He received his sentence today. Ex-Wigan Athletic defender Ronnie Stam — who won the FA Cup with the Latics in 2013 — has been jailed for seven years for drug smuggling. Stam, alongside his brother, attempted to import 700kg worth of cocaine from the South-American nation of Chile, as first reported by Dutch newspaper De […]

7 months ago

Ronnie Stam maintains his innocence Ex-Premier League defender Ronnie Stam, who memorably clinched the FA Cup with Wigan Athletic in 2013, is staring down the barrel of some serious prison time. He and his brother Rudi stand accused of smuggling £48 million’s worth of cocaine from South America to their home country of the Netherlands. […]

9 months ago

McClean had taken to social media in the aftermath of the game to highlight the alleged sectarian abuse he received. Blackpool FC have been charged by the English FA in relation to abuse directed by the club’s fans towards James McClean during last week’s fixture against Wigan Athletic. The game, which Blackpool won 1-0 against […]

3 years ago

“You know what side of the fence I’m on.” Graeme Souness insists he abhors the type of abuse James McClean gets when he plays his club football, at grounds across England, but his advice ‘to get on with it’ was never going to go down well. The former Liverpool and Rangers players, and boss, was […]

3 years ago

‘This post is not one for sympathy, but one of anger’ James McClean has taken to social media with a defiant message after a Wigan Post reporter shared footage of some vile abuse and chanting directed at the midfielder by Sunderland supporters, on Saturday. The Republic of Ireland international started for Wigan Athletic in their […]

3 years ago

Before everyone gets into a tizzy… Ahead of this evening’s football games, in England, many football fans, and talking heads, were wondering aloud if James McClean and the Liverpool fans would show their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II. As if there is not enough for folks to be concerning themselves with, at a […]

3 years ago