West Ham’s ex-Liverpool striker in Mr Nice Guy shocker
by stresster on May 6th, 2008
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Say what you like about Craig Bellamy (feel free to sum it up in six words!), but the Welsh hot-head of a striker is not all bad. Yes, he might have beaten John-Arne Riise up with a golf club while at Liverpool and OK, he might have had a heated exchange of words with a young lady in a Cardiff nightclub. However, the BBC report that he’s also prepared to put his money firmly where his mouth is by building a football academy in Sierra Leone.
“Because of the war, children haven’t had any opportunity,” he said.
“They haven’t been thrown a football, they’ve been thrown a gun.
“Now we can give them a chance that their fathers or grandfathers never had. That’s the buzz for me.
“I’m not looking to find and sell players. I’m not an agent. I want to make it clear that if any player does make it, any fee goes straight back into the academy.”
The article reports that the ex-Liverpool striker has set up the Craig Bellamy Foundation, ploughing £650k into creating a better life for the children growing up in this war-torn region. It’s good to see a minted footballer doing something positive with his wealth, albeit an unlikely one. Whatever next, Ashley Cole helping with the relief operation in Burma! That would change our opinion of the Chelsea defender!
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Tagged Under: BBC, cardiff, Chelsea FC, craig bellamy, Liverpool FC, riise, West Ham FC
RayparlourforPresident - May 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
good on him, stil think he is crap as a footballer but am glad to see at least some of them have some kind of social conscience
so long as it isn’t all just PR
sel - May 6th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
geek he is
Jon Tile - May 6th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
not the first time he’s done this sorta thing … awhile bck he donated 2 weeks wages to some club (can’t remember who though)
good for him ….. nice to see players giving back … especaily to africa
gary - May 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
the football club was wrexham. and it proves that some footballers do actually care
Simon - May 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
He had a premontion about John Arne Riise and only smacked him with a club because he knew within 12 months, every Liverpool fan would want to smash an axe into his head.
Bellamy is just a hot head. He is probably a nice bloke off the pitch. And drink.
He was originally having talks with Everton before he joined Liverpool but after meeting David Moyes in a hotel and listening to old mad eyes rabbiting on about himself for 2hrs, he decided he couldn’t play for such an egotistical git.
stan howard - May 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
a fine player who never let liverpool down on the pitch, we should have got rid of the long term usless riise instead, he kept wrexham fc going with the fine for the golfing incident
allahs boot - May 7th, 2008 at 12:11 am
I hear he is going to build a golf course next door to his academy.