OUR CONTROVERSIAL MANAGER

Found this interesting reading on Wikipedia....

So far in his career, Pardew has been involved in several controversial issues and events. In 2003, the BBC described him as being a "dangerous and distant animal" in the media, referring to his public relations abilities, which has led him to making several rash comments. When at West Ham, the club employed a media advisor for Pardew to help him win over sceptical fans. The following is a list of controversies Pardew has been involved in:

In September 2003, Pardew resigned from Reading after being refused permission to become manager at West Ham. Reading's chairman John Madejski attempted to create an injunction in the High Court to prevent him from moving to West Ham. Eventually Reading's legal action was dropped, and Pardew joined West Ham after a period of gardening leave.
In December 2005, Pardew stated a public interest in Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson, without informing Palace manager Iain Dowie.
In March 2006, Pardew had a dispute with Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, after he criticised Arsenal for failing to field an English player in their UEFA Champions League win against Real Madrid. Wenger suggested that Pardew was being xenophobic, a claim Pardew denied, citing his marriage to a Swedish wife.
In November 2006, Pardew had another dispute with Wenger after celebrating West Ham's win over Arsenal. Wenger claimed he was "provoked" into pushing Pardew after Pardew's celebrations at West Ham's late win. Wenger was later fined by the Football Association, whilst Pardew was cleared of the charges in January 2007.
In February 2007, shortly before Pardew's new club Charlton faced West Ham, The Sun published a report documenting a video of one of Pardew's media training sessions he took whilst manager at West Ham. In the video, Pardew jokingly made several disparaging comments about West Ham's fans.
In October 2007, Pardew intervened on the pitch in a match against Hull City to try and break up a confrontation between Charlton and Hull players after Lloyd Sam and Ian Ashbee were sent-off. Pardew denied he made the situation worse by intervening.
In March 2009, on Match of the Day 2 Pardew stated that Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien "absolutely rapes" Man City player Ched Evans during a midfield tussle for the ball, in the sense that he bested him physically. The BBC have said there will be no on-air apology, despite 35 viewer complaints, insisting it had been misheard as "rakes", and expressing no certainty that Pardew would appear, or not appear on the show again.

From the Telegraph....

Alan Pardew, the former Charlton Athletic manager, had been invited as a commentator on the BBC football programme Match of the Day 2 on Sunday night when the incident happened.

Pardew, 47, stated that Chelsea. midfielder Michael Essien "absolutely rapes" Manchester City player Ched Evans during a midfield tussle.
"He's a strong boy, he absolutely rapes him" he adds.

Pardew's comments came days after black cab rapist John Worboys was convicted for a string of assaults against female passengers and police fear that hundreds of women were targeted by the 51-year-old former stripper.

The bizarre outburst by the football manager has led to 35 complaints, according to the BBC.

Presenters Adrian Chiles and Alan Hansen apparently misheard the comment and thought he said "rakes", according to the BBC.

A BBC spokeswoman said: "Alan Pardew apologies unconditionally for any offence caused by remarks he made on Match on the Day 2 shown last night".

Football fans have also registered their surprise at the comments on football forums.

"What was the former West Ham manager thinking? Surely he must have had a mental checklist of what not to say whilst on the show, did that list not include avoiding calling any player a rapist? Apparently not! Anyway it was a good display by the west London side who could have won 5-0 frankly" said one fan on thespoiler.com

Fans predict he is unlikely to be asked back on the show.

This is not the first gaffe that the former Premiership manager has made. In 2007, whilst he was manager of West Ham, he was caught on film calling West Ham fans "w***ers" who "should all f*** off". The club employed a media advisor for Pardew to help him win over sceptical fans.

Pardew is currently without a club after being sacked by Charlton Athletic on 22 November 2008.

His comments will be of embarrassment to the BBC, who in recently days have had several gaffes made on screen, including BBC News presenter Chris Eakin comparing fellow newsreader George Alagiah to a chimpanzee live on air and a month after The One Show reporter Carol Thatcher described tennis player as a "golliwog" in the Green Room.

We will have some entertainment then other than that we would hope to see on the pitch.

We are quite happy to be part of pardews army as we climb inexorably back up the hill