daveyboy66 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said: I’ve just double checked. Yeah settled out of court and it’s the first time a footballer had sued successfully for a career ending tackle. Lee Chapman and Howard Wilkinson gave statements in court...settled five years later 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb n Custard Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Fast forward to 1.42 and look at the slow mo. Quality is poor but there is no doubt in my mind that was one of the most blatant over the top tackles you will ever see. His claims of innocence are ludicrous and he lost the case because the clear evidence is there for all to see. The guy was a thug and got nothing he didn't deserve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMOwl72 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Typical Scouser - ‘it wasn’t my fault mate and it’s a load of rubbish when footballers say they didn’t intend to hurt someone. They amount of anger and frustration in players on a pitch means plenty go into tackles with intent - maybe not to break a leg in 7 places but certainly to do enough to put others out of the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said: I’ve just double checked. Yeah settled out of court and it’s the first time a footballer had sued successfully for a career ending tackle. It was settled out of court but the case had already started and some of the evidence given. Bennett's team knew they were on a hiding to nothing at that point and caved in. In some respects I wish the Judge had been the one to make the final award (in the hope that IK got a lot more). As for "mistimed tackle" anywhere other than a sports field would have seen Bennett jailed for GBH and rightly so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Watched it on the highlights that evening. Made me feel as sick then as it does watching it back now. Pure malice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Am I hearing something else, or can you actually hear it on that footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirksandallowl Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Don’t see much evidence of him chasing the ref asking him to stop the game in that clip like he claims in the article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Can you believe that fukinscumbag was on 'Come Die with Me'!! https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/skelmersdale-couple-who-feature-come-7393336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, Pacific said: Can you believe that fukinscumbag was on 'Come Die with Me'!! https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/skelmersdale-couple-who-feature-come-7393336 Wife's a psychiatric nurse, how appropriate. Bloody disgraceful 'tackle'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMortimer Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 17 minutes ago, Pacific said: Can you believe that fukinscumbag was on 'Come Die with Me'!! https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/skelmersdale-couple-who-feature-come-7393336 That's a new one on me. Do they all have a choice of different weapons like a medieval tournament or something? Still, the way 'reality' TV is going it's only a matter of time. And there would still be an endless queue of attention hungry no marks for it. Perhaps it could be the consolation prize for the losing semi finalists on 'Celebrity Turd Eating'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richowls Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I remember going to the game at Chester and it was a tense atmosphere in and out of the ground, they were definitely up for a ‘giant’ killing. I also remember Bennett before the replay mouthing off about what he was going to do 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Wicket Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Remember their supporters chanting "phsyco" everytime he went for the ball in first match at their place. Bennett went in on Knight with real intent that night, horrible assault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 2 hours ago, vulva said: Not checked the records on this one but was the crowd 45,000? Only reason I ask is that everyone seems to have heard a crack from where they were sat. Can't say that I heard the crack but never heard a crowd go silent so quickly after it happened and yes he meant it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Didn't he return to Hillsborough a few years later as a coach or something and was given dogs abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Tbh it was quite frequent those days, can anyone remember Paul Gascoigne challenge on Gary Charles ? Ironically for Gary he didnt get injured but Gazza did! Can remember a few like that in the 80s and 90s but Bennett as a fellow professional was an absolute nob head the way he acted after. What is Ian Knight doing these days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Obviously before my time but have watched it on YouTube a few times. To me it looks deliberate, that tackle a few moments later from Graham Barrow isn't too clever either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paulvcooke Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, panda800 said: found this interesting article about the ******** trying to get sympathy https://www.thefreelibrary.com/It's+been+10+years+of+hell+for+Ian+and+ME!%3B+GARY+BENNETT+ON+HORROR...-a061132479 Ancient article, but even after all these years.......scumbag. Deliberate and successful attempt to injure someone, football or not, should have been arrested. Not watching the YouTube video, I have no interest of reliving it, was on the Kop that night, awful. You knew something was badly wrong when you tell that Chapman was crying. Also went to the first game, that was tasty off the pitch. Remember getting back to our minibus and breathing a sigh a relief that it was still intact as we had passed a 'Sheffield Van Hire' minibus that was on its roof..... Away end was broken railway sleepers and lots and handy sized broken bricks. Away turnstile was an old bloke sat at a trestle table and a tupperware box full of coins. Utter shambles. Edited June 29, 2020 by paulvcooke typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swinners Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, sexpistol said: I think it’s a bit of an urban myth that has been perpetuated over time. I was on the Kop that night and I didn’t hear it. The tackle was brutal. If that was done today Bennet would get even more abuse than he did back then. Not at all. I was on kop and I heard it clear as day. Grim, make me feel clamy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Was there, heard it... bloody horrible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 8 hours ago, kirksandallowl said: Don’t see much evidence of him chasing the ref asking him to stop the game in that clip like he claims in the article. Just what I was thinking. Also - I noticed their fans chanting his name just before the tackle and just after kickoff. I do remember the build up to this game and Bennett being a bit of a mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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