Alan Davies

Comedian Alan Davies says Liverpool's tradition of not playing on 15 April 'gets on my tits' One-Minute Read LAST UPDATED AT 14:35 ON Tue 10 Apr 2012 COMEDIAN Alan Davies has received death threats after mocking Liverpool FC's traditional refusal to play on 15 April, the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster when 96 people were killed at an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest in 1989. The...  

COMEDY star Alan Davies is defiantly to perform in Liverpool – despite recently facing death threats from football fans in the city. The QI star, 46, outraged Liverpool fans following his controversial comments about the club’s refusal to play on the ...  

"I'm looking forward to meeting the people who actually do all the work in TV and to seeing people accept awards without collapsing in tears," said Jonathan Creek star Davies. Amanda Berry OBE, chief executive of BAFTA, said: "Alan is one of those ...  

After a crawl for the majority, the race was still in the balance two out with only half a length between the winner and Fly Direct. However, Pete Mann asked him to quicken and he duly did, registering his fifth course success with the rider hollering up ...  

STEPHEN FRY’S QI sidekick, former star of Jonathan Creek, Arsenal fan. Alan Davies is probably known for more than that but without getting Wikipedia out that’s enough to introduce him. The reason he’s getting mentioned on here in the first place … Continue reading →  

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ENGLISH comic Alan Davies, whose controversial comments about the club's refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster upset many Liverpool fans yesterday, has made a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.  

• Campaign would prefer comedian 'tried to understand'• Davies further jokes about buying a 'scouser' costumeIn the wake of a severe backlash after the comedian Alan Davies mocked Liverpool's insistence on not playing on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, his offer of a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC) has been rejected."The HJC has not accepted the £1,000 paid into its Paypal account by Alan Davies," the...  

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Comedian Alan Davies has apologised after sparking controversy by criticising Liverpool's refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. The Jonathan Creek and QI star, speaking on his Arsenal FC podcast The Tuesday Club, launched into a ...  

ALAN DAVIES last night said he had been treated “like a paedophile” over his Hillsborough views. The comic has received a torrent of abuse since ridiculing Liverpool for refusing to play on April 15, the anniversary of the 1989 disaster. Davies, 46 ...  

In a speech at the service, Margaret Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, addressed the recent comments of comedian Alan Davies who ridiculed the club's refusal to play on April 15. She said: When certain people made certain ...  

Alan Davies, 46, apologised for his “insensitivity in tone” when questioning Liverpool FC’s refusal to play a match on the anniversary of the 1989 disaster, but said their response went too far. Writing in The Times he said: “To comprehend the ...  

LAUGHTER-FREE comedian and Arsenal fan Alan Davies has been sent death threats by half-witted Liverpool fans after making half-baked Hillsborough Disaster remarks. Anfield will be filled today with people remembering the 96 fans who died so horribly in ...  

Comic Alan Davies today said that those who mourn Hillsborough have "lost perspective". Davies also said there was a "distortion of genuine emotion" over the tragedy which claimed the lives of 96 football supporters. In the comment piece for The Times ...  

Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram has hit out at comedian Alan Davies for his ... Although he condemned the actions of the people responsible for the online threats, Liverpool Walton MP Rotheram criticised what he described as “misguided and erroneous views ...  

Alan Davies; comedian, broadcaster, podcaster, football pundit and - so we learn from his Times article today - the latest victim of the Hillsborough disaster. This morning, in an article of breathtakingly convoluted and self-serving logic, he clambered so ...  

Comic Alan Davies has been blasted once again for claiming that Hillsborough mourners have lost perspective. His remarks, made in The Times newspaper, were part of a comment piece written in an attempt to explain and defend his earlier remarks that ...  

Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram has hit back at Alan Davies over the comedian's Hillsborough comments in The Times on Monday. Davies caused outrage when he said on his Arsenal FC podcast The Tuesday Club last week: "Liverpool and the 15th - that gets on my t ...  

FOOTBALL fans will tackle comic Alan Davies with a Wembley demo over his Hillsborough rant. They plan to take dozens of anti-Davies banners to the stadium for tomorrow’s Liverpool v Everton FA Cup semi-final. One supporter wrote on a forum: “We’re ...  

THE CHARITY to which comedian Alan Davies pledged to give £1,000 after his Hillsborough comments hit the headlines yesterday has refused to accept his donation.     Davies claims to have received death threats after mocking Liverpool's refusal to play ...  

FOOTBALL fans were fuming last night after comedian Alan Davies attacked Liverpool’s decision not to play on the Hillsborough anniversary. The Arsenal supporter ranted on a podcast over the refusal to stage matches on April 15, the day 96 fans died in 1989.  

