Thierry Henry reveals true extent of abuse after Ireland WCQ handball | The Robbie Fowler Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2021
- Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry opens on his infamous handball against Ireland back in 2009 - an incident that saw him become 'the bad guy' overnight. Here, Henry speaks candidly about the death threats he received that forced him to employ a bodyguard for his daughter.
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What a pathetic move from him trying to play the sympathy card. He handballed it intentionally, TWICE, for the goal that eliminated ireland. He then celebrated like crazy and after full timr he sat beside a distraught Richie Dunne as if he was a nice guy. Henry showed his real disgusting character that night
Hahahaha get over it you girl. It’s a game, it’s up to the ref to referee
Its football, the fault its on the referee for not calling it
No one likes a cheat . Lost all respect from me & alot of non Ireland supporters . That being said the level of abuse is not called for
@Rat Ratman Your realise there are 10,000 streets in liverpool..... Saying the only one that was on TV tells me you're from The South of England. Which tells me you're an Arsenal fan..... which tells me you're never gonna have anyone say or even type a bad word about a guy who left your club so he could win things..... So by the logic you typed, Thierry is a 'Glory Hunter'.
@Rat Ratman hey rat only getting this but thanks for commenting .. whole team are cheats 🤔 thats not really true is it if you’re being honest now.big henchoz handed the ball unfairly & i don’t agree with it but not much i can do about that now is there ..
im not from Liverpool good guess . so that means i can’t support them by your logic 🤔ok .. glory hunter 😂 iv supported them for 30 years & there ain’t been much glory until recently .. don’t quite know where u r going with the orange lodge bit at the end ? Guessing some sad sectarian religious shit but as i clearly stated am not an Ireland fan but just for laughs Liverpool founded by an Irish man who happened to be in the orange lodge & what 🤷🏻♂️.. any issues id be happy to help just drop me a comment back pal cheers & best of luck
No one went near your daughter Henry. Stop looking for sympathy you did a bad thing.
He celebrated and had the audacity to sit down with Richard Dunne. He was an absolute disgrace that night and as a proud Irishman it would have meant the world to go to a World Cup. France were a disgrace at the World Cup as well.
What did you expect him to do? Go to the ref and tell him to revert the goal? Cost his country a spot in the World Cup?
@@ryanbrimson8238 Not cheat.
@@Wimpywoo16 it was a heat of the moment thing and it’s the refs fault for not seeing it once it’s done he’s not going to just admit it and crush the hopes of everyone in his country
@@ryanbrimson8238 well hes likening it to a fa cup or something particularly in regards to arsenal… ireland may never make it to a world cup for another 20 years i dont think he really understood what it meant maybe as he was in such a privileged position also easily the best prem player ever
@@ryanbrimson8238 not go on TV and claim it was accidental, not tell Ireland players it was accidental. Own up to it, his carry on afterwards pissed people as he seemed to think he can just lie and we just go ah okay, that's grand
Henry can't compare a Messi handball against Espanyol to denying a country a World Cup spot unfortunately for him it's something he will always be remembered for as well as being a premier league great
@irishmetalfan No bitterness it happened over 11 years ago but players are remembered for their iconic moments good and bad it doesn't take away from the football genius he was it was just an iconic moment in his career on a big stage
@@niallconcannon3958 why should a handball be any different to a dive for a penalty or an offside goal where the striker knows he’s offside?
Only the Irish will remember this moment as his greatness trumps anything of such. Suarez also eliminated a nation from the World Cup with a handball (arguably the worst show of sportsmanship ever, and he has bitten people), yet he doesn’t not get remembered for this but rather gets remembered for THAT Liverpool season and MSN
It wasn’t intentional the ball bounced to him he did control it but wasn’t intentional like Maradona or Suarez etc..
nah he gets remembered for racism@@benmartinelli8454
What Henry did made my blood boil but what really sent me over the edge and what a lot of people have forgot is that the French players went on strike after arriving at the world cup and dropped out the group stage. As if it meant literally nothing to them.
