Tevez Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Ipswich Town midfielder David Norris has been heavily criticised for a 'handcuffs' style goal celebration intended as a show of solidarity for former Plymouth goalkeeper, Luke McCormick, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for causing the death by dangerous driving of two young brothers.Norris made the gesture in front of a crowd of 8,000 after scoring the only goal of the game for Ipswich at Blackpool. Amanda Peak, who lost her two sons Arron, 10, and eight-year-old Ben, when McCormick, who was drunk and jet-lagged, fell asleep at the wheel and collided with the Peaks' car on the M6, has called on Ipswich to ban the midfielder. "I'm disgusted," she told the Daily Mirror. "To celebrate a goal like this is disrespectful to me and my husband and my boys. He should be given a ban. Norris is doing this in front of thousands of supporters including children, and sending out the wrong message that we can drink and it is OK to kill someone." Norris, who used to play alongside McCormick at Plymouth Argyle and whose wedding the 25-year-old goalkeeper had been attending the night before the crash in June, has apologised to the Peak family. "It wasn't a handcuffs sign it was a private message but I can see how people might have seen it like that and I apologise if it's caused any offence," he said. "Luke is a friend of mine. He made a massive mistake and he is paying for that." Ipswich Town say they will take action to deal with Norris. Last season Everton refused to punish Tim Cahill when he made a similar gesture to show support for his brother who had been jailed for six years for causing grievous bodily harm. Disgraceful.
Alexikokopops Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Stupid thing to do. I can understand he wants to show support for a friend in jail but there really are better ways of doing it. Tit.
Darkzzz_ Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Ah yes, Seems as though it was a blatant gesture to that disgraceful idiot who is doing his time. As much as he plays it down, something needs to be done about it.
Bert Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 What a complete and utter ****. Especially knowing how well publicised the whole event was.
davieG Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 What indeed was the point of this gesture - it simply served no purpose.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Footballers do tend to be a bit thick, don't they? I cannot imagine he meant to cause all this fuss, but surely anyone with more than 8 brain cells would know it wouldn't go down well. What a silly sausage
Corky Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Footballers really don't understand at times do they? Anyone with a bit of common sense would realise that this would affect people.
davieG Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Footballers really don't understand at times do they?Anyone with a bit of common sense would realise that this would affect people. Probably something to do with their elevated lifestyle - 'popular' music performers have always had an inflated view of themselves in part due to their excessive income footballers are just catching up!
The People's Hero Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 You can't go round banning footballers for being cunts though, there'd be none left.
Corky Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 You can't go round banning footballers for being cunts though, there'd be none left. Can we ban those sort of supporters as well? Our place might be slightly empty but a better atmosphere.
The People's Hero Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Can we ban those sort of supporters as well?Our place might be slightly empty but a better atmosphere. No. I like going to football. Bad Corky.
Corky Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 No. I like going to football.Bad Corky. We could make an excpetion for one or two?
The People's Hero Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 We could make an excpetion for one or two? No dice. I want all my cunts there with me. And if Norris is looking for a new club, I'd welcome him here. The stupid, talented, gob-shite, cunt.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 He should be hung, drawn, quartered, sixteenthed and then boiled in a vat of Gordon Taylor's urine. Stupid muppet! Listening to people defend him on radio 5 this morning made me PS, I was kidding about the urine... I meant Jimmy Hill.
Ric Flair Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 No doubt the media will make sure he's well and truely villified for this anyway. They will be rubbing their hands at this. Idiotic thing to do, Cahill did a similar thing regarding his imprisoned brother and there was a bit of an uproar then as well.
Simi Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 No doubt the media will make sure he's well and truely villified for this anyway. They will be rubbing their hands at this.Idiotic thing to do, Cahill did a similar thing regarding his imprisoned brother and there was a bit of an uproar then as well. Yup.
The People's Hero Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 He could just be a big X factor fan All things considered, I think that's the most likely explanation.
Dr The Singh Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 All things considered, I think that's the most likely explanation. I thought he was the son of Chuck Norris!!!!!
dandannieldanok Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Mountain out of a molehill if you ask me. It's hard to fathom how the parents of the deceased are feeling after the incident but in the larger scale of things I'm not sure why this 2 second gesture should heighten their grief anymore. The accident was horrendous and justice has been done to some extent with McCormick's imprisonment. I'm not quite sure why this should change anything.
Alexikokopops Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 Mountain out of a molehill if you ask me. It's hard to fathom how the parents of the deceased are feeling after the incident but in the larger scale of things I'm not sure why this 2 second gesture should heighten their grief anymore. The accident was horrendous and justice has been done to some extent with McCormick's imprisonment. I'm not quite sure why this should change anything. I think the headline Family angry at 'handcuffs' goal indicates how the family's feeling.
The People's Hero Posted 10 November 2008 Posted 10 November 2008 I'm glad the tabloids exist. I'd almost forgotten the different between right and wrong for a moment then. Now why should I hate Russell Brand again?
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