Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
At least we can't lose at home to Saudi Sportswashing Machine next season.
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The Official 2015/16 Premier League Thread
- Thread starter Baleforce
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But not by much.
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
Oh wow - just noticed that Liverpool equalised in the last minute! Wasn't watching - boring mid-table end of season game.
Still possible that they can catch West Ham then. Them beating West Brom while West Ham lose at Stoke isn't impossible. A point for West Ham in that game and then Liverpool would need to cheer on Man Utd in the cup final AND hope that Palace somehow take something off Southampton while resting all their players for the final.
Baleforce
Les Bennett
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
Good chance he'll be up against Huddlestone and Livermore next season.
Wonder if Hodgson will consider him for the Euros with Welbeck and Oxlade-Chamberlain out? Not like Walcott, Sterling and Lallana have been in particularly good form this season...
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
Yeah but they play for Arsenal, Liverpool and City.
Walcott going would be a complete joke.
balesleftboot
Sean Davis
Danny Rose was there cheering them on tonight, quite something for a club he only spent a year on loan at.
Anyway great result for us.
Anyway great result for us.
SoundAndVision
Michael Brown
Yeah easily good enough for a top 10 team, cant see him wanting to play in the championship even if it is just for 1 season. Maybe Southampton will go after him again.
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
My sympathies sir!
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Watch us draw them in the league or FA cup
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
The classy-fest of Leicester continues to delight...
Danny Simpson to miss out on Leicester title celebrations after curfew order
• Full-back ordered to wear ankle tag and be in by 10 at night
• Defender did only half community service for assaulting ex-girlfriend
Thursday 12 May 2016 11.08 EDT
The Leicester City full-back Danny Simpson will miss part of the title-winning celebrations and the club’s end-of-season party after a judge ordered he must serve a curfew immediately for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Simpson, 29, had only done half of the 300 hours he was sentenced to last June for assaulting Stephanie Ward, the mother of his child, in a row at their house in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in December 2014.
His lawyer Gary Ryan asked Manchester magistrates’ court for the rest of his sentence to be revoked and be replaced by a fine.
Mr Ryan said the press had twice discovered where Simpson had been doing his unpaid work in the community and this “intrusion” had made it impossible for him to complete the hours.
Simpson shook his head in the dock as the District Judge Alexandra Simmonds accepted the reasons for him not completing the unpaid work were not his fault, but suggested a 21-day, 10pm to 6am curfew be put in place instead as the defendant had so much money a fine would be “no punishment”.
The player’s lawyer then argued a curfew would be especially “onerous” as his team still had one game to play, against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, followed that night by a function at a London hotel, then an open-top bus tour of Leicester on Monday and a trip to Thailand starting on Tuesday.
Judge Simmonds though was unmoved and told Simpson he must start his curfew immediately. She told the defendant: “I’m not satisfied a curfew would be unworkable despite the fact that the defendant will obviously be inconvenienced.
“The purpose of the order is to restrict the liberty of Mr Simpson as punishment for the offence for which he was convicted. This was an offence of domestic violence and the courts take domestic violence very seriously. You will have to serve your sentence. You will need to be in tonight at 10pm.”
Simpson may appeal to a crown court judge on Thursday afternoon. Otherwise he must observe a 10pm to 6am curfew at his home in Swinton, Salford, for the next 21 days. He will be monitored electronically by an ankle tag and if he breaks the order could be brought back to court.
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Simpson had been convicted of assault after a police officer called to his house found him sat on top of his ex with his hands around her neck, on the evening of 29 December 2014.
He denied the offence but was found guilty after a trial. He indicated he would appeal against his conviction but later this was dropped.
Simpson was sentenced to 300 hours’ unpaid work on June 15 last year and has completed 145 hours to date.
Mr Ryan told the court press reporting had twice forced Simpson to abandon the placements he was at to complete the unpaid work order.
Simpson first began working in an Age UK charity shop in Eccles, parking his £200,000 Lamborghini round the corner.
This work placement then attracted press attention and photographers, Mr Ryan said.
Purple Futures, a contracted out, privately run community rehabilitation company handling Simpson’s probation, then suspended that placement as “no longer suitable or viable”, Mr Ryan told the court.
Simpson was then placed working at the HQ of Purple Futures, working with people with learning difficulties, doing eight hours a week, four hours each on Mondays and Thursdays, which had a “positive and humbling” effect on the defendant, Mr Ryan said.
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But again the press found out where he was, the court heard, and reporters interviewed other offenders doing work alongside Simpson.
Mr Ryan said no suitable alternative placement could be found. “For no fault of his own he can’t serve the sentence that the court imposed upon him,” he said.
Mr Ryan said Simpson, despite being a footballer, was also “only an employee” and “at the beck and call” of his club.
He said the defendant was expected to travel to London with his team-mates on Saturday ahead of their last game with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
There was then a function planned in a hotel in London and a further function on Monday which Mr Ryan did not disclose the details of in open court and instead wrote the details down and passed them to the judge.
On Monday Simpson was expected to be on the open-top bus champions parade in Leicester and the next day fly out to Thailand with the club’s owners. He said Simpson simply did not know what his ongoing commitments would be.
