Gangsters threatened to shoot steven gerrard in the legs

[KURUPTION-81]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7341485.stm

Steven Gerrard's father has said he turned to an underworld "fixer" to stop a gangster from terrorising his son and threatening to shoot him in the legs.

The information was in a letter Mr Gerrard wrote to a court where the fixer, John Kinsella, denies being part of a gang involved in a robbery.

Paul Gerrard said the Liverpool captain's car had been smashed up and he was chased home from training.

He said it was after he asked Kinsella for help that the trouble stopped.

Paul Gerrard said that Liverpool Football Club had provided extra security, and he had also contacted police but claims it was only after he contacted Kinsella that the threats ended.

Mr Gerrard's letter read: "I would like to say that in 2001 my son Steven was being terrorised by a notorious Liverpool gangster known as The Psycho, who was threatening to maim my son by shooting him in the legs.

"Also, he was trying to extort a large amount of money from Steven. We immediately contacted the police and asked for protection

"This went on for a long time, during which Steven's car was smashed up and the gangster chased him while he was driving home from training.

"We were introduced by a friend to John Kinsella. John then reassured me and my family he would resolve our nightmare.

"We have never had any more problems from the Liverpool underworld. Steven and I have total respect for John."

Kinsella is on trial with two other men accused of stealing £41,000 of goods from a lorry depot in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 19 March 2006.

Their alleged haul included £8,000 of Easter eggs and another £33,000 of crisps and detergents.

But the jury was told on Thursday that Kinsella had been "hoodwinked" in to taking part in the robbery.

Gordon Aspden, representing Kinsella, said: "He (Kinsella) said he was hoodwinked and there's a lot of evidence to back up his case that in advance of this robbery he did not know what was going to go off."

Kinsella, of Liverpool, denies robbery and a charge of dangerous driving. Two other men - James Muldoon, 28, and 49-year-old Stephen McMullen, both of Liverpool - deny robbery.

A fourth man, Thomas Hodgson, 29, of Liverpool, has admitted one charge of robbery.

The trial continues.

[Elano]

gerrard was threatened when he was about to leave liverpool for chelsea.
i think its even written on this book

[OG Hack Wilson]

damn those niggas in liverpool are thuggin

why cant someone do that to tom brady

[KURUPTION-81]

gerrard was threatened when he was about to leave liverpool for chelsea.
i think its even written on this book

is that book any good ?

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

damn those niggas in liverpool are thuggin

why cant someone do that to tom brady

Because they don't need to. Did you watch the Superbowl?

[K.Dub]

Damn

[Elano]

gerrard was threatened when he was about to leave liverpool for chelsea.
i think its even written on this book

is that book any good ?

YES. With Graham johnson you can't go wrong 
in this book he talks about rooney too (it looks like the "liverpool mafia" was involved in the 'scandal' with the prostitute...)

"Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans? The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there's little the authorities can do about it. "Football and Gangsters" is an explosive in-depth investigation into the sinister underbelly of modern soccer. It exposes the new phenomenon of 'taxing' - a protection racket in which villains force young, highly paid Premiership stars and their agents to hand over cash under threat of injury and death. Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler are just some of the sport's big names to have fallen foul of the game's godfathers and paid the price. Their alarming stories are told here. No one might be willing to admit it, but criminal organisations have manoeuvred themselves into a position of power in football. Drug-dealers launder money by buying clubs, hooligan gangs have muscled their way into big-time crime and the boardroom, and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow.
Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in "Football and Gangsters". "

[KURUPTION-81]

gerrard was threatened when he was about to leave liverpool for chelsea.
i think its even written on this book

is that book any good ?

YES. With Graham johnson you can't go wrong 
in this book he talks about rooney too (it looks like the "liverpool mafia" was involved in the 'scandal' with the prostitute...)

"Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans? The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there's little the authorities can do about it. "Football and Gangsters" is an explosive in-depth investigation into the sinister underbelly of modern soccer. It exposes the new phenomenon of 'taxing' - a protection racket in which villains force young, highly paid Premiership stars and their agents to hand over cash under threat of injury and death. Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler are just some of the sport's big names to have fallen foul of the game's godfathers and paid the price. Their alarming stories are told here. No one might be willing to admit it, but criminal organisations have manoeuvred themselves into a position of power in football. Drug-dealers launder money by buying clubs, hooligan gangs have muscled their way into big-time crime and the boardroom, and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow.
Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in "Football and Gangsters". "

sounds good, does it go into detail on specific players ?

[Elano]

gerrard was threatened when he was about to leave liverpool for chelsea.
i think its even written on this book

is that book any good ?

YES. With Graham johnson you can't go wrong 
in this book he talks about rooney too (it looks like the "liverpool mafia" was involved in the 'scandal' with the prostitute...)

"Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans? The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there's little the authorities can do about it. "Football and Gangsters" is an explosive in-depth investigation into the sinister underbelly of modern soccer. It exposes the new phenomenon of 'taxing' - a protection racket in which villains force young, highly paid Premiership stars and their agents to hand over cash under threat of injury and death. Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler are just some of the sport's big names to have fallen foul of the game's godfathers and paid the price. Their alarming stories are told here. No one might be willing to admit it, but criminal organisations have manoeuvred themselves into a position of power in football. Drug-dealers launder money by buying clubs, hooligan gangs have muscled their way into big-time crime and the boardroom, and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow.
Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in "Football and Gangsters". "

sounds good, does it go into detail on specific players ?

