Alan Davies...

[Red Snapper]

I'm sure Stephen Fry would steer clear if he thought Davies was anti semitic.

[Perryashburtongroves]

Boring mouse bastards. Moaning as usual, misery dwelling scumbags. Funny how they take such offence at this but black out any mention of Heysel.

[MM99]

What an absolute joke of an article. Completely taken out of context and trying to portray Alan's tongue in cheek rants as hateful. Hardly think he's anti-semite too when Ian Stone is a close mate of his and appears on the podcast regularly. Another case of journalists trying to stir up trouble. Twats.

[frankbutcher]

The Scousers can fuck themselves. They murdered their own that day. They are jibbing, robbing, self-pitying, arrogant wankers. They can have a minute's silence to remember what twats they alll are.

[Delorean Dor's]

Everyday some poor fuck dies at the hands of a scouser, do they suggest the whole of Liverpool stop working everyday of the week?














Actually I think I have just answered my own question

[Batflyer]

And think he makes a valid point here. Utd play on the date of Munich, why can't Liverpool play on April 15th and do something to mark the occasion? Minute's silence, special shirts etc.

Nah, they only do that when they support one of their players who made racist remarks towards an opponent.

[GranadaJoe]

Storm in a teacup. Davies was right in what he said. If every club refused to play on a 'sad' day for their club there'd only be half a dozen free weekends a season. The contrast in the Scousers' approach to Hillsborough and Heysel couldn't be more marked or more repugnant.

[SWLGooner]

, Davies fired a scathing salvo at White Hart Lane bosses using a term the Nazis labelled Jews with in their vile propaganda.

Anyone know what this is referring to? The word Vermin? If so its disgraceful to suggest there is anything anti-Semitic in what he said. All sorts of people can be called Vermin and if I were Davies I'd have my lawyer after that insinuation if this thing kicks off.

Agree. Seriously dodgy ground implying he shares the same attitude to Jews as did the Nazis... which I am sure he does not.

[SWLGooner]

Disgusting football club they are, their self-pitying and refusal to take responsibility for their actions is absolutely vile.

[skipper]

Taking a pasting on Twitter right now from the Scousers, with regards to last week's podcast...

TV funnyman Alan Davies is set to provoke a storm of protest for a foul-mouthed rant criticising Liverpool Football Club's refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster.

The Jonathan Creek and QI star made his shocking outburst during the latest edition of his popular podcast for Arsenal fans 'The Tuesday Club'.

The 46-year-old -- who once hit the headlines for biting a homeless man's ear in a drunken attack outside a swanky London club -- was discussing the dates of the forthcoming FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.

Liverpool's clash with Merseyside rivals, Everton, takes place on Saturday, April 14th. Tottenham take on Chelsea the following day -- the 23rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Liverpool refuse to play on April 15th as a show for respect for the ninety-six football fans who died in a crush at an FA Cup Semi Final at the stadium in Sheffield on that date in 1989.

But Davies seemed to care more about the fact that Liverpool's stance meant Chelsea were having to play their FA Cup tie only three days before their Champions League last-four clash with Barcelona.

He ranted: "Liverpool and the 15th -- that gets on my tits that shit. What are you talking about, 'We won't play on the day'. Why can't they?"

Laughing nervously, one of his co-presenters, Ian Stone, tried to point out why Liverpool FC don't take a business-as-usual approach to the most painful day in the club's history, saying: "Because it's too sad a memory."

But that simple and obvious explanation failed to deter Davies, who was on a roll.

He said: "Do they play on the date of the Heysel Stadium disaster? How many dates do they not play on? Do Man United play on the date of Munich? Do Rangers play on the date when all their fans died in that disaster whatever year that was - 1971?"

Davies - who trades off his cuddly TV image - continued in his attack by savaging the Liverpool legend and manager Kenny Dalglish, who has defended the decision not to play on April 15th.

Davies raved: "Every interview he's given this season he looks like he wants to head-butt the interviewer. This tight-mouthed, furious, frowning, leaning-forward, bitter Glaswegian ranting, 'Liverpool FC do not play on April 15th'."

After beginning a poor impersonation of Dalglish, Davies broke off to say his attempt to mimic the Scotsman's accent was "terrible because I hate him".

Despite his fury on behalf of Chelsea - the last English club remaining in a European competition - Davies went on to admit he would think it was "awful" if they went on to win the Champions League.

Davies then aimed his sights at Tottenham Hotspur -- bitter city rivals of his beloved Arsenal. He claimed Spurs had refused to move a fixture back in 1980, two days before the Gunners were due to play a semi-final against the Italian club Juventus in the Cup Winners' Cup.

In another display of breathtaking insensitivity, Davies fired a scathing salvo at White Hart Lane bosses using a term the Nazis labelled Jews with in their vile propaganda. Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, is Jewish and the club has a strong Jewish following among its supporters.

He said: "What vermin run that club. They always have. Absolute vermin. Scum of the Earth."

Davies then began singing: "You burn your own town," a crass reference to the summer riots that devastated parts of Tottenham in north London.