Danny Simpson to miss out on Leicester title celebrations after curfew order
• Full-back ordered to wear ankle tag and be in by 10 at night
• Defender did only half community service for assaulting ex-girlfriend
Thursday 12 May 2016 11.08 EDT
The Leicester City full-back Danny Simpson will miss part of the title-winning celebrations and the club’s end-of-season party after a judge ordered he must serve a curfew immediately for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Simpson, 29, had only done half of the 300 hours he was sentenced to last June for assaulting Stephanie Ward, the mother of his child, in a row at their house in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in December 2014.
His lawyer Gary Ryan asked Manchester magistrates’ court for the rest of his sentence to be revoked and be replaced by a fine.
Mr Ryan said the press had twice discovered where Simpson had been doing his unpaid work in the community and this “intrusion” had made it impossible for him to complete the hours.
Simpson shook his head in the dock as the District Judge Alexandra Simmonds accepted the reasons for him not completing the unpaid work were not his fault, but suggested a 21-day, 10pm to 6am curfew be put in place instead as the defendant had so much money a fine would be “no punishment”.
The player’s lawyer then argued a curfew would be especially “onerous” as his team still had one game to play, against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, followed that night by a function at a London hotel, then an open-top bus tour of Leicester on Monday and a trip to Thailand starting on Tuesday.
Judge Simmonds though was unmoved and told Simpson he must start his curfew immediately. She told the defendant: “I’m not satisfied a curfew would be unworkable despite the fact that the defendant will obviously be inconvenienced.
“The purpose of the order is to restrict the liberty of Mr Simpson as punishment for the offence for which he was convicted. This was an offence of domestic violence and the courts take domestic violence very seriously. You will have to serve your sentence. You will need to be in tonight at 10pm.”
Simpson may appeal to a crown court judge on Thursday afternoon. Otherwise he must observe a 10pm to 6am curfew at his home in Swinton, Salford, for the next 21 days. He will be monitored electronically by an ankle tag and if he breaks the order could be brought back to court.
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Simpson had been convicted of assault after a police officer called to his house found him sat on top of his ex with his hands around her neck, on the evening of 29 December 2014.
He denied the offence but was found guilty after a trial. He indicated he would appeal against his conviction but later this was dropped.
Simpson was sentenced to 300 hours’ unpaid work on June 15 last year and has completed 145 hours to date.
Mr Ryan told the court press reporting had twice forced Simpson to abandon the placements he was at to complete the unpaid work order.
Simpson first began working in an Age UK charity shop in Eccles, parking his £200,000 Lamborghini round the corner.
This work placement then attracted press attention and photographers, Mr Ryan said.
Purple Futures, a contracted out, privately run community rehabilitation company handling Simpson’s probation, then suspended that placement as “no longer suitable or viable”, Mr Ryan told the court.
Simpson was then placed working at the HQ of Purple Futures, working with people with learning difficulties, doing eight hours a week, four hours each on Mondays and Thursdays, which had a “positive and humbling” effect on the defendant, Mr Ryan said.
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But again the press found out where he was, the court heard, and reporters interviewed other offenders doing work alongside Simpson.
Mr Ryan said no suitable alternative placement could be found. “For no fault of his own he can’t serve the sentence that the court imposed upon him,” he said.
Mr Ryan said Simpson, despite being a footballer, was also “only an employee” and “at the beck and call” of his club.
He said the defendant was expected to travel to London with his team-mates on Saturday ahead of their last game with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
There was then a function planned in a hotel in London and a further function on Monday which Mr Ryan did not disclose the details of in open court and instead wrote the details down and passed them to the judge.
On Monday Simpson was expected to be on the open-top bus champions parade in Leicester and the next day fly out to Thailand with the club’s owners. He said Simpson simply did not know what his ongoing commitments would be.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Seriously?
Handy that the hearing came after the title win, rather than during the campaign. At least it can be glossed over now.
I think I actually feel for his lawyer here, if the best argument he can come up with for not having a curfew is that Simpson would have to miss a party? And a free holiday abroad.
I suspect this has backfired massively and he would rather have completed the community service - I bet he thought he could get away with it altogether.
Mind you, if it was a trip to Thailand (aka racist orgy) that started it all off last season, then should we be concerned that history is going to repeat itself?
Greg
Gus Poyet
He's right about the last thing though. Lol
He should be in League 1 or lower, he's fudging brick.
Baleforce
Les Bennett
well he's half way there
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Just read an interesting article.
Liverpool and West Ham could play a 39th League match. It depends on quite a few factors
If Liverpool win 2-1 and West Ham lose 1-0 they both finish on 62pts with identical goals (F64 A50), if Liverpool then lose the EL final, both teams would have to play off if the higher finishing position qualifies for next season's EL (i.e 6th place, or 7th place if United win FA Cup)
Liverpool and West Ham could play a 39th League match. It depends on quite a few factors
If Liverpool win 2-1 and West Ham lose 1-0 they both finish on 62pts with identical goals (F64 A50), if Liverpool then lose the EL final, both teams would have to play off if the higher finishing position qualifies for next season's EL (i.e 6th place, or 7th place if United win FA Cup)