Lainey Love
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Read this article in the sun online, to me it looks very much like a campaign to ramp up talk of an abuse scandal at Ibrox.
So are Hollicom and the sun joined at the hip with this shite?
SICK FANTASY Ladbrokes SPFL fantasy football hijacked by sickos using sectarian and child abuse slurs as team names
EXCLUSIVE
Ben Archibald
12 Aug 2019, 23:00Updated: 13 Aug 2019, 0:52
SICKOS shamed the SPFL’s fantasy footie contest by using sectarian and child abuse slurs as team names.
Dozens of sides in Ladbrokes’ £10,000 tournament include the words “19th Century Terrorist” and “hun”, while other vile monikers are linked to TV beast Jimmy Savile and the Celtic Boys Club scandal.
Yobs have hijacked the Ladbrokes fantasy football
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Yobs have hijacked the Ladbrokes fantasy footballCredit: SNS Group
Dave Scott, of anti-bigotry charity Nil By Mouth, said: “It’s a depressing indictment of where we are.”
And a footie sex abuse victim tonight accused warped fans of mocking the scandal with the vile fantasy team names.
The ex-Rangers youth, 51, said online bigots were making light of paedophile traumas by entering sides called “Big Jock Knew” and “Savile’s U9s” in the SPFL contest.
And anti-sectarian campaigners also hit out at teams featuring the names of Irish paramilitary groups and slogans.
The victim — targeted aged 16 by dead Ibrox scout Harry Dunn — said: “It’s not something you should joke about. Some of these people trivialise it. They need to get a grip.
“They don’t know how bad it was for guys who were abused.
Some teams were named after paedo Jimmy Saville
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Some teams were named after paedo Jimmy SavilleCredit: Alamy
They also included slurs about the Celtic child abuse scandal and Jock Stein
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They also included slurs about the Celtic child abuse scandal and Jock SteinCredit: Getty - Contributor
“People shouldn’t be posting stuff about it thinking it’s a funny team name.
“Don’t people have the mental capability to come up with something else than this?”
SPFL sponsors Ladbrokes launched the Premiership Fantasy Football contest last month. Gamers are given a budget of £180million to spend on 11 players and five subs in a bid to win £10,000.
Promos for the popular game — thought to have around 20,000 entrants — included a photoshoot featuring all 12 top-flight captains.
Some of the names were removed after contact from the Scottish Sun
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Some of the names were removed after contact from the Scottish Sun
But mini-leagues have been plagued with dozens of disgusting team names.
There were titles referencing telly paedo Jimmy Savile, including ‘Savile’s U9s’ and ‘Savile’s Young Boys’.
And 21 sides used the phrase ‘Big Jock Knew’ — a slur targeting claims Lisbon Lions boss Jock Stein failed to report Celtic Boys Club abuse to cops in the 1970s
Another side was ‘Tiocfaidh ar lads’, in a nod to IRA slogan ‘Tiocfaidh Ar La’, meaning ‘Our day will come’. Others name-checked hunger striker Bobby Sands.
Leigh Griffiths was another target after his troubles
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Leigh Griffiths was another target after his troublesCredit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow
There was a series of teams labelled ‘19th Century Terrorist army’ and one called ‘Hunskelper’ among the top 50 sides.
Numerous sides had ‘FTP’ or ‘F*** the Pope’ in their title, while some showed support for Northern Irish loyalist groups the UDA and UVF. Another was christened ‘F*** Leigh Griffiths’.
Dave Scott, of anti-bigotry charity Nil By Mouth, called it “depressing”.
He added: “It’s a shame people can’t enjoy a simple fantasy football league without it being taken over by bigotry.
“I’m sadly not surprised by it. People just need to grow up.
“Some people seem determined to make Scottish football look foolish.”
The SPFL today removed a series of dodgy monikers and replaced them with “Team Name” after being contacted by The Scottish Sun.
League chiefs warned if players don’t change to a more acceptable permanent name they’ll be thrown out of the game.
An SPFL spokesman said: “The game rules specify that offensive names will be removed and players that refuse to amend them will see their accounts suspended.”
The game is understood to be organised by a French tech firm on behalf of the SPFL.
A source said: “The company sift out the vast majority of unacceptable names but obviously some do fall through the net.”
Ladbrokes was contacted for comment.
Scottish Sun columnist Bill Leckie yesterday said Celtic and Rangers fans’ sectarian and bullying behaviour must be acted on by SFA and SPFL chiefs.