The comedian whose remarks about the Hillsborough disaster prompted death threats has responded to the controversy by claiming his attackers 'do not speak for the dead'. Alan Davies came under fire for questioning Liverpool FC's refusal to play on the ...  

Alan Davies has apologised for comments he made regarding the commemoration of the Hillsborough disaster. Davies criticised Liverpool FC and manager Kenny Dalglish on his football podcast for refusing to play on the anniversary of the tragedy (April 15 ...  

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign has refused to accept a £1,000 PayPal donation from Alan Davies. It follows his comments about Liverpool refusing to play on the anniversary of the disaster. The comedian said in his weekly football podcast that the team ...  

Jessie J speaks out about being bisexual, Alan Davies causes offence with his comments about Hillsborough and Ken Livingstone defends the amount of tax he pays. We've picked the best quotes from across the news this week, including football commentator Ray ...  

Alan Davies has had his £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign rejected following his remarks about Liverpool’s decision not play their FA Cup semi-final with Everton on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Last week, the ...  

QI star Alan Davies has apologised and given a donation to the Hillsborough campaign following his “insensitive” comments over the Hillsborough disaster - but has received death threats on Twitter. The comedian  sparked fury with a foul-mouthed rant ...  

• Campaign would prefer comedian 'tried to understand'• Davies further jokes about buying a 'scouser' costumeIn the wake of a severe backlash after the comedian Alan Davies mocked Liverpool's insistence on not playing on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, his offer of a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC) has been rejected."The HJC has not accepted the £1,000 paid into its Paypal account by Alan Davies," the...  

COMIC Alan Davies faces a fresh wave of hatred from Liverpool fans after Tweeting a picture of a Scouser with the catchphrase: “Eh! Eh! Calm down!” The QI star, 46, riled the club’s supporters by mocking its refusal to play on the anniversary of the ...  

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign has refused a £1,000 donation by comedian Alan Davies following his comments about the Hillsborough disaster. Davies received a backlash from fans after he mocked Liverpool's insistence that they never play on the ...  

Comedian Alan Davies has risked angering Liverpool fans even further after posting a link to a 'Scouser disguise' fancy dress costume on Twitter, following criticism of his comments earlier in the week on not understanding the club's refusal to play on the ...  

Comedian Alan Davies today risked reigniting a backlash that saw him receive death threats after his comments about the Hillsborough disaster outraged Liverpool fans. The Hillsborough Justice Campaign turned down a £1,000 donation from the 46-year-old ...  

Comedian Alan Davies has donated £1,000 to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign after mocking Liverpool’s refusal to play on the anniversary of the 1989 tragedy. The 46-year-old Arsenal fan, talking on his football podcast The Tuesday Club, criticized the ...  

Comedian Alan Davies has apologised over comments he made on his football podcast about Liverpool’s refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster – a steadfast decision that has had the knock-on effect of leaving Chelsea with just ...  

The comedian Alan Davies has made a £1,000 donation to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign after comments he made about the club's refusal to play on 15 April, the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, incurred the wrath of fans. Liverpool's policy has ...  

TV star Alan Davies has been bombarded with vile death threats following his “insensitive” comments regarding the Hillsborough disaster. The comedian sparked fury with a foul-mouthed rant criticising Liverpool’s decision not to play their FA Cup semi ...  

Comedian Alan Davies has provoked fierce criticism for his comments about Liverpool FC refusing to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. The Jonathan Creek actor, an Arsenal fan, made the comments in his football podcast The Tuesday Club.  

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign have announced that they have declined to accept a £1000 donation from ‘comedian’ Alan Davies, after the Arsenal fan tried to make amends for insensitive comments on Liverpool not playing games on April 15th.  

Comedian Alan Davies has sparked fury by launching a foul-mouthed rant criticising Liverpool’s refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. The QI star’s outburst came during a discussion about the upcoming FA Cup semi-finals for ...  

They say if you can't beat 'em, join 'em... So comedian Alan Davies has decided to poke tongue-in-cheek fun at the backlash against him by Liverpool fans by joking that he plans to go out disguised as a Scouser. The QI star has been bombarded by vile death ...  

The Housing Act 1919 resulted in mass council housing building across Liverpool during the 1920s and 1930s. Thousands of families were rehoused from the inner-city to new suburban housing estates, based on the pretext that this would improve their standard ...  

Liverpool play Everton in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday, April 14 rather than April 15, the date in 1989 when 96 Reds fans were crushed to death. "Liverpool and the 15th - that gets on my t*ts that s**t," he ranted. "What are you talking about, 'We ...  

The Jonathan Creek and QI star's remarks came during the latest edition of his Arsenal podcast, The Tuesday Club. Davies has now become a target for enraged Liverpool fans after suggesting not playing the FA Cup semi-final on the 15th is unfair on Chelsea.  

