Footstomper
19 Jan 2007, 03:45 PM
From the Grauniad
'He's young, he's rich, he's kind of talented - he's Glen Johnson.
Yesterday, the Pompey full-back and his sidekick, Millwall striker Ben May, planned a raid on Dartford B&Q's bathroom fittings section so audacious it made Hannibal's elephant-mounted attack on ancient Rome look like a trip down the local Co-op. After wandering into the B&Q, Johnson put a toilet seat into a box with a cheaper price tag and also hid a set of taps underneath a sink at the checkout to avoid paying for them. Onlookers, understandably, couldn't figure out why a man on £30,000-a-week didn't just pay for the goods himself: "We all recognised Johnson," squawked a B&Q flunky. "No one could quite believe a bloke like him, with all that money, would be moronic enough to nick a toilet seat. But that's what him and May were doing."
Whatthe fu........?
Anyone who saw Johnson in his Chelsea days will know how he has trouble handling opponents, no matter how lumbering and aged they are, so it's no surprise that the Pompey Pilferer was soon nabbed ... by a pensioner. "They were spotted by one of our security guards, a chap of 74, and cops arrived as they were trying to leave.'
'He's young, he's rich, he's kind of talented - he's Glen Johnson.
Yesterday, the Pompey full-back and his sidekick, Millwall striker Ben May, planned a raid on Dartford B&Q's bathroom fittings section so audacious it made Hannibal's elephant-mounted attack on ancient Rome look like a trip down the local Co-op. After wandering into the B&Q, Johnson put a toilet seat into a box with a cheaper price tag and also hid a set of taps underneath a sink at the checkout to avoid paying for them. Onlookers, understandably, couldn't figure out why a man on £30,000-a-week didn't just pay for the goods himself: "We all recognised Johnson," squawked a B&Q flunky. "No one could quite believe a bloke like him, with all that money, would be moronic enough to nick a toilet seat. But that's what him and May were doing."
Whatthe fu........?
Anyone who saw Johnson in his Chelsea days will know how he has trouble handling opponents, no matter how lumbering and aged they are, so it's no surprise that the Pompey Pilferer was soon nabbed ... by a pensioner. "They were spotted by one of our security guards, a chap of 74, and cops arrived as they were trying to leave.'