BBJ Sharing Trophy with Pricksen

From the Huddleboard

John Hartson and Fernando Ricksen sharing POTY story!

ONE of the more light-hearted stories in Hartson's compelling life story centres around the day he learned he was sharing Scotland's Player of the Year crown with Rangers rival Fernando Ricksen.
Hartson and the Dutchman were honoured at the end of the 2004-05 season at a glitzy dinner in Glasgow. But Hartson recalls in his book how he was stunned when he received a phone call from Ricksen days before the event.

He said: "I'd just got into my car after training and was driving home when my phone went.
"No number came up on the screen and I flicked it on to loudspeaker.
"I heard a guy on the other end of the line saying, 'Hi John, this is Fernando Ricksen'.
"I'd never spoken to Fernando before but he said he had got the number from the switchboard at Celtic Park.
"He went on to say in a thick Dutch accent, 'I can't believe that we're sharing this trophy - I'm a much better player than you are'.

"I was taken aback a little by his arrogance and said something like, 'Well, I'm not going to disagree with you but I did score 30 goals this season, Fernando'.

"The next thing I know he's saying, 'I'm going to be back in Holland for a lot of next season.

"'How would you feel if I had the trophy for 10 months and you had it for the other two?'

"That said, I didn't have a problem with it and thought if it meant so much to him then he could just keep the thing for a year, but he wasn't letting it go.

"The next thing I know he's saying, 'It's a joke that we are sharing this trophy. I had a much better season than you and I'm a much better player'.

"That's when I lost it. I had been pretty understanding up until that point but I could feel my blood boiling and I flew into a rage.

"I said, 'Why don't you just eff off. I can't wait until the next time we play you. I'm going to kick you all over the park'.

"At that point I just heard someone bursting out in laughter at the other end of the line.

"It was Alan Thompson all along, phoning me from the hands-free kit in his car."

 

I heard that earlier today its a fablous story

 

always new thommo was a genius

 

HAHAHAHA, right good

Alan Thompson got him good

 

Whos Alan Thompson?

 

That lad on the high wages thats on the bench with his feet up puffing on a cigar?

 

Oh thats right i forgot he was even still at Parkhead LOL. If Hartson would just have started the story with "Alan Thompson" then said nothing else that would have been much funnier.

 

Was reading that and thinking what a * Fandango was, was not even surprised by the story(till the end anyway)
Hail Hail Thommo

 

Yea me too!!!

Was thinking yea this is something that * would do

Best thing Thommo has done since...eh..since........
last minute cracker against huns at cp?????????

 

Genius Thommo Genius.

 

He earned his 28k that day i tell ye and most days he was at the club to be fair
Was reading earlier that BBJ gave the commando a ring when he was in that Sporting Chance clinic ......to wish him well
A big man in more ways than one is John Hartson

 

lol good stuff

 

thomo hilarious!!

 

That is a classic story. Had me going too I must admit.
On an aside lets lay off Alan Thompson. He may only be a reserve player now but he served us well and scored some cracking and very important goals for us against the huns, in Europe and in league and cup. I for one don't forget some of those great days his goals and all his service into Larsson from the flanks gave us.

 

Brilliant Story.. You can imagine BBJ going mad ijn the Car!!!

 

totally agree mate - not many would walk away from the money he's on tgiven that he prob only has a couple of yrs left

Great story tho.​

 

Laughing like a madman when i read that 1 thomos screamer against gers that day near took the roof off the pub it was a cracker .

 

he's also one of the best celtic players to pull on the jersy in the last 30 years.

if he had've been looking out of parkhead when he couldn't get a game a lot of you so called fans would've been slating him.

just can't please some of you.

hail hail thommo, great prank.

 

should have recorded that stuff

 

football fans are very fickle it's easier to coat a player than give a player praise for what he did give celtic in his time,funny enough the same sort of * was said about BBJ and now he's gone all of a sudden he's the man.BBJ is a legend and always was and thommo was a very good player and scored excellent goals and gave us some very valuable goals and should at least be given the respect he's due