Do I Not Like That!

[Shaggy]

Those journos are horrible cunts aren’t they. Rob ****ing Shepherd. Didn’t he get done for glassing someone? Think he vanished without trace for a while but is now back buried somewhere in one of the Sundays.

[Elvoz]

Those journos are horrible cunts aren’t they. Rob ****ing Shepherd. Didn’t he get done for glassing someone? Think he vanished without trace for a while but is now back buried somewhere in one of the Sundays.

i wondered what happened to him
though he was billy big bollocks when he came on the scene

[Elvoz]

15/1/04
One of the country's most high profile sports writers, Rob Shepherd of the Daily Express, has today been sentenced to 14 months in prison for attacking a man in a wine bar.

Express football editor Shepherd, 41, was sentenced at Croydon crown court in south London this afternoon and ordered to pay a total of £5,000 in costs and compensation.

He was taken straight to prison from the courtroom and is expected to serve at least half of the sentence in custody. He was ordered to pay £2,500 in compensation and £2,500 in total for his own costs and those of the prosecution.

He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm on December 8 after biting a man in La Rascasse wine bar in Beckenham High Street on July 5.

The journalist had been arguing with his wife in the bar because he did not approve of her showing off some lingerie she had just bought, Shepherd told the judge in December.

But another drinker in the bar, David McMenigall, told the court that as Shepherd was leaving, he placed his hands on Mr McMenigall's shoulders and bit him in the face after a disagreement over a mobile phone.

Shepherd said he acted in self-defence as he thought he was going to be attacked by Mr McMenigall or his friends.

He was not remanded in custody at the hearing in December because Judge Kenneth Macrae said it would be unfair to his two children just before Christmas.

But he banned Shepherd from pubs and ordered probation officers to investigate the sports writer's drinking habits and deferred sentencing until today.

The Express was not prepared to comment on Shepherd's imprisonment.

Shepherd was among 25 Express staffers to receive a £40,000 windfall from Lord Hollick when he sold the paper to Richard Desmond in 2000.

As one of football's highest profile hacks, working alongside Harry Harris at the Express, Shepherd made regular appearances on television and radio shows, talking about the game.

[dom9]

What a c*nt.

[Elvoz]

What a c*nt.

[Slim]

What a c*nt.

[Craig_H]

Also the Phil 'Parrot' Neal scenes are absolutely appalling.

Taylor: "They've gone to ****ing sleep."

Neal: "...sleep" (in that annoying way that people finish off sentences for you)

Taylor: "Ooooh, ****ing... do I not like that!"

Poland win the ball, break downfield and score.

Taylor: "What a ****ing ball. Eh! What a ball, eh, from Des to Barnesy. What a ****ing... It was our possession!"

Phil Neal: "I know."

Taylor: "It was from our free kick. We've come square, and the ball... Des and Barnesy, eh? ****ing ball, eh? You can talk till you're ****ing blue in the face, can't you?"

Phil Neal: "Yes boss."

Taylor : "We've done that f**king... CAN WE NOT KNOCK IT? They've done everything that we told them not to do. Everything that we told them not to do."

Neal: "Everything."

Taylor: "We’ll have to get Wrighty on shortly."

Phil Neal: "We’ll have to give Wrighty a go. Yeah let's do it. Let's get Wrighty on."

Another goal, this time in Norway...

Taylor: "We're in ****ing trouble here. He's scored. Goal. He's beaten him on his near post."

Neal: "He's beaten him on his near post. Gone over his head."

Have you seen the Mike Bassett film? They've got a character in that who MUST be based on Neal

[dom9]

Have you seen the Mike Bassett film? They've got a character in that who MUST be based on Neal

That film was obviously inspired by that documentary in many so ways.

[paulg]

I loved the original documentary. Main bits I remember are seeing Taylor during the matches screaming that they weren't doing a single thing that they'd been practicing in training. The best bit, for me, was bringing Nigel Clough on and telling him, "play it like you see it, son". Nigel just looked totally clueless and me thinking come on Graham, he's hardly Gazza is he?

A mate and I, whenever we see anyone looking totally lost, say to each other "play it like you see it, son". Quality.