Ched Evans signed by Oldham Athletic

Reading a bit of a backstory of the club. It seems like the boss Has been trying to leave the club, has he used ched Evans as a way to pass blame on the club's folding or am I just inventing conspiracies

Just love that, "White London feminists sat in London"

WLFSIL. yay!!

Great result!
Re: White London Feminists- I work next to the latics ground and frequently get stuck in match traffic- whilst this isn't a scientific study I don't think OAFC fans are representative of the ethnic mix of Oldham.

So pleased he has stood down. Apology was very half arsed. As was said above, it would mean more if they took the website down.

Completely agree Puffins

It's great that OAFC have decided not to sign him.

It's a bit of a Pyrrhic victory though.

Allegations against the 'anti's' have been greeted with glee by those sections of social media who have been issuing death and rape threats against us for the last few months. Despite them being denied to the Police, they still crop up in the statement.

The Owner, it seems, is to flounce, taking his money with him, which may mean that OAFC won't exist by the end of the season. Which would be a great shame, as he seems to have been the main motivator behind the move, so all the approbation rests with him, but OAFC will be left with the fallout.

boltonn, genuine question: are those football 'fans' who've been chanting 'Ched Evans, he fucks who he wants' for the past couple of years the same ones who, in your opinion, should have the final say as to his professional future?

And on 'white feminists sat in London', do you think it's true that a) this group is the only one that's signed the petition and/or b) this group should not have a say? If your answer to b) is 'yes' then, again, genuinely, I'd like to hear why.

RESULT!!

I am so glad that Oldham haven't signed him.

Still disgraceful that they considered it in the first place.

I'm not in London.

I was born in Oldham. I used to go to school with the son of the OA manager at the time. Pretty please can I have a say?

You make it sound like only white feminists are the ones signing the petitions or the ones objecting? If it were left up to fans whether players got signed then football would be even more racist and homophobic (and probably misogynistic) than it already is, judging by the chanting and truly awful behaviour around black and gay players.

Having had a good trawl through OAFC's facebook pages and forums over the last few days, I can say with some ease that the majority of OAFC fans who use those platforms were firmly with those 'white feminists, sat in London, signing a petition' whoever they are.

white feminists sat in london

Oh dear

Have to say I agree with the comments, while I think Ched should no longer be working as a public figure, I don't think its for me to decide and should have been left with Oldhams fans

Only the fans should have had the final say if they wanted Ched playing for there club, not white feminists sat in london signing a petition

And here is his 'apology', although he still states he's innocent. Huh?

www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/08/ched-evans-apologises-rape-victim-oldham

Interesting comments under that article, many basically saying that 'mob rule' ( ie us ) has won!

Apparently the OAFC chairman has stood down www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/89746/corney-quits-as-ched-deal-off

From Twitter.

Ched Evans: Police say they called Oldham Athletic & sponsors and were told no threats been made; a couple of "low level abuse on Twitter."

Make of that what you will.

I'm pretty sure that his mother, sister, brother and girlfriend support him, all of whom have abused people on social media, and his FFil seems to be his biggest supporter, to the tune of £2 million, and who owns and runs the website which has caused so much of the abuse.

The best way he could show he is sincere is by demanding that the website is taken down.

Harry Redknapp, manager of Premier League side QPR, had told reporters Evans should be given a second chance.
He added: "Once you've done your time you've done your time, and somewhere along the line you've got to come out and make a go of your life.
"So it's a very difficult situation at the moment with the lad who is a footballer and wants to play football.
"He can't just not be allowed to carry on with his life."

From the BBC story.www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30727729

Please, isn't anyone in the Footballing world going to come out and say rape is bad and should be stopped? Are they all rape apologists?

So sorry for the difficult time the poor rapist who has NOT SERVED HIS (DERISORY) TIME and just wants to play football is having.

Also, he can't really say whether the people hounding his victim on social media are his supporters or not, can he? I'm sure they'd maintain that they are.

Just heard statement on news. About time but not sure how sincere it is..

3 clubs have turned him down, the website, which identified his victim in 2012 and now, in 2015 he apologises?

I'm sure it drips sincerity.

Evans statement just released

No, what that sentence implied and was pretty explicit about was that they are making out that it was the feminists who are protesting his signing who made the threats.

At no point did I say they were lying about the threats, nor did I imply it.

Rape threats and death threats are disgusting and should be investigated and punished.

I am pleased the threats will be investigated:

Greater Manchester's chief constable Sir Peter Fahy said his force would be launching an investigation into threats to the club's staff and their families.
"It is totally unacceptable," Sir Peter told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We will be contacting Oldham Athletic to make sure that it's investigated."

Puffin

Apologies if that wasn't your intention but sentences like these

"It's very clever on the club's part.

Make out that the women (and men) protesting a rapist joining the club are violent and make rape threats too. So they are 'just as bad' as the actual convicted rapist in the proCE lot's eyes."

Make it sound like your saying the club are making it up.

Sorry if that wasn't the case