Ken baits the messenger

You will, we are confident, remember last week's ditty on Chelsea chairman Ken Bates' dodgy semi-anti-Semitic jibes ("we know…

You will, we are confident, remember last week's ditty on Chelsea chairman Ken Bates' dodgy semi-anti-Semitic jibes ("we know they're Israelis because they always ask if there's a discount for block bookings"), as reported by the Daily Mirror.

Update: "Mirror reporters and photographers are no longer welcome at Chelsea on match-days or indeed at the training ground or press conferences," announced Mr Bates last week. To which we say: 'Aah Ken, cop yerself on'.

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Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times