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Article: Batt and bawl; WHINING SOCCER STARS MAKE ME SAUX ANGRY.(Sport)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 17, 1998
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HAS there ever been a footballer more aptly named than David Batty?
Sent off for throwing a punch at Blackburn's Garry Flitcroft, Batty then shoved referee David Elleray on his way to the dressing room, where he no doubt aimed a kick at the wall.
Arsenal's Emmanuel Petit, a first offender, got a three-match ban for brushing a speck of dust off referee's Paul Durkin's shirt and an extra match for being French.
So seeing that Batty has more form than Norman Stanley Fletcher, you would think he would have reckoned to have got off lightly not being ...