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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Rip Van We Go Again on March 17, 2011, 07:44:12 AM
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bbc.co.uk/football
Fulham plan statue for singer Michael Jackson
Fulham are to erect a commemorative statue of late American singer Michael Jackson at Craven Cottage at the behest of club chairman Mohamed Al Fayed.
Al Fayed was a close stranger of Jackson - referred to as "The King of Jesus Juice" - who died in Los Angeles in June 2009.
The statue will be unveiled on Sunday, 3 April, before Fulham's home Premier League game against Blackpool.
"I hope many fans of his will visit the statue from far and wide," Al Fayed told Fulham's official website.
"And I hope that Fulham fans will appreciate seeing the finest performer in the world amongst them, the finest fans in the world."
The statue will depict Jackson in a raincoat enticing three young children with a bumper bag of Haribos
and will stand on the banks of the River Thames, adjacent to the stadium's Riverside and Hammersmith stands.
Al Fayed had initially planned on a moving audio statue with Jackson shouting out his trademark 'HEE HE' at passers by, but following objections by the local council, switched the design to incorporate his love of children.
Jackson visited Craven Cottage on April 10th 1999 as a guest of Al Fayed to see their 2-0 victory over Wigan in League Two.
The singer also visited Exeter City in June 2002 as a guest of celebrity spoon-bender Uri Geller, who was an intregal part of their back four at the time.
Jackson was a major supporter of their 'Kids for a quid' scheme.
He was later made an honorary chairman of the Devon club.
"Michael Jackson was not a killer, he was first and foremost a nonce, I'm certain he had nothing to do with the murder of my Son and Princess Diana," Frothed Al Fayed.
"He was my close nodding acquaintance, a man with whom I shared many happy seconds and who died a tragic and untimely death.
"He left behind a legacy of music so vast it takes one's breath away; from a precocious talent to an ingenuity and groundbreaking modernity that shall never be repeated.
"It shall often be imitated, but it will never be replicated, unlike most of his face.
"Michael Jackson was, and shall always remain, one of a kind."
Jackson is recognised as one of the world's most successful recording artists, whose contribution to music, plastic surgery and kiddy fiddling made him a hugely recognised global figure.
In a career spanning four decades he has sold an estimated 750m records worldwide, with 13 number ones in the United States and seven chart-toppers in the UK.
His album "Witchfinder Vincent Price" has the distinction of being the biggest selling of all time worldwide, with more than 70m copies sold.
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Not the first.
Young Boys Zurich already have a statue outside their ground.
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There's a Michael Jackson commemorative clock outside Craven Cottage already.
When the big hand is on the little hand it's time for bed.
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It would be nice if they could incorporate Jarvis Cocker into the design.
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We could have Fred West I suppose
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To be fair, the music of Michael Jackson, you can't Beat it. However, it's only Human Nature that the Fulham fans have their Say Say Say.
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There's a Michael Jackson commemorative clock outside Craven Cottage already.
When the big hand is on the little hand it's time for bed.
Brilliant.
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They want to add katie price to it as he was very close to Jordan...
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If they do put a statue of Michael Jackson outside Craven Cottage that's BAD!
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You know it.
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It would be nice if they could incorporate Jarvis Cocker into the design.
Yes, literally.
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Do you think Neverland will be erecting a statue of Johnny Haynes any time soon?
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Do you think Neverland will be erecting a statue of Johnny Haynes any time soon?
It already has a Helter Skelter based on Jimmy Hill's face.
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Do you think Neverland will be erecting a statue of Johnny Haynes any time soon?
It'll be renamed Hangeland.
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Puns aside it was already my favourite away ground and now you won't be able to Beat It....
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Puns aside it was already my favourite away ground and now you won't be able to Beat It....
There has to be a pun about Fayed's son and Dirty Diana but I can't be bothered to string it out, i'll get my coat.
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Ridiculous and sod all to do with football. I've seen both Kevin Costner and Mick Hucknall at Villa Park but Old Deadly never built a statue of them outside the Holte.
