Promising Footballer

[Tim330]

I always thought this phrase was a PH joke until

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e51lje58jo

"Wright, once a promising footballer on the books of West Ham United and Brentford, served time in prison after being convicted in 2023 of trying to sell a Ming vase which was stolen from a museum in Switzerland."

[Spare tyre]

It all hinges on what the local pillar of the community says

[CanAm]

Yes, there's a definite difference between the BBC describing a "promising footballer on the books of West Ham United and Brentford" and what the local pillar of the community says about a "promising footballer" following a sad accident on an unlicensed motor-bike.

[Spare tyre]

CanAm said:

Yes, there's a definite difference between the BBC describing a "promising footballer on the books of West Ham United and Brentford" and what the local pillar of the community says about a "promising footballer" following a sad accident on an unlicensed motor-bike.

Forts and pairs

Wouldn’t urt a fly

[Carl_VivaEspana]

CanAm said:

Yes, there's a definite difference between the BBC describing a "promising footballer on the books of West Ham United and Brentford" and what the local pillar of the community says about a "promising footballer" following a sad accident on an unlicensed motor-bike.

I know I shouldn't have laughed.

I know I shouldn't post about me laughing .

but

[bitchstewie]

Courtesy of Lord Sugar.

Footballers? They're 'total scum'