Afternoon!x Sincere apologies to the many hundreds of folk who 'cheered'...acknowledged and physically hugged me and my efforts yesterday on behalf of us all. I popped into a couple of popular drinking holes and the Supporters Club of Cambridge United to be met with such a reception...and yes...inspired and felt appreciated....BRILLIANT...X My apology is in the delay in 'reporting' back the outcome of my desire to attend the FA Cup game v Coventry. My delay is because I have been watching intently the Supreme Court hearing regarding the Brexit vote and Law surrounding it. As I have said in the comments above....my priorities are and have been elsewhere in recent years on a National/International scale and indeed 'local' football...which is a pleasure and joy....has taken a back seat as such. However....I started this thread...and as there is a recess for lunch I will finish it!x
Before I carry on I welcome Simon from the National Police Chiefs Council who featured on 5 live over the weekend and Karen from the English FA who also expressed her 'shock' over the reality they are facing via interviews. I emailed them both and invited them to review my comments made in this thread as I believe they are great background knowledge to how the Industry works behind the scenes...and can affect Community's and environments Nationwide. I also extend a very warm welcome to folk from
www.theoffsidetrust.com/ who have launched this morning with superb Leadership from Andy Woodward and others...X My comments made to you all this morning via Email are sincere and available as you see fit...X
I think it best to summarise what happened yesterday as I attempted to enter the Abbey Stadium to attend the game....which will expose the reality football has out there. It is the first time I have made an effort to attend since begging to be allowed to attend with my Cousin John when Manchester United were drawn against CUFC in the FA Cup nearly 2 years ago. My Cousin is featured below in the pic. He was born with Cerebral Palsy and has been a LEGEND among Man U players and staff since Ron Atkinson was Manager. I made sure of it. Ron and I go back to the 70's when I was sat in the rafters of the Abbey leading the singing as we soared through the Leagues winning 4th/3rd/2nd Div promotions. I was his 'monkey in the rafters'...for which I was proud...and to this day have never considered it a racist connotation but more of a 'mischievous' appraisal...because we were!!! That support from the stands we gave Ron and the squad was instrumental in us winning those promotions...both he and I know that. We have remained friends to this day....and yes...of course....he did what he could for my Cuz who was based in Manchester since moving there early 70's....and every Manager and player has done ever since....for which i am forever grateful...X
He is a Season ticket holder up Man U obviously....but when he travels then it is a major task and preparations need making. As he has been a lifelong Man U fan...and me a fan of CUFC since 1973...then of course it was a fixture made in heaven...for us both. I appealed to CUFC to see the 'human' side of this event which we could have got good PR for all round....but sadly...their ego's... 'Political' situation didn't allow for such POSITIVE stuff to go ahead. The club ignored my requests and indeed my Cuz did not travel to the Cambridge home fixture. I will say the following as it is...as a consequence.......Rooney did not play....simple as.....a 'f**k em' was apparently heard echoing around the changing rooms and corridors of 'power' up Man U...so i heard!x Who lost out? 1000's who were hoping to see him....because of ego's and tripe generated within a Clubs Board and Staff. No other reason. Oh....and the Chairman of CUFC missed his 'Champagne reception' at Man U.....err....his coach 'broke down' and made him late. I will add...my networks extend to the transportation industry too.....both local...and National. I did though fill in in his absence and was invited into the Board room for pre match formalities and flew the flag for CUFC...as i do!x In essence...the Chairman shot himself and 'his' Club in the foot...not me...or my Cuz. We wos happy with the result...and he got to paint the Club toilets as his reward for the venture out of the profits of the fixture.....!x
I chose to go to my Cuz John in Manchester and surprise him with my presence for the Cambridge home fixture......and did me bit for local and National press friends at the Man U end return leg as the Chairman was delayed...awww..!x
Therefore...given the above....I did not feel happy approaching the Club with a request to attend for the Coventry fixture. My reason for wanting to go was two fold....and i posted them on my FB page for all to see and understand....here they are....
"Morning!x I have decided to attend my local Club Cambridge Uniteds FA Cup game today v Coventry. I have not been to a home game for 5 years. There has been and I believe still is a 'Political' ban placed on me which in effect bans me from stepping on their rented land. However....I have not felt the need to confront it in the past several years....too busy elsewhere. I do not intend to confront it today. I am just going....end of. I will be walking the steps that little Harley won't be making anymore. Harley died of Leukemia a week or so ago. Like Lexy....he was a U...by birth. It's a kind of pilgrimage....with him and other 'kid' stuff in mind. I look forward to seeing my many friends and 'family' there.....X Have a happy day all........I intend too....X
LUV
SOOTY
X"
www.facebook.com/nathan.turner.718/videos/10157816189505383/So...I had made my position clear. Upon entering the ground...a hand landed on my shoulder...and I saw a flash of 'green fluorescence'...and realised it was possibly 'authoritative'. My instant reaction was to begin saying TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF....but as i turned to see who it was....I was met with SMILING 'old friend' John!x (Pictured below as he arrested me for protesting on another occasion against now convicted Chairman of CUFC George Rolls' being our Chairman.) He has been a Policeman 'working' the 3 Clubs around here including United and Histon and many know him and indeed he is a luvly fella whom I and many have respect for and have no problems with. After a sincere 'hug' between us he announced as we parted that he couldn't let me in...I was banned! He added he wasn't a Policeman but a Head Steward of sorts directly employed by CUFC now and that was his understanding. I said there is no 'ban' in place anymore just a mutual agreement/understanding that i wasn't going to attend. He said could I wait whilst he checked the position. He called through and we made happy talk waiting for the response from whoever. Possibly Ian Darler/Police control box. The reply saddened us both....it was a 'no'...I wasn't being allowed into the ground.
