BOO BOYS SPECIAL: Sportsmail's guide to when fans turn on their own

09 December 2008 16:27
Here's my chance to shine: Eboue (right) replaces Nasri There, there my dear: Silvestre consoles the replaced Eboue Quite simple...the player in your colours who has just tackled a member of your own team and then passed to the opposition. Among other things.   More... Kolo Toure tells boo-boys to lay off Arsenal team-mate Emmanuel Eboue Hatchet Man: Arsenal's fans should be ashamed of their Eboue abuse Shame on you Capello and Ferdinand defend Cole after England fans jeer Chelsea star Becks booed as he fluffs free-kick - and hasn't a clue what time zone he's in Arsenal fans, fed on a diet of haute cuisine under Arsene Wenger, were in no mood to nibble on the pigs' trotters that Emmanuel Eboue served up at the Emirates on Saturday. So when he neatly dispossessed fellow Gunner Kolo Toure and rolled the ball to a Wigan player, they decided enough is enough and launched a verbal broadside in the form of good old-fashioned boos. A real steamer of a personal performance followed, and so distraught was Eboue by his own fans turning on him for the rest of the match, that he was taken off by Wenger as the home side completed a 1-0 victory over Wigan. This, despite only emerging as a substitute himself for the injured Samir Nasri 32 minutes into the match. Be big: Emmanuel Adebayor offers Eboue words of comfort for the long walk home Call it a mercy killing but an adamant Wenger insisted: 'You want the fans behind your team but we have to focus on the quality of our performance and accept the verdict of the crowd. 'I think he will come back and show how good a player he is. The same fans will applaud him when he does well.' But will they? Will Arsenal fans ever forgive Eboue for his amateur hour? Some players just lend themselves to ridcule while others work hard to alienate themsleves from the very people who should love them the most. But who are they? Sportsmail can reveal the ones loved yet bitterly loathed by their own but if you know of any other players lampooned by their own supporters let us know at GET OFF E-BOOOOOOO-AY And we'll try and include them but answers such as 'any Liverpool side managed by Graeme Souness' will be disqualified because they are too obvious. ALEX NYARKO (EVERTON) Far more sinned against then sinning, the Ghanaian suffered not only boos and catcalls from Everton fans at Highbury in April 2001, but one of his own fans ran onto the pitch, evading the challenges of Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira to confront a stunned Nyarko. He then peeled off his shirt and tried to remove Nyarko's, insisting he was not fit to wear the Everton blue. Stunned: Alex Nyarko has his shirt tugged by an irate Everton fan as Tony Adams tries to calm things down and Patrick Vieira contemplates what action to take Stunned and shaken, Nyarko asked manager Walter Smith to substitute him. He then threatened to quit the club after being fined£30,000 for failing to attend training. He did finally leave but incredibly returned two years later only to have his work permit cancelled. HOSSAM GHALY (SPURS) In this season of panto villains few managed to irk their own fans more than talented Egyptian midfielder Ghaly after he committed the ultimate sin of taking off his shirt and throwing it to the ground in the direction of manager Martin Jol in May 2007. Ghaly went from being something of a Tottenham cult hero to a total zero against Blackburn after coming on as a sub for Steed Malbranque at White Hart Lane. VIDEO: Hear the jeers as Ghaly throws his shirt down However, chasing the game, Jol decided to sacrifice Ghaly in favour of Robbie Keane, leaving the then 24-year-old livid. Rage at the boss by all means, glower and head for an early bath in disgust - but by throwing his shirt on the deck, Ghaly became an unforgiveable non-person. You can keep your shirt: Ghaly walks out of White Hart Lane forever Booed roundly, Spurs fans chanted: 'You're not fit to wear the shirt' and although Ghaly admitted: 'I have always considered it an honour to wear the Tottenham shirt and I never intended to show any disrespect. 'I have enjoyed playing in front of the club's supporters all season and I felt I had given of my best all the time and played some decent football. It is always hard to accept being substituted after such a short period of time and I was upset and taken aback by the cheering. I am a player who plays with my heart.' He has not played for Tottenham since. CHRIS WADDLE (ENGLAND) In the mid-1980s when mullet-man Waddle first got into the England side, no match at Wembley was complete without a cacophony of boos whenever the Tottenham winger got the ball. The punters just did not rate Glenn Hoddle's backing vocalist - VIDEO: Here's my we hated you Chris ...and hated his languid running and habit of giving the ball away or running up blind alley. As well as his hair, and that single. However, time is a great healer.  