BBC Ostensibly to Name "Bung" Managers

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BBC Ostensibly to Name "Bung" Managers Jun 9, 2009 0:45:52 GMT

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Daily Mail/Neil Ashton - Bung to rights: BBC to name and shame top football bosses in Bond court case

09th June 2009

The BBC is set to name three top football managers who have been accused of taking bungs.

Libel case: Tottenham assistant manager Kevin Bond is taking the BBC to court

Tottenham assistant manager Kevin Bond is due in the Royal Courts of Justice Queen's Bench Division on Monday after bringing a libel case against the BBC programme Football's Dirty Secrets, which was first screened in September 2006. The programme inferred that Bond would consider taking undisclosed payments from football agents.

The BBC, which will be protected by legal privilege at the hearing, is preparing to show 50 hours of undercover footage - most of which ended up on the cutting-room floor - as part of their explosive defence.

Sportsmail is unable to disclose the names of the three managers for legal reasons but the judge could force them to give evidence.

Bond's solicitor, David Price, confirmed that his client is pursuing the action, which has already cost him a fortune in legal fees. 'It's going ahead on June 15,' he said. 'I've got no further comment to make.'

Bond was assistant manager to Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth when Football's Dirty Secrets was made, but had moved to Newcastle when it was aired. Newcastle fired Bond, who claimed in his initial writ against the BBC that the filming had 'a catastrophic effect' on his career.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1191729/Bung-rights-BBC-shame-football-bosses-Bond-court-case.html?ITO=1490

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BBC Ostensibly to Name "Bung" Managers Jun 10, 2009 6:54:03 GMT

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Oh well!

The Guardian/Matt Scott
Index Kevin Bond drops libel claim against BBC over Panorama investigation• Harry Redknapp's assistant withdraws claim
• BBC has made no contribution to Bond's costs

Kevin Bond yesterday dropped his libel claim against the BBC, six days before his case against the Panorama programme Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets was due to be heard at the high court. David Price, Bond's solicitor, refused to comment when asked by this column why Bond had dropped the case. But Bond's decision not to pursue his attempt to clear his name will remain with him throughout his career.

A pre-trial judgment by the judge, Lord Justice Eady, which discusses the facts in the case states that while making his claim against the BBC, he understood the programme "conveyed the impression that [he] was, on camera while being covertly recorded, expressing interest in prospectively receiving an impermissible payment (or 'bung')".

At the time of the undercover recording Bond was serving as Harry Redknapp's assistant manager at Portsmouth. When the programme was broadcast, he was Glenn Roeder's assistant manager at Newcastle United but was sacked shortly after the programme went out.

The Panorama programme showed footage of a conversation involving Bond and an undercover reporter: "I totally understand where you're coming from. I understand what you're looking for, and certainly myself and Harry would be open to listening to, you know, in order to come to some arrangement, if you like, where whatever we need, we'll make sure that we call you, and what you really want is that we call you and only you."

Bond is again Redknapp's assistant, now at Tottenham Hotspur. The BBC has not apologised, paid damages or any of his legal fees.

www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/10/kevin-bond-bbc-panorama

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cpr Administrator Who is BazWoT? Posts: 23,422	BBC Ostensibly to Name "Bung" Managers Jun 10, 2009 6:58:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cpr on Jun 10, 2009 6:58:59 GMT Could he have taken a bung to drop the case? of course not, that's daft. Might be easier to try and name managers that haven't taken a "bung".

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