Alan Davies re: Hillsborough

Incensitive, crass, clueless, utter gobs***e.

TV funnyman Alan Davies is set to provoke a storm of protest for a foul-mouthed rant criticising Liverpool Football Club's refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster.

The Jonathan Creek and QI star made his shocking outburst during the latest edition of his popular podcast for Arsenal fans 'The Tuesday Club'.

The 46-year-old -- who once hit the headlines for biting a homeless man's ear in a drunken attack outside a swanky London club -- was discussing the dates of the forthcoming FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.

Liverpool's clash with Merseyside rivals, Everton, takes place on Saturday, April 14th. Tottenham take on Chelsea the following day -- the 23rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Liverpool refuse to play on April 15th as a show for respect for the ninety-six football fans who died in a crush at an FA Cup Semi Final at the stadium in Sheffield on that date in 1989.

But Davies seemed to care more about the fact that Liverpool's stance meant Chelsea were having to play their FA Cup tie only three days before their Champions League last-four clash with Barcelona.

He ranted: "Liverpool and the 15th -- that gets on my tits that sh*t. What are you talking about, 'We won't play on the day'. Why can't they?"

Laughing nervously, one of his co-presenters, Ian Stone, tried to point out why Liverpool FC don't take a business-as-usual approach to the most painful day in the club's history, saying: "Because it's too sad a memory."

But that simple and obvious explanation failed to deter Davies, who was on a roll.

He said: "Do they play on the date of the Heysel Stadium disaster? How many dates do they not play on? Do Man United play on the date of Munich? Do Rangers play on the date when all their fans died in that disaster whatever year that was - 1971?"

Davies - who trades off his cuddly TV image - continued in his attack by savaging the Liverpool legend and manager Kenny Dalglish, who has defended the decision not to play on April 15th.

Davies raved: "Every interview he's given this season he looks like he wants to head-butt the interviewer. This tight-mouthed, furious, frowning, leaning-forward, bitter Glaswegian ranting, 'Liverpool FC do not play on April 15th'."

After beginning a poor impersonation of Dalglish, Davies broke off to say his attempt to mimic the Scotsman's accent was "terrible because I hate him".

Insensitive c**t.

I read his rant via Twitter. He also had a go at Chelsea and Spurs.

Here it is in full: http://rhubarbgrumble.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/tv-funnyman-alan-davies-is-set-to.html

No, we have never played on the anniversary of the Heysel disaster you utter tw*t. How can he not see the reasons for not playing on the 15th? Show some respect 

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Davies causes outrage after hitting out at Liverpool over dodging Hillsborough date
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PUBLISHED: 17:00, 9 April 2012 | UPDATED: 17:55, 9 April 2012
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Rant: Arsenal fan Alan Davies
Comedian Alan Davies is facing a backlash from fans after mocking Liverpool's insistence that they never play on the anniversary of Hillsborough.
The Arsenal fan was speaking on a podcast when he launched into a rant over the Merseyside club’s refusal to stage matches on April 15 in tribute to the 96 fans that lost their lives on that date in 1989.
The 46-year-old, talking on 'The Tuesday Club', was discussing Liverpool's insistence on playing city rivals Everton this coming Saturday in the FA Cup semi-finals.
It means Chelsea must play their semi-final with Tottenham on the Sunday even though this comes just three days before their Champions League first leg clash with Barcelona.
Davies said: 'Liverpool and the 15th - that gets on my tits that s***. What are you talking about "We won’t play on the day"? Why can’t they?'
The podcast presenter Ian Stone attempted to reason with Davies by saying: ‘Because it’s too sad a memory.’
However, the TV star responded: 'Do they play on the date of the Heysel Stadium disaster? How many dates do they not play on?
'Do Man United play on the date of Munich? Do Rangers play on the date when all their fans died in that disaster whatever year that was - 1971?'

