Marton Fulop - RIP

[spursfan77]

That Fulop match (yes- true- RIP Martin) remains one of my all-time nightmare matches, up there with Chris Foy-at-Stoke AND Chels**** beating Bayern (I believe all three were from that same year, a span of about 8 weeks in which I aged 10 years). It was literally as if they'd PAID him to allow those goals in in a 3-2 win that was quite literally the jammiest thing I'd ever seen in my football-watching life. The fucking nerve of them to attach the word "jammy" to us is beyond unreal; them cvnts up the road have a giant horseshoe permanently embedded in their collective anuses.

God I hate them...

Ben foster has played every game that season then was mysteriously missing. It was very very strange.

 

[sammyj]

Ben foster has played every game that season then was mysteriously missing. It was very very strange.

Dreadful day

 

[Marty]

I give you the master of the dive and supreme hypocrite

This isn't diving, this is

 

[Bobbins]

Here are the goals ?

The guy literally threw the game deliberately. There’s no question about it. Whether it was a bribe or simple bitterness over his time at Spurs, he actually gets out of the way of the first goal, moves his arms away from the second, and throws the ball into his own net for the third. All on a day when the result would define who qualified for the CL.

There’s no conspiracy here, it’s blindingly obvious. One of my most bitter days as a Spurs supporter.

 

[Marty]

The guy literally threw the game deliberately. There’s no question about it. Whether it was a bribe or simple bitterness over his time at Spurs, he actually gets out of the way of the first goal, moves his arms away from the second, and throws the ball into his own net for the third. All on a day when the result would define who qualified for the CL.

There’s no conspiracy here, it’s blindingly obvious. One of my most bitter days as a Spurs supporter.

Of the things I'm annoyed about that season, it's third on the list tbh. Any normal season we would still have qualified for the CL.

1) Obviously that we fucked away a 12 point gap after the drubbing we gave Newcastle when Harry and the players clearly took their eyes off the ball.
2) The CL final. The jammiest fucking CL final win in history. I don't care about the 2-7, I hate Bayern because of that final.
3) The Fulop game.

But had we not fucked up point 1 the latter two don't happen.

 

[Jay.]

Unbelievable. What became of Fulop after that? Did he play much more for WBA?

 

[davidmatzdorf]

Unbelievable. What became of Fulop after that? Did he play much more for WBA?

He was released from his contract the same week. He played in Greece for a couple of years, but then he developed cancer and had to stop playing. He died in about 2015.

 

[Wig]

He was released from his contract the same week. He played in Greece for a couple of years, but then he developed cancer and had to stop playing. He died in about 2015.

Jesus I'm not sure I knew/heard about Fulop's passing. Tragic to go so young. RIP.

 

[garyhopkins]

The guy literally threw the game deliberately. There’s no question about it. Whether it was a bribe or simple bitterness over his time at Spurs, he actually gets out of the way of the first goal, moves his arms away from the second, and throws the ball into his own net for the third. All on a day when the result would define who qualified for the CL.

There’s no conspiracy here, it’s blindingly obvious. One of my most bitter days as a Spurs supporter.

Whilst one could think that he threw the game, Fulop was playing for a new contract (which, of course, he didn't get) and thrown in the deep end for his one league game of the season. I am thus more inclined to believe Fulop's take (just before his sad early exit to cancer) on the whole sorry day.....


Marton Fulop admits he still cannot bear to watch the moment Arsenal beat his beloved Tottenham to a Champions League place.
Making his only Premier League appearance for West Brom, Fulop was at fault for all three Arsenal goals that meant Arsene Wenger's team clinched third place ahead of Tottenham on the final day of last season.
And Fulop then watched in horror as Chelsea overcame all the odds to beat Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League to deny Spurs a spot in Europe's elite competition.
Speaking about the episode for the first time, Fulop, who spent three years at Spurs without playing a first-team game, said: “I've never watched the Arsenal game again, I'm not a masochist.
“I had not played a competitive game for eight months and I was not physically or mentally prepared. It was a nightmare and it took me a long time to get over.
"Before and during the game I had not thought about the consequences for Tottenham, but afterwards I did and that made it harder. I was a Spurs fan as a boy and then I joined the club, so they are very close to my heart.
“I watched the Champions League final praying Bayern Munich would win because I wanted Tottenham to qualify. Obviously, I was upset it didn't happen.”

 

[yido_number1]

Whilst one could think that he threw the game, Fulop was playing for a new contract (which, of course, he didn't get) and thrown in the deep end for his one league game of the season. I am thus more inclined to believe Fulop's take (just before his sad early exit to cancer) on the whole sorry day.....


