Spit-shame football pundit Carragher goes on live TV to beg for his £1m a year job
best way to go forward.” Last night his Sky Sports co-presenter Gary Neville leapt to Carragher’s defence, claiming despite his “big mistake” he should not get the sack.
Neville tweeted: “I’ve been on TV for three years with him and in my opinion this isolated incident shouldn’t stop us working together.”
The confrontation happened on Saturday as Carragher left Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground after United’s 2-1 win over Liverpool.
In the video the 14-year-old is sitting in the passenger seat of her father’s car with the window down when they pull up alongside Carragher’s car.
The girl’s father can be heard laughing at Carragher and quipping: “2-1, 2-1, unlucky Jamie lad, 2-1 lad”.
Suddenly Carragher’s car pulls closer and inexplicably he spits through the car window.
The schoolgirl was left in tears after his saliva hit her in the face and said he should have taken the banter “as a joke”. The unnamed girl said: “I have never been spat at by anyone before. I thought I had done something wrong.”
The girl’s angry father said: “For a grown man to do that to a girl who had not done anything. There’s no two ways about it, he saw her.”
The girl’s 38-year-old mother added: “Spitting at someone is the lowest of the low. It is disgusting.”
Former football hardman Vinnie Jones branded Carragher “absolute filth” as he led calls for him to lose his pundit job. He said: “There is no sitting on the fence here, Jamie is down the road – down the job centre tomorrow.”
Former Manchester City player Joey Barton branded Carragher’s actions “absolute madness”.
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