He appealed to my decent attitude that I have always shown him and all Law enforcement around the Land. But...I had to make my feelings known. 3 Policemen surrounded me as i did. I said 'John...you do realise there is no justification for this 'ban'...just like the Rolls arrest...you are being 'used' to satisfy personal agendas...as are you Police folk in uniforms'. I looked at them all and elaborated as to that's how environments can be created for wrongdoing...good folk like you being utilised to 'Police' those who may be innocent to serve 'moguls' ulterior motives. John and the other Policemen acknowledged that potential...but John said he didn't know the detail...but was just doing his job! 10 months after he was 'doing his job' in the above pic...Chairman of CUFC Rolls was convicted of 10,000+ illegal bets placed within football by the English FA. I haven't received...or asked for an apology from John...or Cambs Constabulary....for 'doing their job' or helping wrongdoing to proliferate. Many of Rolls's acts were committed after the above arrest/removal........sigh. Ahead of my time...I really am....but I digress.
As he said it....those 'jobsworth' words rang out an alarm to me as they had been said by numerous folk who cried such defence when being asked what they did to stop sexual abuse when Social Workers and the like. It was a sad moment for us both....more so for me....and this is why. John...was compromised...and it was and is down to my good will as to how that unfolds for him. I know where he lives...and he will confirm I know his next door neighbours and several who live around him. I...am a 'LEGEND' among them...and believe have more qdos with those than he does based on my relations with them all developed over the years. In essence...John...a luvly Community guy....was being used by a Commercial outfit....for pay...without any foundation other than to protect wrong doing by his employers and save their face. Yet when the day of work was over....he could be left with the collateral of that.....if i chose. Fortunately.....I sympathise with his position...as i did last time. But...my point is....the actions of a football club can...and do...affect the wider Community....as my example clearly can show. I repeat to you John as i know you and colleagues are reading...no hard feelings....but as I said....at some point...YOU...and your colleagues...need to account for your in-actions...as well as actions. Cambs Police are tasked to 'investigate' abuse at our Clubs. Are they fit to do so? Considering they have been 'used' by the same environments/businesses where abuse has taken place to protect wrongdoing...for pay? Serious question based on case history a la Roll's. I...am just a messenger. My crime for the ban? To try and protect my Club,...its people...image....reputation...from wrongdoing...and wrong doers. All my actions have been vindicated over time. Gary Johnson went back to Chelsea as an innocent victim of abuse...got slung £50k and told to shut up. No one has even offered me that.....sigh.
Now...I was told to go get a refund on my ticket purchased. As I arrived at the ticket office...I was met by a very positive and sincere young guy called Gareth who is the Ticket office Manager. He...out of all those involved yesterday...needs to be commended. He 'questioned' my ban. He was not aware of me being on the 'official' FA/Police/Hooli banned list. He went to the trouble off his own back to ask why I was being refused entry! He was told....just do it. I have spoken with him today....he still has no clue as to why...but felt it only fair he question it. Fantastic to hear too...X When Gareth had put the phone down Chairman Dave Doggett appeared behind him....lurked forward over his shoulder....and with a vindictive smarmy face said...'YOU ARE NOT COMING IN'. Oops...the last time i saw that kind of face was in 2 scenario's. Once when i chose to attend a Council Meeting at the Shire Hall where a protectorate of a peedo within Cambs Social Services was due to speak at a Public meeting. I wanted to sit in the Public gallery and in effect intimidate him by my presence. I had been outing his despicable acts via a blog at the time and so he knew it as did i that he would be uncomfortable. A colleague of his ran to me as I approached the chamber with Security guards in tow and said the same thing...'YOU ARE NOT COMING IN'....in the same manner!!! Unfortunately he didn't know his own rules...and i went in anyway. The second occasion i recall being met with such 'venom' and attitude...was when confronting 2 old National Front fella's....who tried to block me going into a meeting yeaaaars ago. I have never pulled the race card in my 'confrontations' with CUFC folk...and never will...but...its how i felt by Doggett's approach.
