POLICE PROBE AFTER SPURS GET SICK

[Red Sun Rising]

This has the makings of an interesting conspiracy theory......wonder if the chef is an Arse fan?

POLICE PROBE AFTER SPURS GET SICK

By Tim Moynihan, PA


Experts are to test food taken by police from a London hotel after a number of Tottenham players fell ill before Sunday's crucial match at West Ham.

Several of the Spurs squad apparently suffered food poisoning ahead of their final Barclays Premiership match of the season at Upton Park.

Police were called to the London Marriott West India Quay Hotel, in the Canary Wharf area, and took away food samples to hand over to experts.

Tottenham needed to win the match to clinch fourth place in the Premiership and - barring Arsenal winning this year's Champions League final - a Champions League place next season, but lost the match 2-1.

Arsenal, who were one point behind their north London rivals before Sunday's matches, beat Wigan 4-2 to grab fourth place.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "We did attend an east London hotel. We removed some food samples as a precaution. We intend to hand these over to the appropriate agency in due course. No official allegations have been received."

No police investigation was taking place, she added.

The fixture was thrown into doubt and Premier League officials visited Tottenham's team hotel to assess the situation before it was announced that the fixture would proceed.

Postponement would have caused problems for the end of the League season, with Tottenham and Arsenal kicking off at the same time.

Paul Downing, the hotel's general manager, said: "They've stayed here several times and arrived yesterday evening before having dinner at 7.30pm.

"We don't know that it is food poisoning but we need to establish what has made some of the players unwell.

"We are taking part in an investigation with club management to try to find that out."

[RedinSweden]

I hadn't realised how many had been affected:

Robbie Keane
Edgar Davids
Michael Dawson
Aaron Lennon
Michael Carrick
Teemu Tainio
Radek Cerny
Tom Huddlestone
Lee Barnard
Calum Davenport

That's a bad sick list for Spurs.

[Josef Svejk]

South African rugby World Cup final comes to mind...

[kop]

I refuse to believe that this is a contingency. It must be 1 out of 3;

1. They have been deliberately poisoned, by someone who wanted arsenal to get 4th.
2. They've "poisoned" themselves, due to may injuries in the week before the game so that they could get the match postponed.
3. A contingency, they were poisoned by bad food at the restaurant.

As I said; I don't think it's alt. 3.

[Bob Spunkmouse]

why were they staying at a hotel for a game in london? that doesnt seem normal to me, definately something fishy going on and i think spurs are behind it.

[Thants]

Originally Posted by RedinSweden

I hadn't realised how many had been affected:

Robbie Keane
Edgar Davids
Michael Dawson
Aaron Lennon
Michael Carrick
Teemu Tainio
Radek Cerny
Tom Huddlestone
Lee Barnard
Calum Davenport

That's a bad sick list for Spurs.

And still they didnt play Spud. How far has he fallen.

[RedinSweden]

Originally Posted by LFCfanbymistake

And still they didnt play Spud. How far has he fallen.

really? bloody hell. I bet he wishes he'd stayed and put up with our cosmopolitan dressing room or however the fuck he described it.