Marton Fulop admits he still cannot bear to watch the moment Arsenal beat his beloved Tottenham to a Champions League place.
Making his only Premier League appearance for West Brom, Fulop was at fault for all three Arsenal goals that meant Arsene Wenger's team clinched third place ahead of Tottenham on the final day of last season.
And Fulop then watched in horror as Chelsea overcame all the odds to beat Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League to deny Spurs a spot in Europe's elite competition.
Speaking about the episode for the first time, Fulop, who spent three years at Spurs without playing a first-team game, said: “I've never watched the Arsenal game again, I'm not a masochist.
“I had not played a competitive game for eight months and I was not physically or mentally prepared. It was a nightmare and it took me a long time to get over.
"Before and during the game I had not thought about the consequences for Tottenham, but afterwards I did and that made it harder. I was a Spurs fan as a boy and then I joined the club, so they are very close to my heart.
“I watched the Champions League final praying Bayern Munich would win because I wanted Tottenham to qualify. Obviously, I was upset it didn't happen.”

Sad all round. I remember being at the Lane for the this one and seeing the score constantly flash up. Sickening at the time but even worse after the final. RIP to Marton tragic and sad that this is what people remember of him.

 

[spursfan77]

Whilst one could think that he threw the game, Fulop was playing for a new contract (which, of course, he didn't get) and thrown in the deep end for his one league game of the season. I am thus more inclined to believe Fulop's take (just before his sad early exit to cancer) on the whole sorry day.....


Marton Fulop admits he still cannot bear to watch the moment Arsenal beat his beloved Tottenham to a Champions League place.
Making his only Premier League appearance for West Brom, Fulop was at fault for all three Arsenal goals that meant Arsene Wenger's team clinched third place ahead of Tottenham on the final day of last season.
And Fulop then watched in horror as Chelsea overcame all the odds to beat Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League to deny Spurs a spot in Europe's elite competition.
Speaking about the episode for the first time, Fulop, who spent three years at Spurs without playing a first-team game, said: “I've never watched the Arsenal game again, I'm not a masochist.
“I had not played a competitive game for eight months and I was not physically or mentally prepared. It was a nightmare and it took me a long time to get over.
"Before and during the game I had not thought about the consequences for Tottenham, but afterwards I did and that made it harder. I was a Spurs fan as a boy and then I joined the club, so they are very close to my heart.
“I watched the Champions League final praying Bayern Munich would win because I wanted Tottenham to qualify. Obviously, I was upset it didn't happen.”

It’s just another reason to dislike Ben Foster. He was the keeper who dropped out.

 

[Bobbins]

Whilst one could think that he threw the game, Fulop was playing for a new contract (which, of course, he didn't get) and thrown in the deep end for his one league game of the season. I am thus more inclined to believe Fulop's take (just before his sad early exit to cancer) on the whole sorry day.....


Marton Fulop admits he still cannot bear to watch the moment Arsenal beat his beloved Tottenham to a Champions League place.
Making his only Premier League appearance for West Brom, Fulop was at fault for all three Arsenal goals that meant Arsene Wenger's team clinched third place ahead of Tottenham on the final day of last season.
And Fulop then watched in horror as Chelsea overcame all the odds to beat Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League to deny Spurs a spot in Europe's elite competition.
Speaking about the episode for the first time, Fulop, who spent three years at Spurs without playing a first-team game, said: “I've never watched the Arsenal game again, I'm not a masochist.
“I had not played a competitive game for eight months and I was not physically or mentally prepared. It was a nightmare and it took me a long time to get over.
"Before and during the game I had not thought about the consequences for Tottenham, but afterwards I did and that made it harder. I was a Spurs fan as a boy and then I joined the club, so they are very close to my heart.
“I watched the Champions League final praying Bayern Munich would win because I wanted Tottenham to qualify. Obviously, I was upset it didn't happen.”

I’ve read his statement before and I’m afraid I simply don’t believe a word of it. He’s hardly going to come out and say “yeah I was really bitter about Spurs so I screwed them over”. It’s tragic what happened to him but it’s completely unrelated to what he did in that game.

 

[wearetheparklane]

...Blimey

 

[HodisGawd]

After that match, he never played here again and went from a Premier League club to play in Cyprus. Come on... that sounds well dodgy.

 

[garyhopkins]

After that match, he never played here again and went from a Premier League club to play in Cyprus. Come on... that sounds well dodgy.

Actually, it was a Greek team who came third in the Greek Super League. Unfortunately, Fulop had a tumor removed from his arm 9 months after the Arsenal game, and never played again after the surgery. He wasn't in the best shape for the Arsenal game and things only got worse after.

Sad to say but had Ben Foster not injured himself in training the day before, all these wild conspiratorial thoughts probably would not exist. In it's time honored fashion fate had its 'Spursy' way with us.

 

[SugarRay]

Was mentioned above, we blew it that season, nobody else. It wasn’t Foster, it wasn’t Fulop and it wasn’t Bayern. We fucked it up. Like we’ve fucked up every other similar incidents over the years.

The only one we can argue was misfortune was the lasagne thing, but even then, there was no guarantee we’d have beaten them

 

[nailsy]

After that match, he never played here again and went from a Premier League club to play in Cyprus. Come on... that sounds well dodgy.

Why? He hadn't played for a year and then put in that performance. Club's weren't exactly going to be queuing up to sign him.