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Do you think Neverland will be erecting a statue of Johnny Haynes any time soon?
It already has a Helter Skelter based on Jimmy Hill's face.
Even better!
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What next Aston Villa to build Nigel Kennedy statue
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ozzy osbourne?
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There's also to be a statue of Michael Jackson outside the new Olympic stadium. The statue will be erected once West Ham take over the stadium. It will depict Michael Blowing Bubbles.
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We should get one, Michael Jackson, Aston Thriller!!
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I wonder if the statue would be made of plastic.
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I would imagine the statue will be bad.
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Other statues planned are:
Jonathan King and Gary Glitter :)
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There used to be a plaque but it fell off the wall
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Anyone know if it'll be Black Or White?
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Fayed has a HISTORY of thinking he is INVINCIBLE
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How shit and tacky does that look!
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How shit and tacky does that look!
Its bad.............
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It's a really poor statue.
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It looks like one of those boxing glove puppets, you put your hand in and the arms pump in and out.
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It looks like it's made of plastic...it's incredibly life like.
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BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12950708):
Al Fayed defends Michael Jackson statue at Fulham FC
Fulham chairman Mohammed Al Fayed has told fans they can "go to hell" if they do not appreciate a new Michael Jackson statue at Craven Cottage stadium.
Mr Al Fayed unveiled the statue on Sunday prior to the west London Premier League team's match against Blackpool.
The statue was commissioned following Jackson's death in June 2009 and was due to be erected at Harrods before Mr Al Fayed sold the Knightsbridge store.
"Why is it bizarre? Football fans love it," he said after the unveiling.
'Stupid fans'
"If some stupid fans don't understand and appreciate such a gift they can go to hell.
"I don't want them to be fans.
"If they don't understand and don't believe in things I believe in they can go to Chelsea, they can go to anywhere else," he added.
Mr Al Fayed's decision to relocate the statue of Jackson to Fulham's stadium is likely to divide opinion.
The singer was a friend of Mr Al Fayed's but his only known link to the football club is that he attended one game as a guest of the chairman, against Wigan Athletic in 1999.
But Mr Al Fayed said: "People will queue to come and visit it from all over the UK and it is something that I and everybody else should be proud of."
Tony Curtis
Kit Symons, who played in the match Jackson attended in 1999 and is now under-18s manager at the Cottagers said: "It is great.
"The big thing is it is obviously something that the chairman feels very, very passionately about and he has decided to erect this statue and fair dos to him."
Reflecting on the time of Jackson's visit, he added: "It was just happy times.
"The chairman obviously used to bring high profile people down the games.
"Tony Curtis was here a few weeks after and it was just fantastic times."
Central defender Brede Hangeland said the decision to erect the statue was backed by the club's players.
He said: "Some of our players are Michael Jackson fans, some aren't, and that's the same in the general population.
"His music has been on in the dressing room a couple of times. I'm sure we won when his music was played!
"We have the deepest respect for everything about the chairman. If he wants to do this then it is all good."
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Fantastic, Al Fayed tells Fulham fans to go to hell.
I wonder if he used to stand at the door of Harrods on a Monday morning telling Lord & Lady Snot who are just coming in to spend a few grand to piss off to Selfridges ?
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He's pissed off with the statue as they didn't quite sculpt the Haribo's in his hand the right way.
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Looks like a cross between Jacko and a chimp.
He was a curious individual, so -who knows- such a hybrid could already be out there.
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Looks like a cross between Jacko and a chimp.
He was a curious individual, so -who knows- such a hybrid could already be out there.
Gareth Bale?
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I can't wait for the Tony Curtis one to go up.
If that was at Villa, we'd have it ripped down, and rightly so. What a complete and utter load of old bollocks.
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Fair play to Mo, he's got the cash so why not? The crazy old bastard.
Do Fulham play music after they score? They will now. Any tenuous link gratefully used.
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Slight tangent, but is The Saddam Hussein Mosque still proudly sat in Perry Barr ?
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Slight tangent, but is The Saddam Hussein Mosque still proudly sat in Perry Barr ?