That's the thanx i've got for trying to do right on his watch. Ian Darler...security...his henchman...was the same guy who ensured i was removed when protesting over Rolls. Not good...is it? My track record shows clearly i have SERVED the Club and its fans. Theirs have been to protect their own failings....simple as. Been there done that in more serious surroundings. Somebody needs to bring them to account. Darler in particular has had far more serious issues go on behind the scenes too whilst he has held such an authoritative position. Doing his job??? At what cost...to the Community and CUFC folk?....and victims.
After leaving the ticket office....a young Copper whom i've seen at away matches and is perhaps a 'regular' CUFC copper now....decided to put himself in my path...and innocently...naively....stupidly....announced 'Sooty...we are investigating the abuse....we have CCTC and everything being reviewed'.......it was light relief his comments!!!! I nearly pi**ed myself laughing. So i responded with....you are clueless...compromised and don't even know what you have to investigate yet! I also reminded him he is Supervising my eviction...for what? He asked me to step back a bit as perhaps my stance had become a bit 'authorative'...and rightly so....read the above comments re his colleagues over the years........no bastion of reliability or cred...end of. Fortunately for him he realised he had spoken out of turn...well...wrongly spoken to me full stop....and we parted with me assuring him it was nowt personal.....and it ain't. Just a silly kid who don't know any better......as I walked away from him again...an innocent victim of......his enforcement!!! the irony!! CCTV....hahahaha......jeeeez.
To round it off...I went in my usual 'high profile' Union Jack coat' as i went into the ground....upon leaving I changed...had makeup applied and wig....and joined friends from Coventry City who had got me a ticket in the event! I had to do it...for Harley....RIP...X
4-0....and yes....worth the 'grief'.....life is too short.
I do not apoligise for the length of this response. I hope it exposes how 'abuse' of all kinds can proliferate in a protected/intimidating environment. Police not questioning moguls/businesses reasoning...'justice' left outside of the grounds....and groups of men....'using' Community's to...well...do their thing...whatever that may be. Sadly...as Andy Woodward and many others have found out...what extremes this kind of environment can produce. We both have been 'abused'...because they can. Then discarded...paid off....ignored....as irrelevant. My reason for posting in the beginning...is to speak up for those innocent folk....all kinds. I told the young copper many people who have come to me with 'storys' over the past 2 weeks...do not trust the Clubs...or sadly the police.....and given my complete explanations....you can't blame them....can you?
I have no more to say.....and yes I have more important issues to address and deal with of a National and International nature. The 'education' I have gratefully received in the UK by 'the system' and its people will be an asset as I seek to invest that knowledge over in the US via friend Betsy DeVos who Donald has just proposed as Education Chief for the US. We have been friends since 1989...and she appreciates the education the 27 schools/insititutions including some of the best facility's outside of OXBRIDGE have provided me. Donald along with 1000's of Brexiteers via UKIP and beyond also know i was instrumental in ensuring Nige stayed at the helm to lead the fight for Brexit when he was wanting to quit! Amazing init....a President elect...US Education Secretary...and proper Politicians/Statesmen....appreciate my efforts........yet on me doorstep.....I can't even get into me own Club to honour a dead baby or disabled Cuz.
You need to look in the mirror....all of you.....and quick. I have shared my intelligence...with you in this thread. Use it...don't abuse it...I beg...X I also know such 'intelligence' has given me an edge over my local football Clubs 'moguls' and enforcement. Be proud of what YOUR Country can produce....I reckon!x I do...what it sez on the tin.....someone has too....!x
LUV
SOOTY EDWARDS
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For those interested......based on using my intelligence.....thanx to Thomas Cromwell's desire for 'power' and Henry's VIII need to be rid of another Mrs...I do believe the Royal Prerogative will prevail and yup....Theresa just needs to figure what the hell she is gonna do with such freedom the Courts will grant!!!x All bo**ox really tho'....Italians have now capitulated to its peoples desires so Europe is finished....we may not have any credible body to turn to within the EU to have to negotiate with!!!hehe!x I hope....the same will not be said for my football club and Community upon my return. Doing what I can to preserve it...as my record shows it has always been about Club...Community...and its people...in me own way...as i do!X Those who read my FB know I take that ethos Nationally....and intend to do the same Internationally...cos I can....!x Thanks for reading and I wish you all sincere success with all your endeavours in this mass 'abuse' matter. For those reeeeally keen....here is a link to another 'blog' that i created nearly 3 years ago. It was in response to the so called Westminster peedo inquiry...or debacle. In a round about way...I have had inside knowledge of that potential since 2001/2...and spoke accordingly. I said it will never reach a conclusion. It can't. The truth in there is too much for the Country and 'the system'/establishment to handle...I reckon. With that in mind....I can safely say this.....none of what has happened within the football world.....has such connotations. It is a 'BUSINESS' that needs bringing to account and actions done by members/Clubs within it....simple as. It can be dealt with.....just do it........I reckon.
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