Back in England after a spell in Marseille, the same public clamoured for his return to the England side under Graham Taylor but despite playing a major part in making Sheffield Wednesday one of the Premier League's top clubs he was ignored. Waddle ended his career playing at teams like Falkirk, Torquay and Worksop. Boo. RIO FERDINAND (MANCHESTER UNITED) When Ferdinand was banned for eight months for missing a drugs test in 2003, United stood by their man and paid his wages. And the fans stayed true. However, those same fans were less than happy when Ferdinand, now back with his  boots on and in the first team, stalled over a new contract worth a reported£100,000 a week with Chelsea in apparent hot pursuit. Jeered and booed, chants of 'Rio, Rio sign the deal,' and 'Chelsea Rent Boy' were among the cleaner insults hurled at Ferdinand in May 2005 when United won 4-0 at Charlton. Former IMUSA chairman Johnny Flacks said at thew time: 'Rio is grossly overrated and I totally support the fans who gave him stick at Charlton.' The footballing world closed ranks around Rio and expressed disgust. Not. GARETH BARRY (ASTON VILLA) Aston Villa skipper Gareth Barry declared he was leaving the club for Liverpool in the summer because he wanted to win things (although not the Premier League obviously). Sadly, a series of events conspired to keep the England midfielder at Villa Park despite already burning his bridges by slamming Villa boss Martin O'Neill in public. The Anfield move did not happen, Barry was stripped of the club captaincy and when he pulled on the famous claret and blue for the first time since not leaving, 3,000  Villa fans booed his every touch at a pre-season friendly at Walsall in July. However, every cloud has a silver dog, as my old nan used to say. Villa are now in the top five and Barry is playing superbly. He's even confirmed he's staying. Cue that Anfield move in January once Arsenal sign Liverpool slowpoke Xabi Alonso then...  JOHN BARNES (ENGLAND) Enimga: Barnes in an England shirt Give him a Liverpool shirt and Barnes would win matches single-handedly. Shoehorn him into an England jersey and everyone expected him to repeat THAT wonder goal in Brazil 1984 and when he didn't he was clearly rubbish. Barnes chalked up 79 caps in a 12-year England career but never won his own fans over - despite nearly wiping out Diego Maradona's two goals in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final with a 15-minute cameo that resulted in a goal and near miss for Gary Lineker. Home or away, Barnes' every touch at international level was accompanied by boos, anger and even laughter at the winger's apparent lack of effort and passion. Or maybe they hated his rapping in World in Motion or the Liverpool 1988 FA Cup Final song. The footballing world closed ranks around Barnsey and expressed disgust. Time and time again. VIDEOS: Stick to the day job Barnesy...this is c-rap This is what we wanted ... all the time FRANK LAMPARD (ENGLAND) In October 2007, back in the footballing middle ages that was Steve McClaren's tenure as England boss, fans were looking for witches to burn. Step forward Frank Lampard, an England ever-present since 1999, perceived by his own fans [on this particular night] as being lazy and greedy and the main reason Steven Gerrard is rubbish when wearing the three lions. As England laboured to eventual Euro 2008 non-qualification, Lampard was public enemy No.1 and got it in the ear while his manager, a man with a Scottish-sounding name, was largely ignored on this occasion by the masses. The footballing world closed ranks around Lampsy and expressed disgust. ASHLEY COLE (ENGLAND) Lovable rogue Cole had already riled many fans by choking is disgust at Arsenal's reported£80,000 a week wage offer, getting caught talking to Chelsea when still an Arsenal players and reports he'd left his wife Cheryl - the one from Girls Aloud - a broken woman following an alleged fling. So the pressure cooker was on high long before Cole rolled the worst backpass in the entire history of association football into the path of KazakhstanZhambyl Kukeyev who duly scored to leave England just 2-1 up. Jeers and boos every time he touched the ball followed. The footballing world closed ranks around Coley and expressed disgust. Sorry I'm rubbish: Beckham goes off to practise his soccerball DAVID BECKHAM (LA GALAXY) Back in September, Beckham made a hash of a free-kick in well-known footballing hotbed Kansas City. The Galaxy lost 2-0 and Becks was probably confused by playing a League match well over 1,000 miles from home. The last thing he wanted to hear was his own fans booing him though for his deadball howler. He blamed the fact he'd crossed nine timezones in three days and hadn't slept well ahead of the game. The Galaxy fans - if indeed they were (after all would anyone sane really travel that far to watch a circus?) closed ranks around OJ Simpson and expressed disgust at the lack of meat in their chilli dog. ANDY MASSEY (MILLWALL) Lions fans are a loyal and tolerant bunch but once you get under their skin, they never forgive you. For some reason they took against Massey, a veteran of 120 games for the South Londoners. Booed: Massey And, on one grey afternoon at Fellows Park Walsall in 1982, their feelings came to a head as early as the pre-match warm-up. As Millwall players kicked the ball around, the tannoy confirmed the teams 'on your matchday programme'. Each player's name was greeted with a loud cheer except Massey's that was followed by a very jeery boo. The Millwall keeper Peter Gleasure looked daggers at the Lions' fans behind his goal for a nanosecond - then burst out laughing. There's nothing like team bonding and this was nothing like it. Massey had a howler that day. I wonder why....?   More... Kolo Toure tells boo-boys to lay off Arsenal team-mate Emmanuel Eboue Hatchet Man: Arsenal's fans should be ashamed of their Eboue abuse Shame on you Capello and Ferdinand defend Cole after England fans jeer Chelsea star Becks booed as he fluffs free-kick - and hasn't a clue what time zone he's in    

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