Target: Kenny Dalglish was also criticised by Davies on the podcast
He then turned his anger on Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, adding: 'Every interview he’s given this season he looks like he wants to headbutt the interviewer. This tight-mouthed, furious, frowning, leaning forward, bitter Glaswegian ranting, "Liverpool FC do not play on April 15th".'
After attempting to impersonate Dalglish, Davies admitted his effort was 'terrible because I hate him'.
Gunners fanatic Davies then turned his fire on arch rivals Spurs by saying: 'What vermin run that club. They always have. Absolute vermin. Scum of the earth.'
Davies took to Twitter to defend his comments, saying Liverpool should be made to play their semi-final on the 15th as it is unfair on Chelsea, but claims he supports the need for a full inquiry into the disaster at Hillsborough 23 years ago.
He said: 'I'm getting tweets from Liverpool fans who have been given the impression that I was disrespectful to those who lost their lives on 15/4/89.
'Many disagree but I feel that the Liverpool v Everton semi-final could be played on Apr 15. Apologies to those upset by that suggestion.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2127339/Alan-Davies-causes-outrage-criticism-Liverpool-dodging-Hillsborough-date.html#ixzz1rZEOznqP
what an utter pr**k

Not worth a reply.

It turns out he's a moron. Who'd have guessed?

He seemed quite pleasant on QI.

F***ing Dichead..Seen it on Facebook earlier.

Never like the c*nt.
Think he is unfunny at the best of times so this is no different.

Pay no attention to the 

Talks like a five year old and it turns out that he has the intelligence of that age

I did quite like him until this. dick head. He is at the Liverpool Empire on the 23rd of September. He's in for a rough ride if anybody bothers to turn up.

What Alan Davies *actually* said about Liverpool

This is what he says.

Alan Davies ‏ @alandavies1
I can't reply to all the tweets on this subject, only reiterate my support for the Justice For 96 campaign & apologise for being insensitive

Tony Evans ‏ @TonyEvansTimes
The @alandavies1 thing is over. He's apologised. Don't waste energy abusing him. Email your MPs, raise awareness and aim at real targets

I used to like him, seemed quite sensible, and I really enjoyed QI.

Now the f**ker is in the same file as Clarkson.

I don't see the need for the English FA to make an English club play on a day of such tragedy so that another English club can have more rest for a non-English competition.

If it happened to his beloved Arsenal he wouldn't be saying the same thing, which is why he was completely wrong with what he said. Then he tried to go on twitter and say he supports the Justice for the 96 campaign....but still doesn't know why we shouldn't play on that date? He really is just trying to worm his way out of what he said instead of admitting he was wrong from the beginning and never should have opened his mouth about the subject. If it's an Arsenal podcast, wtf is he doing mentioning Liverpool's semi-final match anyway?

Edit: He did donate to the Justice 96 campaign.....after someone told him about it on twitter. Once again, if he supports the campaign why didn't he know you could donate to it before hand.

I don't see the need for the English FA to make an English club play on a day of such tragedy so that another English club can have more rest for a non-English competition.

We had to face Chelsea (And beat them) with two days rest.....they'll live.......and then get destroyed by Barca anyway. They really think a day is going to make a difference to the stomping they will get?

Well given the southern cu*ts hatred of the city this comes as no F***ing surprise. He's a F***ing gobs***e of the highest order and always has been. Nick Hancock can F**k off an all the pr**k.

Further proof
Liverpool humour by Alan Davies

Here is what he say the F***ing bell-end,He should be ashamed of himself!!!

What Alan Davies said about Liverpool | Hillsborough

It's his opinion and he is entitled to it. He is completely wrong. If Utd didn't want to play on the same day as Munich, they would get my support. If he wanted to stay in on the day his mother died he is entitled to do that. Death threats are a bit much, just an idiot thing to say. We don't want to play any game on that day and we are entitled to that standpoint.

F***ing bellend

I used to like him, seemed quite sensible, and I really enjoyed QI.

Now the f**ker is in the same file as Clarkson.

