Anyone hear about Helder???

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:01 pm

A mate told me yesterday that our former player Glenn Helder has been sent to a funny farm

Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, why?

Post by **flash gunner** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:05 pm

Wikepedia isnt the best reference point but scroll down to personal life on link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Helder

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:32 pm

Apparently there was an artical in one of the papers over the weekend about it, not sure which one?

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:18 pm

Yep, I read about it on Saturday. I was gonna post it but then...

Ex-ARSENAL star Glenn Helder has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.

The Dutch winger was jailed last year for illegal gun possession, threatening his ex-girlfriend and assaulting her current partner.

Former Holland star Helder, 39, has been committed to the De Waag institution in Haarlem.

According to Dutch reports, he has been diagnosed with "narcissistic personality disorder with hints of borderline psychosis".

Helder previously tried to commit suicide after becoming addicted to gambling.

Helder, George Graham's last signing as Arsenal manager when he moved from Vitesse Arnhem for Â£2.5m in 1995, made 39 Premiership appearances and scored

Helder, George Graham's last signing as Arsenal manager when he moved from Vitesse Arnhem for Â£2.5m in 1995, made 39 Premiership appearances and scored one goal in his time at Highbury.

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:25 pm

Does anyone remember his debut - it was fantastic, unfortunately the other 38 appearences weren't!

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:49 pm

Yeah remember the gambling stories after he left apparently he owed money to a bunch of dutch gansters. It all went down hill for him the moment he got rid of the lionel richie hair cut.

stearmaster · Post by **stearmaster** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:28 pm

i remember seeing him on 1 of the poker channels

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:39 pm

Send get well wishes to:

[email protected]

dvbrisgooner1 · Post by **dvbrisgooner1** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:27 pm

hanny73 wrote:Does anyone remember his debut - it was fantastic, unfortunately the other 38 appearences weren't!

Yeah, he destroyed Stuart Pearce and we all thought George had left us a leaving present!

To be fair, I didn't think he was as bad as many do. He had more than a few good games. Also, his performance on his debut, and the following Saturday at Palace (he set up 3 goals for Kiwomya in those games) kept us up that season. He also played a stormer with Dennis and Wrighty in a 3-0 up at Leeds, and set up Dennis' first Arsenal goal.

Bergkamp95 · Post by **Bergkamp95** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:07 pm

I read it on BBC text that he was sent to a funny farm alright also a being told that Helder beat the sh**t out of his girlfriend.

DutchMaestro · Post by **DutchMaestro** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:28 am

Ouch.. Tough Times!

I always thought he was better than he turned out to be - he was also the winger for Holland for quite a while too, which is no mean feat (at least not back in the 90's, when they had a great team and should have won France 98).

As for now, words like ''creek'' and ''paddle'' come to mind...

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:35 am

Good luck Glenn, lets hope that you can sort out the demons in your head. Look on the upside, prescribed drugs and fucking good ones to boot..............Whooaaaa loooook aaaaaat thaaaattt coooooool dooooooor handle

Drugs can be good, it's only those that aren't on them that disagree

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:45 am

REALITY IS AN ILLUSION CAUSED BY THE LACK OF DRUGS!!

DutchMaestro · Post by **DutchMaestro** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:46 pm

Drugs are not the answer.......

''Drugs'' is the quesion...........

''Yes'' is the answer!

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:57 pm

I'm really, really against "recreational" drugs.
Even Cannabis is causing untold damage. Loads of people who took Cannabis in their teens are now living with uncurable mental health problems. They will be on medication until they die. Their lives have been ruined.