During the podcast, Davies also made fun of the Arsenal striker and Moroccan international Marouane Chamakh who was recently pictured smoking a shisha pipe. He joked Chamakh was "stoned out of his box" and was Arsenal's "club dealer" peddling hashish to the rest of the squad from a "Range Rover with blacked out windows".

He also made potentially libellous remarks about Oliver Holt - The Daily Mirror's Chief Sportswriter. Insisting on referring to him as "Oliver Horseshit", he called the award-winning journalist a "dickhead", suggesting he had an issue with drink. "You can smell the alcohol in his tweets!" he laughed.

One listener to the podcast said: "I couldn't believe my ears. Alan Davies comes across as such a nice bloke on the telly but he sounded like a lout in this broadcast.

"He should apologise immediately to the relatives of the Hillsborough Disaster -- his comments were appalling. I can't believe they let him broadcast this rubbish."

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Fucking true

[N1Goon]

Was listening to the latest Tuesday Club while I came across this thread.

Don't think the bin-dippers would be getting so worked up if they were 3rd, do you?

Victims F.C

[donaldo]

Sounds as if he was pissed. If anything the people that run Spurs have been unremarkable rather than "vermin".

I guess over time Liverpool might play on the Hillsborough anniversary but the wounds are too raw at present.

Why should Liverpool dictate when they should play? It happened 23 years ago not 3 years ago.As others have said Man Utd play on the anniversary of the Munich disaster.Liverpool a club with no class

[MutleyGooner]

Poor little scouse scum, not happy with killing their own, they now not only expect the rest of us to mourn with them for their attrocities but now even expect the FA to tailor the fixture list to their liking, fucking incredible. It's about time, 23 years on that they grew up, owned up and admitted that it was not others fans at the back of the queue pushing forward to gain entry into Hillsborough with or without tickets but their own. Sad that 96 people lost their lives but it's even sadder that the scouse *word censored* that did it do not have the balls to admit that their own actions caused the situation. Oh sorry I forgot it was the fault of the Police that were at the back pushing fans into the ground without tickets. Scousers, learn to take some responsibility, I haven't forgiven you lot for Paul McCartney and the fucking frog song among other piles of shit that he has subjected my ears tobut it hasn't stopped me from listening to the radio on a daily basis. Get a fucking grip you scouse fuck imbreds and learn to move on.

[safcftm]

I'm no fan of Liverpool but mentioning the fact that their refusal to play on the anniversary of Hillsborough is in any way harsh on Chelsea is a bellend of a comment at best. Chelsea play on Sunday, then they play on Wednesday so there is 3 days between their matches. Most clubs in the Premier League have just played Saturday then Monday, 2 days. Every club in Europe plays either Saturday then Tuesday (3 days) or Thursday then Sunday (3 days). There is absolutely nothing wrong with Chelsea having "only" 3 days between matches. Fucking hell, they're top athletes in the prime of their life, give them a day off training on the Monday and they'll be absolutely fine. Fair enough if it was Sunday then Tuesday but fucking hell, Sunday then Wednesday is absolutely fine. For what its worth I'd want Liverpool v Everton on the Saturday regardless of Hillsborough- a lot more difficult to get down to London and back on the Sunday with transport etc. The FA didnt bother taking that into account when they demanded that every game be played at Wembley since they overspent on it and are desperate to recoup some of the money, its right next door to Spurs and Chelsea they can go there on the fucking Sunday, the Liverpool v Everton game should have been at Villa Park anyway

As for their refusal to play on the anniversary of Hillsborough well personally I think theres nothing wrong with playing on that date and I know that other clubs play on anniversarys of disasters but you know what, it was only 1989 and it took the lives of 96 people who were just going to a match, one of them was only 10 years old for fucks sake. If the club would rather keep that day so that the survivors who are still coping with the loss of their loved ones can go to remembrance services etc without any distractions then I dont see why anyone should have a problem with that, its absolutely up to them.

Yes, they are the pity city and yes they go over the top about people with agendas, yes they dont mention Heysel as much as they should and yes a lot of people think they should move on etc, but when it comes to Hillsborough I just think of the families of the people who died, a lot of them just kids going to the match like so many of us do each week but never coming home, I think of them waiting, praying that their kids are safe and then breaking down in tears when they hear they have been agonisingly crushed to death and I realise that football just doesnt fucking matter that much. If a club wants to keep a date for remembrance of one of the biggest footballing disasters this country has ever seen then fair play to them, there is no reason why it should be an issue and some clueless jumped up little ***** stain who is a two bit actor who suddenly thinks he has an opinion worth listening to about football (one of many such wankers, Piers Morgan being another) should know to keep his fucking mouth shut about it. I see he has a 2 year old daughter- I sincerely hope no harm ever comes to her but if she was to lose her life in a tragedy, I imagine Davies wouldnt be so keen to do anything on the anniversary of it other than simply remember his daughter and the sad loss of her life, maybe then he would realise what these people are going through and will continue to go through as long as they live, I bet he wouldnt be rushing out on the anniversary of her death to do a fucking shite podcast anyway. Maybe he should keep his fucking mouth shut- he has no idea what the families of the victims are going through and he deserves every bit of abuse that comes his way for openly making such crass comments, whatever media they appear on or whoever was expected to hear them.

Rant over, but he can fuck off. JFT 96

[LDB]