Avoiding the inevitable I'm not going to mention the 13th, so on September 12th (actually the right date for these events) 2001, the Chelsea team were in New York when Frank Lampard, John Terry, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jody Morris allegedly stripped, swore and vomited in front of Americans at the Post Hotel at Heathrow when due to travel to Bulgaria when air travel was chaotic following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. Planes were postponed and the players unsure of what their next move might be. Chelsea was due to play in a UEFA Cup game v Levski Sofia away, but the game was postponed as a mark of respect. The Chelsea lads were not happy, clearly. The players mocked the Americans and took their annoyance out on the guests at the hotel.
In July 2014, Lampard signed for New York City FC in the Major League and the newspapers mocked the Chelsea player's behaviour stating that " British soccer star poised to join New York team once mocked Americans after 9/11 attack". Naturally, the Chelsea authority reacted and fined the players, apologised for their behaviour and sent £130,000 to the victims fund.
September 12th 1974. Brian Clough at Leeds
https://www.thesackrace.com/news/12th-september-2018/remembering-when-leeds-united-sacked-brian-clough-after-just-44-days
Read "The Damned United" by David Peace and see the film.
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