Portsmouth News 24/7Writer: 
Date:Thursday August 31 2006
Time: 10:22AM
UK time is: 11:02:42
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Lua Lua Petition- Premier League
Lua Lua has been told he cannot where his son`s initials on the back of his shirt next season. The premier league has refused this request;
"I am gutted.This season is for Jesus and I thought it would be a nice way of helping his memory live on.
"I asked the club to contact the Premier League.
"The secretary came back and told me they would not allow me to have my son`s initial on the back of my shirt.
"I could not believe it. I did not want his whole name on the shirt — just his initial and I do not
see what harm that would do.
"I am still struggling to come to terms with losing Jesus and have not even been able to bring myself to visit his grave.
"My family keep on telling me I should throw all his toys away but I cannot do it.'
I have an email address of someone high up at the Premier League, after I did some work for them. Send me your emails pleading with them to allow Lua Lua to wear his sons initials on the back of his shirt and I will send them to the Premier League.
vitalpompey@hotmail.co.uk
by Paul Fisher
Seconds Out! Vital Boxing is here!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
sent!
lmatthews
I know this is a different example, and it is still the players name but the Premier Legaue recently allowed Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen to now display "Gamst" as opposed to "Pedersen" on his shirt at his request. Has something to do with Gamst being his mothers maiden name. Let LuaLua show his tribute, what harm will it do...
pompeyrug
sent, signed, sealed and delivered
pompey pessimist
ow it's been changed
lmatthews
it got sent back to me! vitalpompeyadmin@hotmail.co.uk??
lmatthews
i agree with pompey rug, wheres the harm, of course he could always change his name then they couldnt stop it. Perhapse u2us@skysports.com might be a helpfull address to use.
russellm
well if paul has an email address of someone high up at the premier league then get it to him i would have thought
lmatthews
done, with pleasure
russellm
this is stupid let him have the name on his shirt they let him have lua lua wich isnt actualy his real name anyway
retro hat
good point retro, and if you see the article in the Sun he's only talking about adding a J anyway i.e J Lua Lua,
russellm
Sent a very long and graphic e-mail expressing my disgust!
Westov
He just should have done until he waas told not to. He could have blamed itas a spelling error. The old boys don't like too much change or starting things that will grow out of control.
storagematt
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WHY CAN THEY REFUSE....
pompeygray
Seems a completely harmless and honourable request, what possible problem could they have with it?
Come on Premier League admin types (or whoever is making this bizarre refusal), show some professionalism and let the man make the change for a season - it's not like people who already have 'Lua Lua' on the back of their shirts are going to complain (being all to aware of Lomana's loss).
Tantona
good point pompeygray!
Westov
Seems very petty by the Premierleague and no common sense has been used.
Tierney
I think it is awfull. I can see why they are saying no, because everyone will want to personalise their shirts if Lu Lu is aloud but this is an exceptional case.
POMPEYMEV
Yep, their official line is clearly that Pompeymev, they're justifiably concerned that others will pile onto the bandwagon...I agree that there's plenty of reason that they could have made a one off exception for Lomana though.
Tantona
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
On this day in history...24th May (Friday May 24 2013)
David Connolly joins the crusade (Thursday May 23 2013)
Not short of an option or two! (Thursday May 23 2013)
On this day in history...23rd May (Thursday May 23 2013)
On this day in history...22nd May (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Reaping the benefits of 1st team football (Tuesday May 21 2013)
On this day in history...21st May (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Scunny winger becomes latest Pompey signing (Monday May 20 2013)
Winger signing imminent? (Monday May 20 2013)
On this day in history...20th May (Monday May 20 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | pompeyrug | 71 |
| 2. | eastneydave | 48 |
| 3. | storagematt | 37 |
| 4. | mslorna48 | 27 |
| 5. | Jimsmithswig | 25 |
| 6. | Pompeytim | 20 |
| 7. | blueballoo2000 | 17 |
| 8. | nagoyablue | 15 |
| 9. | PompeyJake | 13 |
| 10. | PFCblue | 10 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Shrewsbury | 3 | - | 2 | Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth | 3 | - | 0 | Sheff Utd |
| Brentford | 3 | - | 2 | Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth | 0 | - | 0 | Stevenage |
| Portsmouth | 1 | - | 0 | Tranmere |
| Preston | 1 | - | 1 | Portsmouth |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 18. Stevenage | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 54 |
| 19. Oldham | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | -13 | 51 |
| 20. Colchester | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 51 |
| 21. Scunthorpe | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | -24 | 48 |
| 22. Bury | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -28 | 41 |
| 23. Hartlepool | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -28 | 41 |
| 24. Portsmouth | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 32 |
Breaking League News
| Lowe Set For MK Dons Exit
» MK Dons : 24/05/2013 10:49:00
|
| Teenage Midfielder Pens Pro Deal
» Carlisle : 24/05/2013 10:40:00
|
| Coventry Saga Rears Its Ugly Head
» Walsall : 24/05/2013 09:48:00
|
| 10 years ago today
» Bournemouth : 24/05/2013 07:49:00
|
| Flahavan: I am staying to fight for the shirt
» Bournemouth : 24/05/2013 07:45:00
|
| On this day in history...24th May
» Portsmouth : 24/05/2013 07:32:00
|
| Five For Fun
» Coventry : 23/05/2013 21:17:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.