Kenny Sansom

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Kenny Sansom

quoted as saying " I left Arsenal for Newcastle, Coventry & QPR and finished up playing my last professional game for Brentford. I was now in freefall. I have no idea how I would have coped with that stark realisation without the cushion of alcohol. Never before had the numbing effect been so needed.

KS talking about his battle with alcoholism. Not the greatest testimony from an ex player.
 

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Exactly how I felt watching him drag his fat ass and porn moustache up and down the left flank !!!!
 

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I'm sure those thousands of people who drag themselves out of bed for the daily 9-5 have enormous sympathy for someone who was having to struggle by playing football everyday.
 

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Especially as I blame him for our defeat/relegation at Brizzle City where in a word he was CRAP! :mad1: :mad1:
 

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Wasn't at Bristol so that may be a fair criticism of his performance there, but overall he played OK for us IMHO... well past his best, but still the skill and awareness, sadly with the pace gone. Main problem was that he was on a different wavelength to team-mates: Bliss and Smillie may have adjusted, but Allon, Bennett, Manuel etc just couldn't anticipate the passes.

Sounds very dismissive of BFC, but from Sansom's angle, having spent most of his career at a top club and in the England team, his slide to oblivion was pretty quick
 

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...........absolutely no sympathy..................
 

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He actually played his last professional game for Watford. :computer:
 

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Markybee said:
quoted as saying " I left Arsenal for Newcastle, Coventry & QPR and finished up playing my last professional game for Brentford. I was now in freefall. I have no idea how I would have coped with that stark realisation without the cushion of alcohol. Never before had the numbing effect been so needed.

KS talking about his battle with alcoholism. Not the greatest testimony from an ex player.
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Yes this is sad. I knew Kenny Sansom at the time. I use to drink and gamble with him at the time. He had loads of personal problems at the time as did i. He had a place in Isleworth would be in the Kings Arms and the tote next door. Had serious money problems. Would go back and phone his big bets through. He was a nice bloke, but was living on auto piliot. This was in the summer of 93. Marcus Gayle who lived three doors down from me couldn' get his head round it as he'd just bought a semi at the right time and KS had massive negative equity on his riverside place.
 

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Im told he was on Radio 5 yesterday (phone in regarding alcoholism) and says he is "over it and can enjoy the odd drink".... :confused:

Not quite sure you understand Kenny.... :sad:
 

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He was proper on it in a pub just outside the OVAL a couple of years ago. He set me and ISB football trivia questions. Which we failed on :grey:
 

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nocoat said:
He was proper on it in a pub just outside the OVAL a couple of years ago. He set me and ISB football trivia questions. Which we failed on :grey:
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But were his answers right, or was he imagining things?
 

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Im not sure he understands too much about alcoholism
 

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Brain-dead Bee said:
But were his answers right, or was he imagining things?
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I hope so, one of the questions was to name the 5 players who have been capped more times than him for England! lol (at the time)
 

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Just got a copy of his autobiography through at work. I think it's fair to say old 'Handsome Sansom' fancied himself a tad from a brief flick through. BTW, the first posting is the only Brentford reference.
 

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He talks more about Chertsey than his time with us.
 

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He was totally forgettable and another poor last minute panic buy in an attempt to keep us up.

We really had problems filling that left back position after Hughton's sudden career ending injury.

Paul Mortimer, Marcus Gayle, Sansom........ who else filled in?

Shame we couldn't sign Grainger a year earlier.
 

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Now destitute and kipping on a park bench.Problems with gambling and alcohol have led to the 54 y.o former England left back being in this situation.
 

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horshambees said:
Now destitute and kipping on a park bench.Problems with gambling and alcohol have led to the 54 y.o former England left back being in this situation.
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I'm sure he'll get the help he needs like gazza, sad news..
 

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horshambees said:
Now destitute and kipping on a park bench.Problems with gambling and alcohol have led to the 54 y.o former England left back being in this situation.
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i am sure he was a pundit on LBC or 94.9 Radio London last season
Chin up Samson
 

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Possibly one the of the best left backs England has had, Brazilian style with his footwork. He would probably oust Cole today.

Way, way past it by the time he turned up at GP though, I remember he never came out for the warm ups.
 