Nah. Quite enjoy Clarkson myself. Pissed myself with laughter when he made the comment about the Union strike in November. Pissed myself even more at the severe dick heads making fools out of themselves thinking he meant it and getting all uptight about it.


As for Davies - he should go and bite a tramps ear again. Don't think he's ever done anything good....and besides I get pissed off with the site of him because every time I turn on Dave in the evening it's always Q bloody I. Moronic utterances from him. Hillsborough is still so fresh in the memories of many for it to be played on that day. Poor and completely thoughtless thing to say.

Go read the comments section under the article... it'll make you understand the true meaning of bile and hatred.

Those comments are worse than some tit trying to be funny.

really sad to hear this as i used to like him so much...QI is one of my fav shows....don't understand why he had to denigrate himself and our club by these comments.

Honestly, this bullshit about playing on the Heysel date seems to be gaining momentum, it's been aired quite a bit in the debate about the cup semis. To all these people I will say once again IT WAS ON THE 29TH MAY FFS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE PLAYED SO FAR INTO MAY IN THIS COUNTRY. As for Alan Davies well he's always been a smug tw*t who finds himself funnier than everyone else.

What a f***in massive bellend. His podcast is supposed to be humour I take it? What's funny about what he said there? Pontificating c**t. He needs to have a word with himself. Listening to the phone in on radio Merseyside now and everyone is missing the point. We have a service every year at Anfield to honour those who died and to come together as a family - Blues included. If I had to choose between going the cup semi and going to the service I would pick the service every time. Does he think we should just postpone the service? God forbid he ever has to suffer what this city suffered.

Some things are more important than football.

WillNesbit twitter bluenose toss pot making coments on facebook about Hillsborough.

I quite like QI but not because this kunt is on it, he is only there for Stephen Fry to take the piss, he thinks he's funny when amongst other so called funny men but, on his own he is a complete buffoon,

he is typical of the Southern attitude to anything North of Watford, a mowf from the sowf, fack off ya cant, i hope you get piles like billiard balls, tw*t !

It's his opinion and he is entitled to it.

Except the c**t has form for getting digs in on the city of Liverpool and the people of this city.

F**k him, the unfunny, sh*t-haired, cockney, Arsenal supporting, F***ing w**ker.

Except the c**t has form for getting digs in on the city of Liverpool and the people of this city.

F**k him, the unfunny, sh*t-haired, cockney, Arsenal supporting, f**king w**ker.

 

Wtf it has to do with an Arsenal fan I don't know but tbh I could see why a Chelsea fan would be a tad peeved at how it may influence their season...

Wtf it has to do with an Arsenal fan I don't know but tbh I could see why a Chelsea fan would be a tad peeved at how it may influence their season...

Well maybe they should blame the FA for putting the Cup semi finals on that date rather than a week earlier.

Alan Davies has made a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign after the backlash over his controversial comments.
Still a c**t though !!

Seen the above on Facebook,Dont know how true it is will have a look for a link!!

Alan Davies has made a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign after the backlash over his controversial comments.
Still a c**t though !!

Seen the above on Facebook,Dont know how true it is will have a look for a link!!

Yes, it's true he made that donation but the HJC have declined it.

The HJC has not accepted the £1000 paid into it's paypal account by Alan Davies. Whilst we accept his apology, we would prefer that he genuinely tried to understand why the decision never to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster is so important.

http://www.facebook.com/HJCOfficial/posts/349199575128163

Just come on to post that. Good for them. F***ing pr**k trying to buy his way out of it.

Nice one , he can stick it up his arse.

I am glad they did not accept it,looks like tomorrows papers are running with the story tomorrow

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9195680/Alan-Davies-donates-1000-to-Hillsborough-Justice-Campaign-following-controversial-remarks.html

Get on there and vote no.

That poll itself is very insulting. It is not the worry or business of other people whether or not we should be "forced" to play on that day.

It is the worry of the loved ones of the victims, the club and the FA. Nobody else has any right to an opinion on it really.

If the FA ever attempted to pull rank and "force" us to play on that day I'd hope the club would tell them to shove the FA Cup where the sun doesn't shine if that was the will of the families.