Davies posted on Twitter a link to fancy dress attire resembling the Scousers from the popular 90s Harry Enfield and Chums TV sketch show. The QI panelist has received death threats on the social networking site since he made comments about Liverpool FC's ...  

In response to the anger on Twitter over his comments, the QI and Jonathan Creek star said he "needed a disguise" for going out and posted an image of an outfit based on a character from Harry Enfield and Chums. Davies has come under fire after ...  

The Jonathan Creek and QI star had come under intense criticism for his comments, which he made earlier this week. The television comic has since become a target for enraged Liverpool fans after suggesting that not playing the FA Cup semi-final on the 15th ...  

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC) has rejected a £1,000 donation from comedian Alan Davies. The stand-up was criticised ... where he has been called a "c**t" and a "f**king paedophile" with less compassion than a "serial rapist".  

The Jonathan Creek and QI star's remarks came during the latest edition of his Arsenal podcast The Tuesday Club. The 46-year-old was discussing the dates of the forthcoming FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. Liverpool's clash with Merseyside rivals, Everton ...  

Free to get our information from wherever we want and apparently free to voice our opinions in ways that simply were not possible before the invention of the World Wide Web. This was great news for soccer fans. Now there were spaces for us to discuss our ...  

We don’t all stop using the London Underground on 17 November (the ... it is absolutely right that Liverpool should not play football on this sad and painful day.” In many ways, the reaction to Hillsborough was the prototype for later ...  

I was both shocked and saddened this week to read about a model who appeared on the German Come Dine With Me who committed suicide after apparently becoming the target of internet trolls.  

On May 30, television presenter and columnist Rick Edwards will interview runner Kriss Akabusi, and on August 6, Stephen Fry will interview the 400 meter hurdle gold medalist Edwin Moses.  

BOLTON Wanderers have put a £3.5m price tag on Newcastle United target Mark Davies. The 24-year-old is one of the players the Magpies are looking at with Danny Guthrie leaving this summer. The cultured midfielder is out of contract in June. Manager Alan ...  

Wanderers waved goodbye to 15 players yesterday – but Owen Coyle has warned Newcastle United that Mark Davies will not be going through the Reebok exit doors. Reports in the North East claim Toon boss Alan Pardew will renew his pursuit of the talented ...  

Watch Now! Click here to watch Previously on QI Season 9 Episode 17 "The Immortal Bard", Stephen Fry investigates the Immortal Bard with Sue Perkins, Bill Bailey, David Mitchell and Alan Davies in a special show for the Cultural Olympiad.  

Metro readers are now being given the chance to not only attend but to pick up VIP packages. Comedians Dylan Moran, Milton Jones and Alan Davies are among the performers already signed up to take part, it can be revealed today. QI panellist Davies ...  

Once again Music Director Alan Gilbert was on the podium, and this time the concerto offering featured one of their own as soloist. Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow performed Béla Bartók’s first violin concerto. The remainder of the program covered a ...  

Comedian Alan Davies is facing a backlash from fans after mocking Liverpool’s insistence that they never play on the anniversary of Hillsborough. The Arsenal fan was speaking on a podcast when he launched into a rant over the Merseyside club’s refusal ...  

This week's episode of QI is all about insects and other 'Invertebrates'. Joining QI master Stephen Fry are panellists Alan Davies, Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas and Sarah Millican. The first question tonight is, 'What do bees do better than dogs?' Stephen Fry ...  

Previously on QI Season 9 Episode 17 "The Immortal Bard", Stephen Fry investigates the Immortal Bard with Sue Perkins, Bill Bailey, David Mitchell and Alan Davies in a special show for the Cultural Olympiad. On this week's Episode title "Idleness", Stephen ...  

New York Philharmonic at Davies Symphony HallSan Francisco ChronicleFounded: 1842 Home: Avery Fisher Hall Music director: Alan Gilbert Past music directors: Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel Music director emeritus: Kurt Masur President and executive director: Zarin Mehta ...  

Tonight's QI is all about 'Indecision'. QI master Stephen Fry is joined by panellists Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies. To kick the episode off Stephen Fry shows the panel the picture of a man and asks, "Why did this 'tosser' get thrown ...  

Davies: A Welsh computer scientist who worked with Alan Turing, Davies was one of the inventors ... the net's distributed and dynamic Domain Name System. Craig Newmark: Seeking to connect a group of friends, Newmark founded Craigslist in 1995 ...  

With contestants Ross Noble, Sean Lock, Brian Blessed and Alan Davies. On this week's Episode title "The Immortal Bard", Sue Perkins, Bill Bailey, David Mitchell are the guests on the show this week.