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Sad to hear. What do these footballers do with their money?! Thought he was on Sky??
 

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................I find it extremely hard to have any sympathy for these chaps...............they have the money,riches and fame for being proficient at kicking a ball...........he obviously has head issues.............hope he gets a good outcome.............do these fellas not have financial and personnel advisors??????????..........
 

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................I find it extremely hard to have any sympathy for these chaps...............they have the money,riches and fame for being proficient at kicking a ball...........he obviously has head issues.............hope he gets a good outcome.............do these fellas not have financial and personnal advisors??????????..........
 

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GP200 said:
................I find it extremely hard to have any sympathy for these chaps...............they have the money,riches and fame for being proficient at kicking a ball...........he obviously has head issues.............hope he gets a good outcome.............do these fellas not have financial and personnal advisors??????????..........
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His support network won't be that great if it's his family.................think they have links to criminal fraternity and are "known" to police.
 

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This is very sad. Let us hope that he can get off the booze. If he does I hope that Brentford FC and the fans will do what we have always done for ex players fallen on hard times.
 

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davidccpigeons said:
This is very sad. Let us hope that he can get off the booze. If he does I hope that Brentford FC and the fans will do what we have always done for ex players fallen on hard times.
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Sorry, there may well be clubs who owe him something (Palace and Arsenal), we aren't one of them, The bloke was a fat, lazy, unfit has been who took our money and we got nothing in return. He should have been hooked at Bristol City after 10 minutes. Sauntered onto the pitch as we kicked off and then a gave a performance that compared with that of his ex team mate Paul Davis.
No sympathy for him, he's been taking money from clubs and latterly TV and radio stations we could only dream about for expressing his opinion on football in a monotone, boring manner. He comes from a family of low life who have had vast amounts of cash when it was easy to make withdrawals using a sawn off - let them find him shelter.
 

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sonofabee said:
Sorry, there may well be clubs who owe him something (Palace and Arsenal), we aren't one of them, The bloke was a fat, lazy, unfit has been who took our money and we got nothing in return. He should have been hooked at Bristol City after 10 minutes. Sauntered onto the pitch as we kicked off and then a gave a performance that compared with that of his ex team mate Paul Davis.
No sympathy for him, he's been taking money from clubs and latterly TV and radio stations we could only dream about for expressing his opinion on football in a monotone, boring manner. He comes from a family of low life who have had vast amounts of cash when it was easy to make withdrawals using a sawn off - let them find him shelter.
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So your not sympathetic then !!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Desperately sad, addiction is an illness and disease. Bastard thing too :(

Get well soon Kenny :)

My thoughts are with you in my serenity prayer.
 

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sonofabee said:
Sorry, there may well be clubs who owe him something (Palace and Arsenal), we aren't one of them, The bloke was a fat, lazy, unfit has been who took our money and we got nothing in return. He should have been hooked at Bristol City after 10 minutes. Sauntered onto the pitch as we kicked off and then a gave a performance that compared with that of his ex team mate Paul Davis.
No sympathy for him, he's been taking money from clubs and latterly TV and radio stations we could only dream about for expressing his opinion on football in a monotone, boring manner. He comes from a family of low life who have had vast amounts of cash when it was easy to make withdrawals using a sawn off - let them find him shelter.
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A bit harsh but agree that if football fans want to help him, let it be the Arsenal fans who he was a great player for.

He wasn't the only one at Bristol City who was crap. There are some well loved ex-players who were also absolute pony on that day, so it wasn't just Sansom's fault.

My starkest memory of that day was hearing Leroy Rosenior on the radio on the way home saying "We don't want clubs like Brentford in our division". Then we gave him a job. Unbelievable Jeff.
 

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Brentford Bob said:
A bit harsh but agree that if football fans want to help him, let it be the Arsenal fans who he was a great player for.

He wasn't the only one at Bristol City who was crap. There are some well loved ex-players who were also absolute pony on that day, so it wasn't just Sansom's fault.
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I agree mate, dreadful performance all round. I never forgave Sansom because he didn't look like he was trying or cared at the end. Bees fans in tears crammed round blokes with radios waiting for Birmingham result while he was laughing and chatting with Rosenior like he was in a testimonial game. I'm like an elephant, I never forget and sadly not very good at giving people another chance.
 

