Daz Upton

AVFC, Cyclist, Expensive coats #UTV

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@Sportaholic_ Hope you put money on that!

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@flying_rodent Yeah, what if……

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

Why, it seems like the more horrifying wars we have for freedom and democracy, the less freedom and democracy there is.

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@flying_rodent I’m assuming their paymasters wanted it to kick off to play the victim when it would’ve inevitably kicked off. WMP did exactly the right thing & having been at the game, it was a strange atmosphere but, no threat of violence did I think would occur at any point

[Anthony Joseph @AnthonyRJoseph]

UEFA have rejected Eintracht Frankfurt's appeal to move their #UCL game at Napoli to a neutral venue, after Italian authorities banned their fans from attending.

The match will go ahead as initially planned in Naples on November 4, without away supporters.

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@alfredbailar @VillaLad88 @NavaKop @pas5898 How's your theory currently working out for Newcastle? I'm pretty sure they DO want to keep Isak

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

I liked the Netflix show, it was great! And the problem facing society isn’t crazed teenagers: it is blobby middle aged wankers who will vacantly repeat the type of shit that twenty years ago we would’ve been aghast to hear from Nick Griffin, because they heard it on Radio 4.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

The victims of abhorrent crimes deserve justice. All children need to have their innocence protected. Every single one of the perpetrators should face the full force of the law.

On the subject of not letting things fade away, as you know, in 1997 the Channel 4 programme Despatches broadcast "Soccer's Foul Play" - it included allegations of sexual offences against children by former Southampton FC coach Robert Higgins.

Two decades later Higgins was convicted of sexually abusing young children and was sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Southampton FC commisisoned Barnardo's to conduct an independent review into Higgins, who worked for the club until 1989, in 2019. That report is here and makes sobering reading: https://t.co/PAJCOOBSxw

That review includes the response of the club to the allegations in the Despatches programme in 1997 (sections 244-250)

As this article from the BBC reveals, following the Despatches programme both Hampshire and Southampton social services consulted police and wrote to local youth organisations expressing concern about Higgins coaching boys. A joint letter urged parents to "make an informed choice about his contact with your child/ren"
https://t.co/QDidSCiMJE

That is an example of action taken following the Despatches programme in 1997 to reduce the risk of more children becoming victims of Higgins.

Section 248 of the Barnardo's report (image below) tells us that there is no record of the board of Southampton FC even discussing the allegations against Higgins, let alone evidence of them taking any action in relation to them.

You were chairman of Southampton FC in 1997 Rupert, having taken over the previous year. I've posted these questions several times now in the hope you'll acknowledge them:

Are any of these details incorrect in any way?

Why didn't the board you led have a minuted discussion of the allegations about Higgins revealed by the programme?

Given the serious nature of these allegations, why didn't you commission a review or inquiry into Higgins actions while at Southampton FC?

Given the conversations you've now had with victims of childhood sexual abuse, do you regret that you personally didn't do more to respond to the allegations made against Higgins in 1997?

Higgins convictions relate to crimes against 24 children. The Barnardo's report tell us they were left vulnerable to ongoing abuse by Higgins which impacted upon their lives as children and the adults they became. Those abused were offered no support and were "left to make sense for themselves of all that happened"

A shameful example of how a failure to act against a sexual abuser can have devestating consequences.

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

There have been multiple inquiries and the ones I’ve seen all returned much the same answer: the authorities mostly don’t give a shit about poor kids and children in care, so they can often be abused with impunity. But that’s not the answer clowns like Kemi want to hear.

[Nick Gray @path_dependent]

Maybe around 2013 when I worked in local government, the BBC reported on a survey that found most people hadn’t noticed any effect of austerity.

A colleague said, “people are going to get up one day, look around and say this place is a shit hole, what happened?”

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Now maybe this is a different John Kemp-Welch… but in that case it’s a big coincidence that another 88 year old John Kemp-Welch managed to be chair of the London Stock Exchange from 1994 to 2000

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@brawbags @NotAFootGuy1 Comments disabled on both the Guardian & the FT articles too! Just a coincidence I'm sure

[Daz Upton @gtipod46]

@flying_rodent Yet, offer them the option to change it & they can't seem get their heads round that idea either

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"The difference in the UK, on your own now, separate from Europe, it's a relatively small market."

David Ricks, CEO of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, tells #R4Today 'something needs to be quite different' to make the UK interesting in the global markets after leaving the EU.

[Fossil Locator @FossilLocator]

How do I express that I’m concerned about the people of western NC and I’m also concerned about the potential future global economic disaster because Spruce Pine is the sole producer of ultra pure Quartz for crucibles that all global semiconductor production relies on?

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🟣🔵 ASTON VILLA BEAT BAYERN! 😳

JHON DURAN - HERO. ✨🇨🇴

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🇨🇴😍 JHON DURAN, JUST WOW! 🚀

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Could football transfers be deemed to be illegal?

CJEU: judgment to be delivered on 4 October in the case of Lassana DIARRA/FIFPRO/UNFP v FIFA

On October 4, at 9:30 am, the CJEU will deliver its judgment in the DIARRA case, as the Court has just informed the parties.

If the ruling reflects the Opinion of the CJEU's First Advocate General (delivered on April 30), the current FIFA transfer system will be a thing of the past.

[William Thomson @Williamgallus]

In the late 1970s, deindustrialisation took place across the UK in favour of a financial services-driven service industry based in London. This was supposed to be the start of something wonderful. A thread 1/9