I hate this country full of ignorant pricks. If someone suggested that the families of the victims killed in the 9/11 disaster had to work on the day of the anniversary, they would be absolute uproar. Different rule for us though, F***ing shitbags 

Glad he's taking it seriously:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2128136/Alan-Davies-posts-Twitter-picture-mocking-Scousers.html

Seems to be getting some media support, too.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100150255/alan-davies-has-committed-a-thought-crime-against-the-post-hillsborough-cult-of-emotional-correctness/

I heard something about the Hillsborough Foundation rejecting his donation but I never knew why. This is F***ing disgusting. How people feel they will get away with this is sickening. Grow up!

Scumbag absolute filth

It,s called respect Mr Davies, something that decent people like the people from Liverpool have in abundance ,the one thing that money doesn,t buy ...tw*t !

Forgive me if i am being a little too pc here but.
Isnt this man showing prejudice against a type of person, a scouser, now isnt this very bad in a society that always promotes diversity and equality. So isnt he doing something that is close to racism in all but words.

Maybe we could call it regionalism, but it is what he has done, particularly showing his colours during room 101 there.

He is whats technically known as A CUNTY LITTLE CURLY haired wanna be scouser.
jelousy is a terrible thing.

I think it's funny when people call him Jonathan Creek - apparently he went mental and punched someone once... If I ever see him in the street I will definatly be shouting that at him - and perhaps other choice words...

It was massivley disrespectfull and showed an absolute lack of class... When I was younger sometimes I said something stupid then plowed into it with no regard - this is what children do. I know how it feels to say something you regret, however if he issued a full appoligy, said he had had a drink or it was a hot rush of blood to the head - made a much bigger dontation to the fund and actually been sincere about it he may well have been able to walk away from this with some dignity...

P.S I bet he is looking forward to Sunday 23rd September for his gig in Liverpool..!

P.S I bet he is looking forward to Sunday 23rd September for his gig in Liverpool..!

Liverpool people have long memories, he'll be lucky to come out unscathed, typical ignorant arsenal loving scumbag, 

Forgive me if i am being a little too pc here but.
Isnt this man showing prejudice against a type of person, a scouser, now isnt this very bad in a society that always promotes diversity and equality. So isnt he doing something that is close to racism in all but words.

Maybe we could call it regionalism, but it is what he has done, particularly showing his colours during room 101 there.

He is whats technically known as A CUNTY LITTLE CURLY haired wanna be scouser.
jelousy is a terrible thing.

Isn't that a bit curlylittlecuntist? 

As regards Davies, all he's done is make himself look like a complete and utter tw*t. He's dragged the trolls up who are backing him and the rest of normal society think he's a c**t. His bridge is burned.

Curly haired little c**t.

Robbie Savage put it well in his column with the Daily Mirror. He merely pointed to Davies that Hillsborough was not a topic for football banter. The fact you can bring such a sensitive topic up in a roly poly football discussion was incredibly insensitive. Strange coming from a man who presented himself as some sort of anti Thatcherite/anti establishment during his youth in the 80s in a Channel 4 documentary a while back. Of course we all now know that was just an attention seeking image of coolness from Mr Davies (as it is with the majority of these youthful "left wing" toss pots who lead lives that is everything but that) as his words over Hillsborough probably echoes the words of the above authorities who we all know harbour similar opinions. As if we believe he believes in an inquiry - F**k off.

Wtf it has to do with an Arsenal fan I don't know but tbh I could see why a Chelsea fan would be a tad peeved at how it may influence their season...

Actually a lot of Arsenal fans have shown a great deal of respect towards hillsborough over the years, including probably one of Davies heroes in Henry and really who F***ing cares about chelsea and their F***ing season!

Insensitive tw*t! Was watching Off The Ball on ESPN last night and the lad that presents the podcast with him (don't know his name, care less) was actually trying to defend him, says he got the tone wrong... the TONE!!! Ffs kids with excuses, grow the F**k up and educate yourselves you immature, smug tw*ts!