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sonofabee said:
He comes from a family of low life who have had vast amounts of cash when it was easy to make withdrawals using a sawn off - let them find him shelter.
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How long you been working for the Samaritans then?

While I think your first point about us not owing him anything is right (although it would be nice to think we didn't turn our backs on any Bees ex-players). He was in my view the best full back that England have had in my time - Cole is the only one who comes near him: he was good in the tackle, good at crossing and passing, had a smart tactical sense and ran up and down all game. He was also better than Cole at heading. Long past his best when he came to us, which was a pity, and probably shouldn't have been signed in the first place. However, I seem to recall that he was signed in part because we had a fullback problem (Marcus Gayle played as a full back against Millwall in our 1-6 defeat).

But do you know his family? Is a statement like that really justified or simply abusive for no reason?
 

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I always feel sorry for drinkers, everyone of us has it in us to be dependant on drink, luckily most of us choose not to be IMO.
 

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Paul O'Brien said:
How long you been working for the Samaritans then?

While I think your first point about us not owing him anything is right (although it would be nice to think we didn't turn our backs on any Bees ex-players). He was in my view the best full back that England have had in my time - Cole is
the only one who comes near him: he was good in the tackle, good at crossing and passing, had a smart tactical sense and ran up and down all game. He was also better than Cole at heading. Long past his best when he came to us, which was a pity, and probably shouldn't have been signed in the first place. However, I seem to recall that he was signed in part because we had a fullback problem (Marcus Gayle played as a full back against Millwall in our 1-6 defeat).

But do you know his family? Is a statement like that really justified or simply abusive for no reason?
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I do know of his family, they've got form. I wouldn't have just posted they were dodgy because he was rubbish against Brizzle!

Look at his career, there should be a queue of clubs he played a lot more games for than us who owe him more than we do.
Please allow me my opinion, you do feel free to contribute to whatever kind souls are arranging collections but I'm out. There must be a huge amount of better deserving causes and I've not got a heart of stone as standing orders to children's society and MacMillan but refuse to consider Old left back sots!
 

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Brentford Bob said:
My starkest memory of that day was hearing Leroy Rosenior on the radio on the way home saying "We don't want clubs like Brentford in our division". Then we gave him a job. Unbelievable Jeff.
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:( I never knew about that, what a c****sh thing to say..
 

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sonofabee said:
I do know of his family, they've got form. I wouldn't have just posted they were dodgy because he was rubbish against Brizzle!
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Fair enough, then.

I wasn't necessarily suggesting that we should club together to collect money for him, but that someone in the club might be able in some way to help him get his head together - easier said than done, I know.

I do have sympathy for anyone who ends up like this, whatever their background.
 

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He has probably had a much more comfortable night sleep out there then we have over the last month or so
 

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sonofabee said:
Sorry, there may well be clubs who owe him something (Palace and Arsenal), we aren't one of them, The bloke was a fat, lazy, unfit has been who took our money and we got nothing in return. He should have been hooked at Bristol City after 10 minutes. Sauntered onto the pitch as we kicked off and then a gave a performance that compared with that of his ex team mate Paul Davis.
No sympathy for him, he's been taking money from clubs and latterly TV and radio stations we could only dream about for expressing his opinion on football in a monotone, boring manner. He comes from a family of low life who have had vast amounts of cash when it was easy to make withdrawals using a sawn off - let them find him shelter.
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100% agree, How many true bees fans that have fallen on hard times and are skint, and have given more to the club then Kenny Samson ever did. Kenny never gave a sh*t about the bees. Fact, you can't blame him for that. One last contract>
 

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bees66 said:
:( I never knew about that, what a c*****sh thing to say..
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I didn't know about that either. Don't feel so sorry for him now!

That performance was shameful!
 

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Keep this about Kenny Sampson, Leroy love/hate in somewhere else please.
 

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blunstone said:
just goes to show what a compassionate lot bees message boarders are. not.
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It just shows that Kenny Sansom was a pro footballer who turned to drink and gambling so ended up in the gutter. A profession that kept him off the park benches till a much later date than he otherwise would have been.
 
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