@@RealistGunner 💯💯💯
@@RealistGunner
And that has precisely what to do with being a cheating bastard? I idolised the man growing up but that was one of the lowest things I've ever seen in the game
@@RealistGunner mcgregor is bigger then the whole of France
@@RealistGunner arsenal are shit🤣no ucls, even Aston Villa has one. Dead club🤣
@@RealistGunner Ireland have won more international trophies in the last 50 years than England has
People still love Diego Maradona and he still claimed it was "the hand of God". Henry at least owns what happened.
Not initially, he went on TV and lied claiming it was accidental. It was so proposerous to try thst claim, given technically it handled it twice, first to stop it going out and second to flick it downwards onto his foot. He eventually had to owe up to it. If the interviewer was doing his job, he might have asked him as a follow up, do you regret lying to an upset Richard Dunne at the end of the match and trying to pass it off as accidental? When did you realise, the lie wasn't fooling anyone?
I’m irish but I don’t understand why he gets so much hatred.... he was obviously a great player and it was his instinct. It’s fifas fault for not making a rematch
Comparing it with Henchoz’s handball is pathetic. Lost a bit of respect for Henry after that
He's absolutely spot on. No one offered Arsenal a replay after the game
@@aj-zl2pi who gives a shit about that game. This had way more at stake.
What was worse was his reaction after the game. Sitting down with Richard dunne to console him. Knowing what he had done.
Simply pathetic
Off topic but where has Fowler’s episode with Scholes? That was class. Surely not removed because of rivalry?
They're probably gonna upload it with swearing beeped, since the podcast is growing in popularity.
He could have admitted he cheated to the ref and become a legend of fair play. . Instead he’s a cheat. It tarnished his career like Maradona’s hand of God. “ it happened to me “. No you did it. You made it happen. Va va voom.
So what, only a game of football get over it ~ Roy Keane
I swear he did go to the ref and tell him
@@murdock6450 Tell that to England fans.
Maradona did not tarnish his name if anything the hand of God made him more legendary
@@luissuarez7188 Luis ya cheating bastard the world Cup the handball nobody remembers that. Even after penalty was missed no one remembers the handball
It is what it is but what it was not was sportsmanship.
I said it back when it happened that this is football but what hurt me as an Irishman was Thiery celebrated the goal. That hurt bcos I thought so highly of Thierry. I’m also a Villa fan so Thierry was the bane of my Villa life.
I would love to know what Thierry said to Richard Dunne on the night bcos something was said between them as Dunner sat crest fallen on the pitch..
I still hold Thierry in the highest regard for the great moments he gave us as football supporters but that night hurt me so much simply boos he celebrated the goal. That hurt more than the handball
his country just qualified for the world cup in the last minute. you wanted him to sit and moan?
@@TheTororist I wanted to sit and moan? He cheated u moron but I guess ur the type of person who condones that crap.. GTOH with ur BS
It was amazing when the Barcelona fans put a banner up at the gate of their training ground telling Henry to get out of their club
Le Cheat 🖕🤥
Fair comparison with Henchoz handball but the stakes were higher for Ireland. Hand of frog was a funny headline but obv death threats etc are sick.
Was there such threats, its not like people had his mobile number to give an olde call, so who was saying we know where you live? It seems that is a card some in the public eye play, but never have to offer any evidence to support the claims, it's just accepted as fact
@BIG JOCK KNEW Chance of winning the World Cup is irrelevant. Ireland deserved a spot in that World Cup and it meant a lot for Ireland regardless of how far they went.
everyone makes mistakes man. stuff happens and you know when you’re there in the moment you can’t really control it, you gotta go with the flow i guess.
very cowardly answer from him, deflecting the attention from himself and trying to blame others
and he saying he can joke about it now is so ridiculous. Of course he can joke about coz he got to go to the world cup. The irish are not up for joking about it.
@Mejo Mejo ooh you got me there mejo
I couldn't care less what a cheater has to say
What happened to the Scholes podcast?