Ah. Nice one c**t. Starting a debate that should never be.
Stick your money, it'll not change the fact you've snowballed a discussion around something where the club, fans and families just want to pay respects.
C.U.N.T.

What a half-witted F**k-knuckle.

Tosser... Keep your money you pr**k.

Now i think we all should stop giving him the free press he wants for his up coming tour.

From watching QI it was always obvious he was the stupid one.

Not sure what to make of this Tony Evans piece:

LIVERPOOL’S INTERNET TERRORISTS PICKED THE WRONG TARGET

                               Alan Davies got it wrong on Twitter but in the real world there are far more serious issues for fans

TOMORROW John Glover will try to go to Anfield for the annual memorial service on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. If he can get there, it will be his last.
 
John is in the terminal stages of cancer. Ian, his son, died at the age of 20 on the Leppings Lane terraces before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in 1989. The Glover family is still waiting to learn the exact circumstances of the last, nightmarish hour of Ian’s life. Another 95 families are in a similar position. Yet this week, the discourse about Hillsborough has been dominated by a comedian on Twitter.
 


Alan Davies, the star of Jonathan Creek, made some misjudged remarks on a podcast. First, he rightly criticised the timing of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals. Chelsea, who play Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow at Wembley, kick off at 6pm, a ridiculous piece of scheduling given that the West London club face Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday. Davies suggested the cause was that Liverpool refused to play on April 15 and questioned why this was allowed to happen. But he missed the point.
 
The timing is less about Liverpool’s reluctance to play on the anniversary than the Football Association’s desire to maximise revenues from Wembley. A sensible solution would have been to play the Liverpool-Everton match at Old Trafford today at 12.30pm and Chelsea’s tie in London at 5.30pm.
 
What happened next is disturbing. A substantial number of Liverpool fans bombarded Davies with abuse and threats on Twitter. Even an apology did not halt the avalanche of invective. A backlash began and, as Davies withdrew from the argument, there were plenty of voices ready to give another airing to the clichés about “whingeing Scousers” A storm on Twitter is a dust devil rather than a typhoon: it blows up quickly and dissipates, leaving little damage. However, the abuse of Davies cannot be ignored. He may have been wrong, but he has a right to hold an opinion without receiving threats. Confronted with rational counter-arguments, he might have changed his mind.
 
Liverpool’s support is huge and committed. Its online fanbase helped to oust former owners of the club two years ago. Tom Hicks, one of those owners, spoke of “internet terrorists”.
 
Some clearly feel the need to live up to the billing, but they do their cause a disservice with misguided salvoes, dripping in bile. The energy spent on berating the likes of Davies should instead be focused on flooding the inboxes of politicians with a simple question: why, 23 years on, do we still not know the truth about a police cover-up that reached Cabinet level?
 
The Hillsborough Independent Panel (HIP), chaired by the Right Reverend James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, is managing the release of documents relating to the disaster. It has put off declaring its findings until the autumn. That will be too late for Mr Glover. The real issue for fans this week should have been why the Glover family has been denied access to information about Ian.
 
HIP says it is vital that all material is realised in context. Yet a number of leaks have proved that it is impossible to manage the flow of information.
 
Mr Glover has placed a formal request to see the Cabinet minutes relating to Hillsborough. There is no legal reason to prevent this, yet he has been refused. A man who has fought for justice since 1989 will die without seeing the information he craved. Such a decision undermines the moral force of the panel. And it is wrong.
 
Most of those who abused Alan Davies on Twitter will not even be aware of the Glovers’ plight. They should start to redirect their anger.

This article first appeared in The Times on April 14 2012 and is reproduced here with permission.


http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2012/04/liverpool%e2%80%99s-internet-terrorists-picked-the-wrong-target/

He caused that today... I'm convinced of it.

There was a banner at Wembley on Saturday saying "Alan Davies...Quite Ignorant".

