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[Albion] Adam Johnson



GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,377
Gloucester
IF we stay in the EU, will freedom of movement allow him to play anywhere in the EU, if wanted?

Brexit won't make any difference. He has skills (probably a bit more than he's been credited with on here) as a footballer which will be in demand. If someone in the EU wants to employ him, and he wants to go, it will happen; there might be a few more forms to ill in, but so what.....................
 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
10,840
IF we stay in the EU, will freedom of movement allow him to play anywhere in the EU, if wanted?

Yes, however the fact he's out on licence will mean he's going to have certain restrictions on his movements. This is likely to include having to get permission if he wants to leave the UK for any reason.
 

Weststander

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NSC Licker Extraordinaire
Aug 25, 2011
63,156
Withdean area
Brexit won't make any difference. He has skills (probably a bit more than he's been credited with on here) as a footballer which will be in demand. If someone in the EU wants to employ him, and he wants to go, it will happen; there might be a few more forms to ill in, but so what.....................

Thanks, but I was commenting on the bit where “visas” were mentioned. Would Johnson require a visa if for example he went to play in Sweden or Poland just now?
 


BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
Perhaps he will buy a football team and make himself player/manager as I see Hednesford Town, who we bought Nobby Horton from, is up for sale. It would depend on how the FA classify 'fit and proper person' would it be financial or moral.
 

JoeKidd

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Mar 15, 2015
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Perhaps he will buy a football team and make himself player/manager as I see Hednesford Town, who we bought Nobby Horton from, is up for sale. It would depend on how the FA classify 'fit and proper person' would it be financial or moral.

I thought we signed Horton from Port Vale.
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,165
Age of consent for females and males has been 16 since 1885 (when it was raised from 13 to 16)

Thanks mate - interesting. I literally swear we were told it was different for boys at school but lots of people have said to me since it was the same all along.
 

pornomagboy

wake me up before you gogo who needs potter when
May 16, 2006
6,012
peacehaven
wouldn't want him walking out with a mascot

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Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008
31,743
Brighton
Or he could get a job outside football, and get his football playing fix with a pub team, or five-a-side games with workmates at the local sports centre.

Why are people going to such lengths to find away to get him a football career back? No one has a right to be a footballer.
 

BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
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Haywards Heath
Or he could get a job outside football, and get his football playing fix with a pub team, or five-a-side games with workmates at the local sports centre.

Why are people going to such lengths to find away to get him a football career back? No one has a right to be a footballer.

Because irrespective of peoples views on him and his crime he has a right to earn a living as part of his rehabilitation and playing football is what he is trained for and has always done. The problem comes with finding a suitable employer.
 

Acker79

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Because irrespective of peoples views on him and his crime he has a right to earn a living as part of his rehabilitation and playing football is what he is trained for and has always done. The problem comes with finding a suitable employer.

So? Again, that doesn't give him a right to specifically earn a living by playing football. If he has to look elsewhere for a job, so be it. He's young enough that he can learn new skills (he may have had the opportunity to do so during his time in prison).

And still, why are a bunch of Brighton fans so interested in working out a way for him to go back to his previous life as if nothing happened?
 


drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
22,981
Burgess Hill
Because irrespective of peoples views on him and his crime he has a right to earn a living as part of his rehabilitation and playing football is what he is trained for and has always done. The problem comes with finding a suitable employer.

Sorry but that argument doesn't really hold water. Firstly, he doesn't have a right to earn a living as a footballer. There are plenty of people who trained purely as a footballer and then never made the grade. Also, there are many footballers who have to change careers when their footballing days are behind them. So, if he can find a club that will take him on then fair enough but otherwise he has to do what everyone else in society does when they lose one career.
 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
10,840
Because irrespective of peoples views on him and his crime he has a right to earn a living as part of his rehabilitation and playing football is what he is trained for and has always done. The problem comes with finding a suitable employer.

What a stupid argument, by that logic a teacher who had been convicted of sexual offences should be able to return to the profession as its what they trained for.
 

BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
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Haywards Heath
What a stupid argument, by that logic a teacher who had been convicted of sexual offences should be able to return to the profession as its what they trained for.

Totally different as a teacher will be dealing with a children of some age but he would never need to have contact with children.

I wouldn't want him to be signed by us but if a club is prepared to sign him and accept the s..t they would get so be it.
 

Wilko

LUZZING chairs about
Sep 19, 2003
9,921
BN1
People liberally throwing the word nonce and paedo about on here need to look up the definition of that word. As Martin Samuel pointed out on Sunday supplement this morning, a Paedophile is a person attracted to pre-pubescent children, not a 15 year old who could pass for a few years older.

This is non condoning what he did, he is a sex offender and any club would be mad to give him a chance. He deserved his time in the slammer but let'e be a bit careful with the language being banded around FFS.
 


Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008
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Brighton
Totally different as a teacher will be dealing with a children of some age but he would never need to have contact with children.

I wouldn't want him to be signed by us but if a club is prepared to sign him and accept the s..t they would get so be it.

Thank god no 15 year olds are interested in football, eh? Carry on, Adam! :facepalm:
 

Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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People liberally throwing the word nonce and paedo about on here need to look up the definition of that word. As Martin Samuel pointed out on Sunday supplement this morning, a Paedophile is a person attracted to pre-pubescent children, not a 15 year old who could pass for a few years older.

This is non condoning what he did, he is a sex offender and any club would be mad to give him a chance. He deserved his time in the slammer but let'e be a bit careful with the language being banded around FFS.

Martin Samuel 'writes' for a nasty little rag, so we can discount his opinion.

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 does not define paedophilia as such. But it does define victims in the age bracket 13 to 15, as being children.
 

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