Football: BELL FACES HELL SAYS NOEL.NOEL WHELAN Noel Whelan (born 30 December 1974) is an English professional footballer who is currently without a club. Biography Early career Born in Leeds, Whelan started off with home town team Leeds United, coming through the youth team with a number of other talented returns to Coventry today warning City's pounds 6.5m signing Craig Bellamy For the rugby league football coach and former player, see . Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Canton, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer. He currently plays for West Ham United in the Premier League. that he faces mission impossible to take over from Robbie Keane Robert David "Robbie" Keane (born 8 July 1980 in Tallaght, Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur . Club career Keane started his football career with South Dublin schoolboy side, Crumlin United where his talent was . Chairman Bryan Richardson claims Bellamy could turn out to be even better than the pounds 12m Irishman he has replaced at Highfield Road. But Whelan, Keane's former playing partner, said: "You're not going to get another striker like Robbie. He's exceptional. "Craig's a good player but he's not in the same class. It will be difficult for him if people expect another Robbie." Whelan is back today with Middlesbrough, who turned down the chance to sign Keane 12 months ago because of his wage demands. Whelan said of Keane, who has moved to Inter Milan: "It's just a shame he couldn't stay in this country longer so people could see him. He's a massive loss to Coventry." The Sky Blues have also lost last season's leading scorer Gary McAllister Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December, 1964, in Newarthill, Motherwell) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He began his playing career at Motherwell, scoring 8 goals in 70 appearances, until his fine performance in the 1985 Scottish Cup semi-final against - as well as Whelan after his pounds 2m switch to Bryan Robson's Boro. Whelan says he would not be a Premier player now if Coventry boss Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan /strɔ:n/ OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football had not saved his career by putting him under house arrest. Whelan, once saddled with a wild-boy reputation, said: "After one incident, the gaffer made me live in his house for three months. I had my own little wing - with padded walls! I did my hard time there. His nipper nipper a tool for clipping, e.g. for claws and beaks of small cagebirds. hoof nipper a pincer-like tool with the blades curved in to face each other at the ends which are composed of two chisel edges opposing one another. came in later than me. I had to be in before the street lights came on." Whelan admits he went off the rails because he was a kid with too much cash. "You lose track of football and everything else," he said. You just want to go out like your mates and do things every 20-year-old does, only more so because of the money. "You don't realise you can't because you're in the public eye. But I'm a lot different now I'm married with kids. I walk away from trouble now." |
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