CKR charged with making homophobic gestures at AMEX

[John Bumlick]

3. PR and club image a disaster? I think every chairman up and down the land will respect and admire Tony Bloom for calling out Gus and his team so decisively, not to mention the majority of football fans who have to live in the real world.

i think it's you that needs to start living in the real world. regarding the other chairmen, you may well be right but that's less than 100 people. do you really think that, after all stories about us in the past few weeks, the overriding opinion of the average fan is respect for the way we dealt with all that crap (pun intended)? let's imagine for a moment that Brighton had beaten a highly fancied Palace team in the playoff semi-final, someone associated with Palace had taken a dump in the Brighton changing room and then Holloway was suspended because after the match he said something like "i'd rather be at home shagging Aunt Sally". can you honestly say that your reaction would be one of respect for Palace due to the way they handled the situation?

i think we'll be fine. Tony Bloom will get a good manager in, we'll still be able to attract good players and we'll again be amongst the favourites for promotion in the next couple of years but to say that the past few weeks haven't been a complete and utter PR disaster is somewhat blinkered to say the least.

 

[PWA]

Point of order: London or Manchester is the gay capital of the UK, Barcelona (Sitges) or Amsterdam is the gay capital in Europe, and San Francisco in the World. Brighton is just fabulous :safeway:

Spot on. I was going to mention Manchester & San Fran.

 

[trueblue]

Just another classic example of the gays getting over offended at the slighest thing.

If someone came up to me in the street and shouted "you straight *******", could i ring the police?

No. Because there isn't a history of discrimination against straight people. Really not that difficult to understand.

 

[Easy 10]

NOT IN HIS SHORTS
regards
DR

Whats with the regards ?

You're not on an email.

 

[DanielT]

Brighton and Hove Albion.

The club that just keeps on giving.

or receiving

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Does it make a difference which stand is receiving the gesture?!

Yes. In the East we probably would not understand what was going on.

 

[Northstandite]

Saw the alledged gesture at the time, but not one that reported it.

Liz Costa?

Since 2013, she has been deeply offended by (alleged) homophobia.

 

[HenryC]

Yes. In the East we probably would not understand what was going on.

Yes, and after the 85th min no one would have been around to notice...

 

[Easy 10]

Liz Costa?

Since 2013, she has been deeply offended by (alleged) homophobia.

Based on her startling revelation that over half the Brighton population is gay. Probably. Or something.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Yes, and after the 85th min no one would have been around to notice...

Ooof. It is funny - because around where we are - hardly anyone leaves early. I was surprised when I saw a camera shot of the wings emptying.

Mind you the same happens in the other stands.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Whats with the regards ?

You're not on an email.

send me one
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

liz costa?

Since 2013, she has been deeply offended by (alleged) homophobia.

does she feel targeted herself then
regards
DR

 

[Dave the OAP]

I wasn't at the game so I am highly qualified to have a view on this.

I am APPALLED and OUTRAGED by what he did...which I didn't see, but he must have done something after all because I am OUTRAGED by it.

I feel there needs to be an expensive court case to satisfy the hoards of people like me who are OUTRAGED at this OUTRAGEOUS act....what did he do again?

 

[Buzzer]

I think the best way to respond to this is for the gay community to tease him. Imagine how someone like CKR would feel if the editor of the Gay Times ran an article about the hottest professional footballers and they chose to put CKR on the front of their magazine. For a homophobe like CKR that is a million times more humiliating than a silly court case.

In fact I might email the editor and suggest it. It would be revenge served ice cold.

 

[Napper]

Laughing club stock is

4 words springing to mind

This

 

[Da Man Clay]

Just another classic example of the gays getting over offended at the slighest thing.

If someone came up to me in the street and shouted "you straight *******", could i ring the police?

Yep. Pretty minor section 5 but a section 5 none the less.

 

[Garage_Doors]

what exactly is a homophobic gesture? i work in Kemp Town perhaps I'm just immune

Mincing

 

[BHAZiggy]

Not just saying this because I'm a Palace fan, but your PR and club image is a disaster at the moment. This whole homophobic thing is a real fiasco...Brighton is the gay capital of the world, therefore you will get stick for it (rightly or wrongly).

Stick to facts, not what you perceive to be correct. Brighton is not even in the top 10 of the world's gay capitals. It's not even number 1 in England. It is below both Manchester and Blackpool. Just so you know, this is the world's top 10...
1. San Francisco
2. Amsterdam
3. Sydney
4. New York
5. Los Angeles
6. Manchester
7. Cologne
8. Athens
9. Montreal
10. Cape town

 

[loz]

Whether its factul or not, Brighton is thought of as a Gay town. Blackpool is known as a town full of fat northern slappers and Manchester is a town full of Wankers. None of this might be true but its what I think anyway

BTW I love Brighton city..not so much the team.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Does he actually have to appear? Will he not send his solicitor along ..plead guilty say sorry get a slap on the wrists ..then the police say they've done there bit ..the football league will say they are clamping down on perceived homophobic abuse etc etc

Or will he actually fight the charge