Sportsmen / sportswomen that you love to hate

Oscar Pistorius. On so many different levels
Nancy Kerrigen. For ruining the only exciting thing ever to happen in ice skating.
Cliff Lazarenko for spilling my beer.

 

She played in goal for Man City didn't she?!

 

A

Allegedly

 

She was hit with a baton. Allegedly she didn't know it was to happen.

 

For the purposes of the forum, I live next door.

Never been keen on them.

 

Something Butler

 

Lewis Hamilton
Andy Murray
Deli Alli
Tyson Fury
The Croatian football team

 

Tom Ince
Paul Ince
Marc Marquez
Jorge Lorenzo
Charlie Adam
Lewis Hamilton
Dele Alli
Tony Pulis
James McLean
Mario Balotelli
Luis Suarez
Stephen Hunt and the Reading Ghost Goal accomplices
Cristiano Ronaldo
Tom Brady
Neymar
El Hadji Diouf
Jayne Torville
Christine Ohuruogu
Mo Farah
Chris Froome
Knockaert
Matt Ritchie
Wes Hoolahan
Adel Taarabt
Wilf Zaha
Graham Poll
Mark Clattenburg
Ryan Fraser
Callum Wilson
Marc Pugh
Tom Daley - Not really a sport though, diving.....except at AFCB...
Eddie Howe and Jason "tinted" Tindall

 

Jayne Torville?!

 

Can't abide her. Never could.

 

Impressive!

 

Cant believe this thread got this far and no one mentioned the odious leprechaun they call Conor Anthony McGregor!



Ronaldo gets many mentions though. Personally i feel he actually not what he seems. Flash bugger yes.. but he seems to do a lot of humble humane things as well. Seen several clips of him giving his time to young fans, for instance.

 

And no-one has mentioned Dominic Poleon yet either - the guy who used Ikechi Anya as a battering ram to break Jonathon Bond's cheekbone. And then compounded matters by scoring Leeds' opener.

 

Good shout.

Bonham’s Match.

Just to Crawley.

 

Recently signed for League 2 Crawley, to the delight of his previous club Bradford's fans. A **** for sure, but one we'll never hear of again

 

Gives his time but forgets about paying taxes.

 

A sort of Portuguese Robin Hood. Man of the people.

 

Can't understand people who knock Hamilton, If you actually watch his attempts at being 'cool' you will see he is actually a comedy genius

 

Herts boy so presumably a Horn.

Our fault if not.

 

I don't particularly like any U.S sportsperson, largely due to how annoyingly patriotic Americans are in their support. Chants of U S A was one of the reasons I joined CND in my youth.

Michael Johnson and Jay Demerit are exempt from my general loathing.

 

Steve Redgrave
David Weir

Despicable.

 

SSR is a def man of the people.

Also, a notable Buckinghamian.

See also Tracey Ullman.

 

I confess I found Dave Weir quite annoying when he was training in Richmond Park.

Traffic would back up noticeably behind him.

Ironically, the one time I saw SSR was at Heathrow. He popped out of a private door in a wheelchair. Actually, caught me on the leg. Pre Fessi days & I stayed on my feet.

 

I have an irrational dislike of someone and I can't explain it.

Matt Dawson - A Question Of Sport

Totally irrational. He's never done anything wrong. He seems like a great guy on screen and a good laugh. No idea why but something makes me not like him. Maybe he reminds me of an old boss or something.

I don't love to hate him. I don't understand why I don't like him.

 

I get what you mean. For me it's because at times he speaks with mock surprise like an adult would if they were performing a magic trick for 5 year olds.

But Dawson isn't performing a magic trick for 5 year olds. He's trying to encourage confidence in the hesitant answer an unsure teammate has put forward. It's a pantomime personality that comes across as soulless, tired and bereft of sincerity.

 

Michael Owen (it even seems irrational to me but I do)
John Terry (no explanation necessary, I assume)
Hundreds and hundreds of players in various US sports leagues (notably Kobe Bryant)
Nearly every referee or umpire whose name I’ve learned

 

Dawson is a prat. I think I dislike him for the same reason I dislike Michael Vaughan - likes the sound of his own voice, and comes across as a bit of a know-all.