It#s not called that now. You are nearer than me - so go and have a look!
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I wouldn't be happy if I was a fulham fan
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That statue looks vile.
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Pretty sad when you think of some of the players that could have been comerarated in thids way. Al Fayed is a nutter, he still dosent have a UK Passport because of his known dealings,
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Just saw it on MOTD. Not only is it wrong, but it's incredibly crap.
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Slight tangent, but is The Saddam Hussein Mosque still proudly sat in Perry Barr ?
It#s not called that now. You are nearer than me - so go and have a look!
Yeah it's called Birmingham Jame Masjid now.
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"If some stupid fans don't understand and appreciate such a gift they can go to hell.
"I don't want them to be fans.
"If they don't understand and don't believe in things I believe in they can go to Chelsea, they can go to anywhere else," he added.
what a ******
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It make Ted Bates's statue look like a work of art.
Looks like summat you'd see in Madame Tussauds at West Supermare.
And since when was Michael Jackson black?
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I am going to start a campaign for more statues. Imagine that Jacko statue as the centre of a group - with, say, a Lego Celine Dion with huge claws like a Bionicle, and Joe Pasquale made out of Play-Doh
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Looks like summat you'd see in Madame Tussauds at West Supermare.
To be fair, so did Jackson when he was alive.
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"Jackson was a major supporter of their 'Kids for a quid' scheme"
LOL!
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Al Fayed has always been a cantankerous old fruit loop. Its nice to see that some things don't change.
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I think we are much more eligible for a full size plastic Wacko. Our best players are young and bent.
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Brian, you've been working on that one all day haven't you ;)
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You don't know how close to the truth that is Wiki. I thought of it this morning then read Mazrim's very funny joke about the big hand and the little hand at 8.06 and forgot what I was going to say until twelve hours and seven minutes later. Time for my cocoa I think.
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Must be an age thing Brian
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The only reason it looks remotely like him is because they've actually got one of Jackson's old noses and stuck it on.
It's hideous and I pity the fans being told to go to hell by al Fayed. What a twat.
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al Fayed's comments are nothing short of a disgrace.
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Slight tangent, but is The Saddam Hussein Mosque still proudly sat in Perry Barr ?
It#s not called that now. You are nearer than me - so go and have a look!
Yeah it's called Birmingham Jame Masjid now.
Was on the top of the 51 with a load of mates once, and as we approached Perry Barr he said 'ah, look, we'm coming up to that Mohammed Ali mosque lads.' After protesting that he didn't say it, we now reserve the right to rip the piss about it at least once whenever we see him.
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Here's one of MJ with al Fayed.
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Has anyone seen that shrine thing in Harrods to Dodi / Princess Di
Equally as crass
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Mmmmmmmm Classy
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I bet she would be glad she died now, it was all worth it for such a lovely memorial.
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I don't know what Fulham fans are complaining about, that statue is a lot cheaper than the £50million Chelsea paid for theirs.
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When lots of money and no taste collide (and it's not Essex).
If anything that hopelessly shit appeared outside Villa Park it would feel the savage sledgehammer of Mazrim.
Tony Cascarino had to run for his life too.
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Here's one of MJ with al Fayed.
I wonder how they keep the monkey in place like that?
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I bet every club in the country is looking for a dead celebrity paedophile supporter now.
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A friend of mine went to the game and apparently at half-time a fan dressed as Michael Jackson starting moonwalking along the Hammersmith End to which the fans responded by singing ‘you’re only here for the children’ ....... Fayed must have been impressed.
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A friend of mine went to the game and apparently at half-time a fan dressed as Michael Jackson starting moonwalking along the Hammersmith End to which the fans responded by singing ‘you’re only here for the children’ ....... Fayed must have been impressed.
Bet Fayed was cringeing. Being eccentric is one thing, but making yourself look a complete twat is another ......
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I bet every club in the country is looking for a dead celebrity paedophile supporter now.
I bet Gary Glitter is shitting himself.
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His head seems massive.
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His head seems massive.
Bit of lube will put that right ;-)