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Jan 23 2011 by Tom Hopkinson, The People
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BLACKPOOL ace Jason Euell has blasted football's anti-fun law-makers for ruining the game.
Veteran striker Euell, 33, grew up at Wimbledon during the Crazy Gang era and admits he cannot believe how football has been stifled since those heady late-'80s days.
Liverpool star Ryan Babel became the first player to be censured for his use of social networking site twitter last week, when the FA fined him £10,000 for posting a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United jersey.
And Euell reckons that was just another example of the fun being taken away.
He said: "The image of football has changed because of the amount of money which has come in, and the FA have tried to put down a marker to say we're role models and should set an example.
"But we are human beings and you can't curb everything that happens. It's ruining things.
"The rule where, if you take your top off after scoring, you get booked – that's everyone's dream to score a goal, yet if you celebrate with your fans now, you get a yellow card.
"There are certain reasons for that because of the safety of the stewards and the fans, but that adrenaline rush sometimes can't be controlled.
"If you tell people about the carry-ons at Wimbledon they'd say, 'No way, not at a football club'.
"Like John Hartson having his clothes set on fire after he signed.
"But that was part of our day-to-day growing up as a person and it helped us achieve what we did.
"It was a completely different way. The things we did then you could say we couldn't do now."
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