...Prob not.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jun 23, 2013 5:46:18 GMT
To put Huddy's salary into context - I remember at that time my dad earned about £60 per week working as a middle ranking area engineer for what became BT, and I earned the princely sum of about £18 per week as a very junior civil servant. So, Huddy and his Stoke team mates got paid noticeably more than the average bloke but nothing like the riches they get these days.
Before the removal of the maximum wage, players were very poorly paid. Denis Wilshaw, the Stoke captain just before Matthews return in 1962, lived over the road from us on the Westlands, Newcastle. My dad was shocked (and rather chuffed) to find that he earned pretty much the same as Denis. When Denis went into teaching after retiring due to a broken leg, he would not have suffered much of a drop in salary.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 23, 2013 6:07:04 GMT
Flicking through the picture gallery of the great man and surprised to see him never wearing shin pads. Just an observation.
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 23, 2013 6:15:41 GMT
To put Huddy's salary into context - I remember at that time my dad earned about £60 per week working as a middle ranking area engineer for what became BT, and I earned the princely sum of about £18 per week as a very junior civil servant. So, Huddy and his Stoke team mates got paid noticeably more than the average bloke but nothing like the riches they get these days. Before the removal of the maximum wage, players were very poorly paid. Denis Wilshaw, the Stoke captain just before Matthews return in 1962, lived over the road from us on the Westlands, Newcastle. My dad was shocked (and rather chuffed) to find that he earned pretty much the same as Denis. When Denis went into teaching after retiring due to a broken leg, he would not have suffered much of a drop in salary. At the time huddy mentioned his £120 per week I was earning about £27 so yes it was enough to live in a nice house ,buy a jag and a sheepskin coat but not the kings ransom The players earn today . Feel very sorry for huddy . Don't suppose his book made him rich either. |
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Post by wuzza on Jun 23, 2013 7:30:51 GMT
If a football club is indeed a 'club' and not just a business this is exactly where they should step in (either on the quiet or in a blaze of publicity should they so wish) and look after and outstanding member of that 'club'.
It all very trendy and hard to give it the old 'he deserves everything he gets' bullshit but it would make SCFC something to be even more proud of if they used some of the ridiculous money in the game to look after old players who have fallen victim to human frailties.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 23, 2013 7:37:00 GMT
It's sad, but he has really put himself in this position too! It's always easy to blame others, but you'll have to face up to your choices in life too I presume. Still sad to read stories like this though.
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Post by f1rew0rks on Jun 23, 2013 7:40:31 GMT
Whilst it is a sad story in some respects he has to take a huge chunk of blame, he has achieved more than most people ever dream of and earned more money than most of us will ever see but he's pissed it all up the wall. If it was anyone else other than a Stoke hero I'd have not one drop of pity for him. Gouranga. completely agree. He says if he'd had a testimonial, he would not be where he is? No, he'd probably be in the pub by the sound of that article. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 23, 2013 8:00:43 GMT
But shouldn't clubs, and PFA come to think of it, shoulder some of the responsibility. They scoop up young lads with great potential, if the lad makes it they shower him with confetti money without a thought about mentoring him and making sure he stays on the straight and narrow. Clubs are better at this now, but in the 70s and 80s players were just paid the money and left to get on with their private lives. They didn't earn anything like the players do these days but it was still very good money that left players with bulging wallets and alter-egos thinking the world was their oyster and not giving a thought about their futures. Yes IMO clubs and PFA should help ex-players who fall on bad times. Much the same that there is help for ex-servicemen who fall on bad times.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 8:26:46 GMT
Very sad story of his accident, his mum, son etc but, as he says himself, the sitiuation he has found himself in was down to no one but him.
Seems to me he does not learn from the downfall of drinking.
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Post by Linx on Jun 23, 2013 9:06:01 GMT
Flicking through the picture gallery of the great man and surprised to see him never wearing shin pads. Just an observation. They weren't compulsory in the 70s. In the League Cup Final of 1972, none of the players are wearing shin pads, and the club physio is smoking like a chimney on the bench! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 9:08:50 GMT
No up ready to go, you have caught me alcohol free, who are you?  You know .......I could at a push believe you on this ! ......only at a push though |
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