He cheated and took Ireland away from a World Cup spot. He's not the victim he was the problem.
Robbies like dont try involve me fam 😂🤣
Fowler did the opposite on one occasion, dived for a pen and then tried to tell the ref it wasn't a pen.
He cheated but lets have it right if someone on our Irish side did it and we got away with it we wudnt care. What I find harder to stomach is that prior to this incident Henry was always very vocal about cheating and gamesmanship used by other teams which he and people like Wenger deplored ie Henchoz, Van Nistelrooy incidents. He had this holier than thou mentality and its this hypocrisy that's harder to accept.
Ireland unsuccessfully requested a re-play. Of course FIFA has more to gain if France qualifies
There's a despicable guy called Thierry Henry, and an excellent footballer by that name.
Robby, robby. It's different when it's a world cup. Than a league game
On one hand, if you excuse the pun, football's just a game. It doesn't matter. We can get emotionally involved in it and that's fine because it's fun, but it's just a game. On the other hand, how you act in all situations is up for judgement, and to deliberately cheat, regardless of the stakes, says something about your character. Thierry Henry was a role model because of how great a player he was. Imagine if he'd held his hand up at the time, and admitted to referee he handballed it. What kind of message that would have been to millions of kids around the world. But he didn't. He cheated. And the world cup got french fans instead of irish fans. So it depends who you like best as to whether it was a good outcome or not.
Same people that mocked England for years over Maradona's cheating lost their shit over this.
I don't love or hate thierry but I think any player would cheat if that would mean you would go through to the world cup or win an important match, the celebration was a dick move but I don't really see why this was such a big deal.
Dishonest, doesn't wanna take blame or look like a bad person. just be brave, admit it and apologise, then no one will lose respect for you.
I'm Irish and didn't have any problem with him doing it,in the same situation I'd want an Irish player to do the same. He shouldn't be making himself out to be the victim though.
Another French man who is very much disliked in Ireland
Ireland deserved that win they were unbelievable that nyt
He wasn’t proud of it? Well he certainly looked proud when he went off celebrating. And he’s trying as best as he can to take the attention off himself by comparing the incident to other players. It doesn’t fly. A total cheat. You can’t do something like that and issue a half alpology.
Blame everyone but himself
Man's talking rubbish, if it happened and you are an honest guy, you would've admitted it in the moment and told the ref, its called good sportsmanship, disgraceful moment, then busy talking about the abuse like we supposed to feel sorry for you 😂
Robbie Fowler:" my family are okay but more importantly how's yours?" what makes Tierre Henry's family more important than his own?
@@stephenpigot7057 just being nice to the guest. People overthink it
to late to admit now what the world sew live !
Footballs a game, the abuse and reaction after all these years is ridiculous. Some of these comments show how shambolic some football supporters are as humans.
Thierry acts like a victim in this interview. talking about the moments that shape you as if its a circumstance that shaped him. He did it, take responsibility man. Just say you did the wrong thing dont make weak excuses. FA cup games and Espanol v barca do not in anyway compare to knockout qualification for the World cup. The man simply has not faced up to the fact that he created the situation for himself.
Now saying that i dont condone threats or personal attacks.
However Henry was and will always be rememebered as a cheat and justifiably so. Maradona got it, Zidane got it for his headbutt tough luck Thierry you should have been more honest.
He did admit it smh..Suarez still gets love yet he knock Ghana out with his handball
You cheated you were a role model for children as an Irish man I was disgusted with you u knew u cheated to get France to win Ireland don’t get to go to many big competitions you robbed us of that chance by being totally dishonest! U are that type of player own it You cheated!! to get France to win end of story
He's still making excuses.
As a player, Henry is a PL great. But as a cheater, he's pretty lowly. He speaks as if the handball just happened to him, like it was bad luck. Wrong place at the wrong time, or something. All I hear are excuses and weak attempts at explaining it away. "Maradona did it, Messi did it, so why you so mad at me ?"