And Gers recently revealed plans to send fans caught singing sectarian songs on rehabilitation courses in a new scheme.
ben.archibald@the-sun.co.uk
So are Hollicom and the sun joined at the hip with this shite?
SICK FANTASY Ladbrokes SPFL fantasy football hijacked by sickos using sectarian and child abuse slurs as team names
EXCLUSIVE
Ben Archibald
12 Aug 2019, 23:00Updated: 13 Aug 2019, 0:52
SICKOS shamed the SPFL’s fantasy footie contest by using sectarian and child abuse slurs as team names.
Dozens of sides in Ladbrokes’ £10,000 tournament include the words “19th Century Terrorist” and “hun”, while other vile monikers are linked to TV beast Jimmy Savile and the Celtic Boys Club scandal.
Yobs have hijacked the Ladbrokes fantasy football
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Yobs have hijacked the Ladbrokes fantasy footballCredit: SNS Group
Dave Scott, of anti-bigotry charity Nil By Mouth, said: “It’s a depressing indictment of where we are.”
And a footie sex abuse victim tonight accused warped fans of mocking the scandal with the vile fantasy team names.
The ex-Rangers youth, 51, said online bigots were making light of paedophile traumas by entering sides called “Big Jock Knew” and “Savile’s U9s” in the SPFL contest.
And anti-sectarian campaigners also hit out at teams featuring the names of Irish paramilitary groups and slogans.
The victim — targeted aged 16 by dead Ibrox scout Harry Dunn — said: “It’s not something you should joke about. Some of these people trivialise it. They need to get a grip.
“They don’t know how bad it was for guys who were abused.
Some teams were named after paedo Jimmy Saville
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Some teams were named after paedo Jimmy SavilleCredit: Alamy
They also included slurs about the Celtic child abuse scandal and Jock Stein
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They also included slurs about the Celtic child abuse scandal and Jock SteinCredit: Getty - Contributor
“People shouldn’t be posting stuff about it thinking it’s a funny team name.
“Don’t people have the mental capability to come up with something else than this?”
SPFL sponsors Ladbrokes launched the Premiership Fantasy Football contest last month. Gamers are given a budget of £180million to spend on 11 players and five subs in a bid to win £10,000.
Promos for the popular game — thought to have around 20,000 entrants — included a photoshoot featuring all 12 top-flight captains.
Some of the names were removed after contact from the Scottish Sun
5
Some of the names were removed after contact from the Scottish Sun
But mini-leagues have been plagued with dozens of disgusting team names.
There were titles referencing telly paedo Jimmy Savile, including ‘Savile’s U9s’ and ‘Savile’s Young Boys’.
And 21 sides used the phrase ‘Big Jock Knew’ — a slur targeting claims Lisbon Lions boss Jock Stein failed to report Celtic Boys Club abuse to cops in the 1970s
Another side was ‘Tiocfaidh ar lads’, in a nod to IRA slogan ‘Tiocfaidh Ar La’, meaning ‘Our day will come’. Others name-checked hunger striker Bobby Sands.
Leigh Griffiths was another target after his troubles
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Leigh Griffiths was another target after his troublesCredit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow
There was a series of teams labelled ‘19th Century Terrorist army’ and one called ‘Hunskelper’ among the top 50 sides.
Numerous sides had ‘FTP’ or ‘F*** the Pope’ in their title, while some showed support for Northern Irish loyalist groups the UDA and UVF. Another was christened ‘F*** Leigh Griffiths’.
Dave Scott, of anti-bigotry charity Nil By Mouth, called it “depressing”.
He added: “It’s a shame people can’t enjoy a simple fantasy football league without it being taken over by bigotry.
“I’m sadly not surprised by it. People just need to grow up.
“Some people seem determined to make Scottish football look foolish.”
The SPFL today removed a series of dodgy monikers and replaced them with “Team Name” after being contacted by The Scottish Sun.
League chiefs warned if players don’t change to a more acceptable permanent name they’ll be thrown out of the game.
An SPFL spokesman said: “The game rules specify that offensive names will be removed and players that refuse to amend them will see their accounts suspended.”
The game is understood to be organised by a French tech firm on behalf of the SPFL.
A source said: “The company sift out the vast majority of unacceptable names but obviously some do fall through the net.”
Ladbrokes was contacted for comment.
Scottish Sun columnist Bill Leckie yesterday said Celtic and Rangers fans’ sectarian and bullying behaviour must be acted on by SFA and SPFL chiefs.
And Gers recently revealed plans to send fans caught singing sectarian songs on rehabilitation courses in a new scheme.
ben.archibald@the-sun.co.uk