Reminds me of time wasting at another Chelsea carling cup game but this time it was some pissed up woman holding on to the ball. Just before charlton beat thrm on penalties but which didn't end their unbeaten run. Ahem.
If we were frustratingly 2-0 down away at palace and kermorgant goes to retrieve the ball from the sideline for our throw in, but the ball boy is lying on the ball, taking the f""king piss, what emotion would you, as a spectator, be feeling?
"Jimbo has clearly got some sort of deep-rooted problem here, for in 1991 he blamed Second Division Blackburn's failure to knock reigning champions Liverpool out of the FA Cup on the actions of a ball-girl. Rovers had deserved to win the game. Kevin Moran was unjustly sent off for the home side – even Ian Rush, who Moran sent tumbling to the ground as they both chased a long ball, thought the decision harsh. "I managed to change direction," explained Rush after the match. "Kevin was coming at me. He didn't have time to stop or go back. We almost ran into each other. I think it was a foul, but not a sending off." Rovers were still a goal to the good, but the minutes added for Moran's red card would prove costly. Deep into injury time, Ray Houghton flung in a ball from the right, Gary Gillespie failed to connect, and the unsighted Mark Atkins deflected the ball into his own net.
Liverpool had escaped with a draw – but only, as Jimmy Hill noted on BBC television after the final whistle, because an over-eager Ewood Park ballgirl had returned the ball to the visitors with indecent haste, allowing Houghton to quickly instigate the move which did for Rovers. Hill was, of course, technically right – but in the final analysis, blaming unpaid workers for the failings of professional footballers is a bit off. And Hill a union man as well. For shame."
1991 it was. Thought it was much earlier. And had forgotten it was a ball girl.
Couldn't Hazard have just rolled the kid off the ball, rather than kicking him? Just a thought. ( Not read every post on the thread, so apologies if someone has already suggested that ).
Hazard is a grown up. He should behave like one. The ball boy is a young teen, and behaved like one. Grown ups are supposed to lead the way. There is no defence . 'if it happened to us' stories are weak and have no logic. Take the emotion out of it.
Hazard is a grown up. He should behave like one. The ball boy is a young teen, and behaved like one. Grown ups are supposed to lead the way. There is no defence . 'if it happened to us' stories are weak and have no logic. Take the emotion out of it.
I'd say the boy was certainly not a young teen. That would be 13 or 14. he's a mid-teen or arguably an old-teen. It is still hilarious 12 hours later.
Football's fresh shame: Shocking moment £170,000-a-week Chelsea star kicked time-wasting BALLBOY, 17, in the ribs • South Wales Police 'takes such matters very seriously' and is investigating • Shameful incident during Chelsea's League Cup semi-final at Swansea City • Hazard, who signed for £32m, tried to regain ball after it went out of play • But he apparently became angry when Swansea's ballboy smothered ball • Kicked ballboy and was sent off by Chris Foy despite teammates' protests • Ballboy named as Charlie Morgan, son of Swansea director Martin Morgan • Morgan examined by paramedics and Hazard apologises in dressing room • Chelsea official Twitter account asks: 'Has football gone mad?'
Hazard shouldn't of kicked a ballboy. But this ballboy is not 13 is he!? He's old enough to be drinking on the way to the game at Stamford bridge 2 weeks ago, so got to be late teens.
Saw this jokers twitter account. Self-proclaimed "lad"... looked like a fu***** pansy rolling around like that!
I usually don't have a lot of time for PL players, but thought Hazard was well within his rights, "ballboy" was being a tw*t and he tried to kick it out from under him to get the game going, never looked to kick the kid didn't even look angry when he was doing it.
Hazard incident poses the question... when will Chelsea rise from the gutter? Swansea ball boy was 'bent', claims Sky Sports pundit Glenn Hoddle Why was the ball boy attempting to cheat? Football needs to look at itself VIDEO: Watch incredible moment Hazard KICKS Swansea ball boy and is shown a red card in Chelsea League Cup semi meltdown
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Suspect they do it all the time but usually players don't react...
Liverpool had escaped with a draw – but only, as Jimmy Hill noted on BBC television after the final whistle, because an over-eager Ewood Park ballgirl had returned the ball to the visitors with indecent haste, allowing Houghton to quickly instigate the move which did for Rovers. Hill was, of course, technically right – but in the final analysis, blaming unpaid workers for the failings of professional footballers is a bit off. And Hill a union man as well. For shame."
1991 it was. Thought it was much earlier. And had forgotten it was a ball girl.
Football's fresh shame: Shocking moment £170,000-a-week Chelsea star kicked time-wasting BALLBOY, 17, in the ribs
• South Wales Police 'takes such matters very seriously' and is investigating
• Shameful incident during Chelsea's League Cup semi-final at Swansea City
• Hazard, who signed for £32m, tried to regain ball after it went out of play
• But he apparently became angry when Swansea's ballboy smothered ball
• Kicked ballboy and was sent off by Chris Foy despite teammates' protests
• Ballboy named as Charlie Morgan, son of Swansea director Martin Morgan
• Morgan examined by paramedics and Hazard apologises in dressing room
• Chelsea official Twitter account asks: 'Has football gone mad?'
He's old enough to be drinking on the way to the game at Stamford bridge 2 weeks ago, so got to be late teens.
Saw this jokers twitter account. Self-proclaimed "lad"... looked like a fu***** pansy rolling around like that!
Hazard incident poses the question... when will Chelsea rise from the gutter?
Swansea ball boy was 'bent', claims Sky Sports pundit Glenn Hoddle
Why was the ball boy attempting to cheat? Football needs to look at itself
VIDEO: Watch incredible moment Hazard KICKS Swansea ball boy and is shown a red card in Chelsea League Cup semi meltdown