"their alarming stories are told here...." 

[Elano]

The girl at the centre of Steven Gerrard death threats reveals all

A BLONDE beauty last night told how she was the centre of a terrifying love tug between England star Steven Gerrard and a violent gangster nicknamed Psycho.
Lauren Ashcroft came forward to reveal SHE was the reason jealous Liverpool mobster George Bromley Junior made death threats against the soccer ace.

It happened because Gerrard kept on flirting with her after they'd broken up...and her new gangster boyfriend became insanely jealous.

Chilling details of Bromley's two-year vendetta—in which frightened Gerrard had to be given police protection—emerged in a court case last week.

But breaking her five-year silence on the nightmare, 22-year-old Lauren said the feud had ruined her life. 

"None of it was my fault but it just won't go away however much I want it to—only yesterday someone said to me ‘I don't know if you are a footballer's Wag or a gangster's moll'.

"I don't want to be either. And I can't be held responsible for someone else's jealousy."

In an outspoken interview Lauren—15 at the time it all happened—tells how smitten midfielder Gerrard PURSUED her after their teenage romance had ended.

She tells how she felt ABANDONED by the star AND his club who left her to cope with the anger of Liverpool fans who blamed her when Bromley started hounding their hero.

And she SLAMS Gerrard's wife Alex Curran's WAG lifestyle— claiming he would have been far better off staying with her instead of "living in misery".

Lauren's ordeal began in 2001 when her romance with the then 19-year-old Gerrard ended and she had briefly dated local villain Bromley, also 19 at the time.

His notorious father Bromley Senior was gunned down during a gangland feud in November 2003. And George—now in jail for Class A drugs offences—was following in his footsteps as part of a mob of torturers notorious for BURNING their victims with a red-hot iron.

Hospital worker Lauren said: "Steve and me stayed friends even after we split up. He would still ring or pop in for a cup of tea.

"Sometimes if he'd had a drink he would phone and say ‘You want to get back with me' and ‘What would you be doing now if you hadn't split with me'.

"I thought maybe he wanted to pick things up with me."

But news of Gerrard's visits to his old love's home rankled with ‘Psycho' Bromley even though his own relationship with Lauren had ended months earlier.

Bromley's jealousy spilled over into violence in November 2001 when a brick went through the window of Gerrard's £50,000 BMW X5 parked outside her home.

Scared Gerrard immediately broke off contact with Lauren.

She said: "That day ruined it. My relationship with Steve as a friend stopped. I was devastated because we got on so well, even as mates."

But Bromley's campaign of hatred began in earnest. He made death threats against the star, threatened to blow Gerrard's KNEECAPS off, challenged him to a fist FIGHT and even AMBUSHED him outside his luxury home in Southport, Merseyside.

Bromley's vendetta escalated when the thug threatened Gerrard's new girlfriend Alex. The terrified star was forced to fortify his £3million Crosby mansion with 12ft high iron gates and hi-tech CCTV cameras.

It only ended when Gerrard's dad Paul brought in gangland enforcer John Kinsella, 43, to "deal" with Bromley Jnr—a revelation that emerged last week during Kinsella's robbery trial at Lincoln Crown Court.

Lauren reckons Gerrard and Alex Curran must be unhappy at the revelations that once again give fans the impression they have links with the underworld.

She said: "I don't know why all the gangland stuff has never gone away for Steve. He doesn't want this brought up again and Alex definitely doesn't.

"If it was my husband I would be saying ‘Why is this still carrying on? Why can't we sort it out?' It must drive her mad."

Lauren believes Gerrard is miserable enough as it is—just being married to Alex. She said she would never have become a tracksuit-wearing Wag if she had gone on to marry her childhood sweetheart.

She said: "Steve just doesn't appear the fun-loving lad I remember him as. He looks MISERABLE. You can see he is not the person he was. He looks like he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"It's heartbreaking for him. He is loyal, he just wants a family life. I would be a very different wife. I wouldn't be a Wag. I would be a stay-at-home mum and wife."

Lauren has fond memories of her down-to-earth teenage relationship with Gerrard. She laughed: "He was a real romantic, for our first date he took me to his dad's local to play pool. He had a great sense of humour."

While they were dating he would spend as much time as he could with Lauren even if that meant sitting with her at the sunbed shop where she worked.

Lauren said: "I was there three days a week and at weekends and he'd just come and sit with me.

"I never felt like a Wag, I never looked at him like he was a big star footballer—but then again he never behaved like that."

They split after three months. "He was away a lot and I was still at school so we thought it was better if we were just mates," said Lauren.

"Then all that gangland stuff happened. I wish it never had."

And this week the court case has opened old wounds for Lauren. She said: "The latest stuff has been a bolt out of the blue. I go out now and people point at me saying ‘There's that girl from the gangland love triangle'.

"I hate the fact that my name is linked to all this gangland stuff. It's nothing to do with me."

It reminds her of how she felt abandoned by Gerrard and the club when the vendetta first became known in Liverpool. "I thought too much of Steve then to talk to the papers about what happened," said Lauren. "But when it got out I went straight to Liverpool FC to tell them what was happening.

"I wanted Steve to know I hadn't spoken about what had happened. But again I didn't have any contact from him. Not even a phone call.

"When he needed it he got all the protection on offer. He had a big club around him.

"But when I needed it I didn't get anything. I was left to cope alone with just my mother behind me."

[KURUPTION-81]

So let me get this right 19 year old steven gerrard was trying to date a 15 year old ................................. paedo.