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Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:07 pmby Wonderwall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13004471Fan sues Sunderland over ball in face injury
Niall Quinn said a Djibril Cisse shot knocked out the supporter
Sunderland are being sued by a fan who was injured while watching the team train, the chairman has revealed.
Niall Quinn was responding to a question during a BBC Radio Newcastle phone-in about whether fans were still allowed to watch training sessions.
He said that legal action was ongoing after the supporter was knocked out by a stray shot.
The Premier League club has declined to release further details about the incident.
Niall Quinn said: "We had a supporter who got a bad injury,
"I think it was one of Djibril Cisse's misses where he had a shot from 20 yards.
"I'm making fun of it now, but it knocked a supporter out. It was quite serious.
"That supporter is in the process of suing us right now."
Be careful Doug :-)
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:09 pmby Blue Toy
I'd love to know what they're actually suing for?
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:15 pmby Slim
Blue Toy wrote:I'd love to know what they're actually suing for?
Money usually.
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:20 pmby Dameerto
Maybe he suffered from concusion and had to miss work. Still not grounds to sue the club though, unless they had invited him to watch the session.
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:20 pmby Wonderwall
Slim wrote:Blue Toy wrote:I'd love to know what they're actually suing for?
Money usually.
that really made me LOL I need a lie down
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:47 pmby Chinners
in slim's direction ...
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:48 pmby Arjan Van Schotte
Chinners wrote:in slim's direction ...
indeed - double doff slim :)
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:12 pmby Dronny
I once went to a Liverpool vs Sunderland game and got hit by a stray Emile Heskey shot, trouble was he was playing for Leicester vs Everton.....
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:23 pmby Douglas Higginbottom
Wonderwall wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13004471
Fan sues Sunderland over ball in face injury
Niall Quinn said a Djibril Cisse shot knocked out the supporter
Sunderland are being sued by a fan who was injured while watching the team train, the chairman has revealed.
Niall Quinn was responding to a question during a BBC Radio Newcastle phone-in about whether fans were still allowed to watch training sessions.
He said that legal action was ongoing after the supporter was knocked out by a stray shot.
The Premier League club has declined to release further details about the incident.
Niall Quinn said: "We had a supporter who got a bad injury,
"I think it was one of Djibril Cisse's misses where he had a shot from 20 yards.
"I'm making fun of it now, but it knocked a supporter out. It was quite serious.
"That supporter is in the process of suing us right now."
Be careful Doug :-)
No worries ,they are not that accurate.
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:49 pmby Ted Hughes
Dronny wrote:I once went to a Liverpool vs Sunderland game and got hit by a stray Emile Heskey shot, trouble was he was playing for Leicester vs Everton.....
Not bad, not bad.
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:21 amby roblues
Tony Coton hit me in the head with a shot via Barthez's glove before the last Maine Road derby. Thought it was a terrible omen at the time.
Re: Fan sues Football club for Stray Shot
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Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:25 amby blues-clues
A copy of the OP should go into Carl's Broken Britain thread.
Twunt goes to watch a training session, is lucky enough to get close enough to the players and then is not aware of a football coming towards his head.
Other fans "DUCK!"
Slow Twunt "Duuur wha.."
THWACK!
Slow Twunt " Well I didn't see that coming"
Slow Twunt gets a text next day "Free Msg. Our Records indicate you may be entitled to £3750 for the accident you had. To apply FREE reply CLAIM to this text."