There was a banner at Wembley on Saturday saying "Alan Davies...Quite Ignorant".

Haha, I never noticed that!

So he says all that and then decides he can make it all go away with cash. Classy. Brilliant example that the HJC have set, not just by declining it, but by explaining why they have done so.

And in that video that Dunlop posted on the 1st page, he just comes across as a F***ing brat who hates Liverpool for some reason.

Do people in Liverpool go round saying they're all funny enough to be a stand up comic? No. I believe what many scousers say is that they all have a sense of humour, which is always something I've found.

Utter bellend, hope this drags his career down.

Not sure what to make of this Tony Evans piece:

LIVERPOOL’S INTERNET TERRORISTS PICKED THE WRONG TARGET

Mr Glover has placed a formal request to see the Cabinet minutes relating to Hillsborough. There is no legal reason to prevent this, yet he has been refused. A man who has fought for justice since 1989 will die without seeing the information he craved. Such a decision undermines the moral force of the panel. And it is wrong.
 
Most of those who abused Alan Davies on Twitter will not even be aware of the Glovers’ plight. They should start to redirect their anger.

I agree with Evans, especially with the remaining quote.

If all the divvies threatening violence would have hit Davies with reasoned arguments, of which there are plenty, then Davies would have ended up more educated as a result. Now he, and the resulting dickheads who agree with his sentiments coming out of the woodwork, will carry on just because they know it pisses us off.

dumb racist tosser, chuck him in the bin

We had to face Chelsea (And beat them) with two days rest.....they'll live.......and then get destroyed by Barca anyway. They really think a day is going to make a difference to the stomping they will get?

Laughable isn't it when a pro footballer can't do 180 minutes over a 4 day period but Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic battle out an almost 5 hour game of tennis giving their all throughout.

His point is a load of nonsense.

The fact is, the day is a day to remember the people who past on. It has no use as anything else to people who want to remember, thats its use as a day, a day of RESPECT, something he seems to have forgotten.

I know on the days my love ones have passed on I like some alone time and to be on myself to remember the times that were had and thats how it should be. If my employer phoned me up and said 'get in today, I don't care about that, you need to work', i'd tell him/her where to stick the job, right up their backside. These types of things are bigger than football and football should be put aside for these types of things, not the other way around.

Is Davies implying Chelsea's players fitness is more important than remembering those that were lost? I think he is. What a complete idiot.

Where's this pr**k in all of this? F***ing posh boy c**t.

This guy epitomises the southern posh pr**k - he claims he was part of the 'leftist' rise of alternative comedy against Thatcher. Well, he's no better than the establishment he claims he was against - F***ing champagne socialist, can't stand him. He was part of the stream of champagne socialist sh*te that came out of the 80s, no funnier than Ben Elton. Complete and utter toss pot.

Alan also tells us that he welcomes the report into the Hillsborough disaster and greatly regrets comments made about Liverpool not playing on the anniversary of the disaster.

Alan's show, 'Life is Pain', is on tour now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yr9t4

Tickets not selling well in Liverpool!

Cant believe he hasnt cancelled the show and cant believe anyone from Liverpool would turn up.

I can believe the weasel hasn't had the balls to apologise and admit he's a cu*t

I was wondering when this "comedian" would Apologise and Welcome the Report's findings.

A lot of Humble Pie being eaten at present.

Sorry but he too can F**k Off.

Not watched QI since his crass comments.

Remember watching his documentary last year about how he was from a radical stream of anti establishment/socialist comedians from the 80s. Yet the massive cock was happy to pander to establishment lies and derogatory themes about the city of Liverpool and Liverpool FC. The laughable thing though is that on the day of the report findings he was tweeting about it with a carefree attitude as if he had said nothing of the sort. What a massive cock.

Thankfully I've never found him funny. First I just saw him as some guy who who doesn't know when to end a joke that has been long dead along with his fellow "comedian" Phil Jupitus (yeah the piss never dries at the BBC). He was unfunny. Now he's an unfunny MASSIVE cock.