He could have told the referee it was handball and asked him to disallow the goal. He didn't. He cheated. He lied. He robbed Ireland. Those are facts. No point trying to explain it away. He's only losing face even more. The thing is; everyone h-a-t-e cheaters, and no one ever forgets a cheater.
Maradona didn’t tell the ref either and of course he wouldn’t if it goes unnoticed you’re not going to ask the ref to revert the decision. Of course cheating is horrible but it was in the flow of the moment and you think he was going to tell the ref to revert the decision and cost his country a spot in the WC? I know it’s a tough pill to swallow but calm down on Henry it’s the ref and linesman’s fault more than anyone here
Question is is Messi,Maradona,Suarez all low to you now cause they all cheated?
@@machaazahisagama3575 I suppose so. if they cheated, yeah.
@@Norseman4 they all have did a intentional handball
@@machaazahisagama3575 Your point being ??? That just because x number of people are cheaters, we should tolerate cheating ?? That's literally how cheating became a culture in football in the first place. When you desensitize yourself to and become numb to weakness, you'll eventually find yourself surrounded by only weakness, from all sides. Think about that. Why tolerate weakness ? Why forgive ? Cheating is not a moment of error or a moment of bad desicion-making, it is a calculated act, a selfish act, a coward act to get what you want at someone else's expense. It is a theft and a lie, and there's nothing worse than liars. Cheating and lying is the same thing, two sides of the same coin.
I'm no saint, man, and I'm not Mr.Chivalrous, but I don't ****ing lie. Tolerating liars and giving them a free pass says a lot about you, and speaks volumes of the absence of standards.
I'm Irish and I would have done the same thing... I never for 1 min hated Henry and the game was still 1-1 at the time ffs
Still not welcome in Ireland
one does what one has to do..... shit happens, move on....
I'd do anything to go to the world cup
Never forget.
This man is shameless 😮
Cheat ! End of....Cheat ...ok you had the reaction but why not admit to the ref after you handled it ?
Seems like he really hasn't learned anything.
Ur not even french
What a legend 👏 taigs still crying nowadays make it even better 🤣
The thing is he missed a chance at true football legendary status. Had he turned to the ref and owned up to it, chances were fairly good that France still would have gone through. His career would be perfect topped with possibly the best act of sportsmanship imo. It would take a lot. It's just cause it was him that we expected it.
Not u team it's your courty dope
He did what any other player would have done in the same situation. Armchair pundits can say what they want, they'll never play in a world cup!
I still don’t understand the hate. England cheated to win the World Cup in 66. The fact is if the shoe was on the other foot, fans wouldn’t have complained about it. The hypocrisy in football, mixed with corruption, cheating and ridiculously, hilarious decision making ruins the game. We also have to remember that football is played differently around the world and it’s not a one size fits all rulebook and never has been. Therefore it does need a massive shake up and people with common sense.
5 seconds in, and I’m guessing this is gunna be another race issue.
Nope.
@@cgopie1 Well, it turns out I was right, so yep
@@karlosthejackel69 At what point was racism mentioned? The abuse he got were death threats for the handball.
@@cgopie1 I suppose he just threw on that jumper as well?
@@karlosthejackel69 He can wear what he wants, but what did he say that had anything to do with race? This was not a race issue, and he didn't make it a race issue. Now keep talking about his jumper to keep dodging the fact you got it completely wrong.
Irish fans so bitter because that was the closest their country has gone to reaching a world cup. Instead of being so bitter, move on and thrive to be better. That's what France did and you guys can now only dream of ever beating them.
@Mad Man 1 People like you are precisely one of the problems with social media. Madness people still say racist shit like this in 2021.
In 1993, we were the 6th best team in the world in the fifa rankings
From a half Irish half french guy
Stick that in your pipe.
They've been to 3 World Cups. The last time in 2002 (the one previous to the on they're talking about). 2002 was the one where Roy Keane famously walked out. Ireland had a really good side during that period. The likes of Roy and Robbie Keane, Duff, Kelly, Harte, Given, Dunne etc.