Gonna be some fall-out from this.

Barry Bannan already getting dogs abuse on Twitter for backing Goodwillie.

People were saying he should go on James English’s podcast. Never really listened to it before but i would for this.

Morphman wrote:

Should be interesting. I had some sympathy for him after the whole Raith Rovers move. I felt that the FM being actively involved in a bit of the hounding that followed him was very dodgy.

With this said, I would question why he's waited so long if he was convinced he was in the right.

What happened with that whole Raith episode never sat well with me. Sturgeon piling on because of her mate Val. The backlash from Clyde and the Council their piling on him(even though they were happy to sponsor Clyde when he was playing for him)

He's no criminal conviction so he should put his side across if he believes it will help his case, but I doubt minds will be changed in the court of public opinion.

But like you say Morph, why not say something sooner?
 

Last edited by Rick Dagless (29/6/2023 10:13 am)

The judge that presided over the civil case, quite a respected, experienced in these matters type fella, after reviewing all the evidence and taking witness statements and testimonies called him a rapist.

The details of which can be read online, now rape under the definition he was 'charged' under isn't someone jumping out the bushes and dragging the victim away.

They took advantage of an extremely drunk lassie, a lassie they said they would put in or see home in a taxi, if I remember correctly.

She wasn't in a position to give consent, so that's rape.

That's the law, we, you, I might think that isn't the best way but it's the law.

I believe a lot of the  uproar is over the fact he's never apologised, they never paid the damages and it looked like he only planned to move to a bigger league once his period of bankruptcy ended and the time for paying damages had passed.

Even if he still maintains his innocence, he could've said "I'll fight to clear my name, I reluctantly accept the ruling and pay damages, but this isn't the end of this!"

No he and his co-accused did the cunty thing.

They offered to settle out of court before the evidence was even heard. They actually offered her more than she was awarded. But money wasn't her motivation.

She wanted her attackers punished.

This might not sit well with a lot of my fellow fans, but fuck the pair of them.