Yes, Marlon King has done the time for his crime, for a third time, but should he really be rewarded with a new playing contract?
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Marlon King is released from prison on Thursday determined to rekindle his professional playing career.
The fallen star, 30, has kept in shape behind bars training twice a day to work on his fitness.
And the former Wigan striker now has a clutch of Championship clubs after his services.
Coventry boss Aidy Boothroyd successfully managed King at Watford and is favourite for his signature.
King’s long-term agent Tony Finnigan told Mirror Sport: “Marlon has told me he is ready to resume his football career.
“He has a good goal-scoring record and a lot of experience to offer any willing club.
“But Aidy will have the edge because they have worked very well together in the past.”
King was jailed last October for assaulting a woman in December 2008. (Daily Mirror)
Yes its true that Marlon King, who is actually nothing more than a very average footballer with severe mental issues, has served his sentence but should he be welcomed back into the world of football? He is apparently set for a move to Coventry City, who’s boss Aidy Bothroyd is quick to state, rather foolishly
“I know Marlon King the dad, Marlon King the husband and Marlon King the footballer and I’m not going to just throw someone on the scrapheap just because he made a mistake, as grave a mistake as that might be.”
For some reason the Ricoh Arena manager doesn’t know “Marlon King the serial woman batterer”. Remember this is not a guy who made ONE mistake, this is a man who has served three separate stints doing ‘Porridge’. Wikipedia, admittedly not the best source in the world, states that
King has convictions for 14 offences, dating from 1997.[27][28] He received fines, driving bans, community service sentences, a rehabilitation order and orders to pay compensation on convictions including: theft from a person and from a car, criminal damage, and attempting to obtain property by deception; fraudulent use of vehicle licence document, driving without insurance, speeding, drink driving; a wounding incident while playing amateur football, and two cases involving assault of young women rejecting his advances in the Soho area of London.
Does this man deserve yet another chance? Thoughts below.
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mattypatriot - July 29th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
no he doesnt.
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anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
What about Joey Barton (assault, caught on cctv and fighting a teammate on the pitch) and Lee Hughes (manslaughter and ex-cocaine user) both have rap sheets just as bad or worst but no one say anything, i wonder why?
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anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
if this guy, and the same applies to bertie big bollox barton and lee hughes, could not play football.. they would have no chance of landing any kind of well paid job, or demand such level of respect, without starting back at the bottom and working their way back up after proving they are fit to be part of society again
this is another situation where the FA has to step in because he cannot rely on football clubs and managers having any moral standards.
it is an easy move for managers under pressure to pick these players up as soon as they come through the gate for no transfer fee, how do you think wigan and dave whelan feel after doing the morally right thing and sacking him, to now miss out of a few million quid transfer fee?
and u can bet ur arse as soon as he pulls on the shirt of whatever club he signs for, he will have 15 thousand fans chanting his name, and all will be forgotten by them. what is it about football that makes normally rational people, loose all sense of reality ?
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anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Who writes articles using wikipedia? He might as well to not have bothered letting us know that.
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anonymous - August 1st, 2010 at 12:07 pm
this cretin i will not call him man is a mindlless moronic thug and i trust that when he plays in away matches the supporters will show there disgust not just with him but with the manager of his team who also have no morals or principals and what about the young woman he attacked what a big man he is if his brain was a hundreth of what his misplaced ego is he would almost be classed as a human being
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