 There
are few redeeming features of this ex-Manchester United and Aston Villa
and now Manchester United goalkeeper which are worth mentioning. Like an
obsequious MP who goes around kissing babies, Mark Bosnich seems to
leave people in tears and in a rage in his wake.
Our particular case against the Aussie
whinger has more merit than other clubs. For some reason, he seems to
have it in for us, but this probably stems from his appearance at White
Hart Lane when he slid into Jurgen Klinsmann, bringing him down in the
box and getting away without conceding a penalty. He gave Jurgen some
stick for diving and he got some  back
from the Spurs crowd. In the return game at Villa Park that season, he
was lucky that on the same night Eric Cantona decided to flip and
kung-fu his way into football infamy at Selhurst Park. In Tottenham’s
match it was Klinsmann’s turn to flip (see above), courtesy of a
cynical headlong rush from his line by Bosnich, that saw our German
striker carried from the pitch on a stretcher. He was as lucky to get
away without serious injury as Bosnich was to get away without serious
punishment. His next flare-up came when Chris Armstrong was making his
home debut. The player caught the keeper when he went for a 50-50 ball
and Bos reacted angrily - surprise, surprise.
 But
the worst incident came the next season, when the crowd started to get
onto Bosnich at White Hart Lane and sang “ Klinsmann Wonderland” and
“One Aussie W****r”. He reacted in a completely bizarre way by doing
a Nazi salute to the Paxton Road end (see right). Spurs fans around the
ground did their nut and the linesman and the referee both took action
by giving him a yellow card. His excuse that he was only doing a Basil
Fawlty was misguided at the most innocent and ridiculously malicious at
worst. Given a reprimand, he was at it again when he made gestures to
the Everton crowd on the first day of the following season thus proving
he can’t learn a lesson.
He was involved in a Sunday tabloid
expose of his videoing of his and Dwight Yorke’s night of passion with
a couple of girls, which was embarrassing for him. The fiasco about
Bosnich wanting to leave Aston Villa on a Bosman left his own fans
fuming and manager John Gregory saying that if he didn’t want to play
for Villa he wouldn’t pick him. The subsequent transfer to Manchester
United went through and he was spotted at a lap-dancing bar on the eve
of his wedding, thumped a photographer and spent the night in a cell.
His wedding made the headlines for all the wrong reasons - like much
that he does on the pitch too. |
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Bosnich caught up in
a web of lies |
Having
been left out of the Villa side towards the end of the season and then
moving to Manchester United, the Red Devils found that they had a
lardball of a keeper to replace the one they had just let go. His early
season form saw Van Der Gouw come in and then Massimo Taibi. The slip
that Taibi made against Southampton, where the ball went straight
through him spoke volumes as Sir Alex would rather persist with him than
the Aussie loudmouth, who’s move has turned into a nightmare. From
joining the team who had just won the Treble, he found himself banished
to the third team and making a bit part appearance in Ferguson’s testimonial
match. He’s even been reduced to being in the Man U side that plays in
the Worthington Cup !! While I’m sure he is making good money there,
his career suffers and he slips out of contention for a place in his
national team. |
