Craig Bellamy

I used to think that Craig Bellamy was a bit of a cunt. I looked at him as a Welsh Chav with a load of tattoos and bad attitude. He was an example of why many Premiership footballers are piss poor role models.

Bellamy has been cleared of assaulting two women in a Cardiff nightclub, fined for driving a car with no insurance, cleared of racially abusing an Asian bouncer, sent off, banned, and kicked out of Newcastle United and Luckypool.

Bobby Robson described Bellamy as a man who "could start a fight in an empty room." He had run-ins with Terry McDermott, he threw a chair at the Newcastle first team coach John Carver and was eventually shown the exit door by Graeme Souness for refusing to play right-wing against Arsenal.

Newcastle tried to flog Bellamy to Birmingham but after the striker sent a text to the Newcastle chairman that said: "I am Craig Bellamy I don't play for shit clubs" the deal was called off. Shortly afterwards he was sent on loan to Celtic.

After Celtic, Bellamy signed for Blackburn Rovers where he blossomed under manager Mark Hughes - a fellow striker and Welshman. While at Blackburn he sent abusive text messages to the son of the Newcastle chairman and also to the then Newcastle captain Alan Shearer after Newcastle were knocked out of the FA Cup by Moan United.

The following season he was sold to Luckypool but only lasted a season after he attacked fellow team mate John "long ball" Riise with a golf club.

But last week, Craig Bellamy shocked me. This was after he spent 650, 000 pounds of his own money to set up a football academy in war torn Seirra Leone to try and help develop the country's young talent. Bellamy's foundation will set up 14 new leagues, create 68 new boys teams, employ 141 coaches and educate people on health awareness.

Bellamy is promoting the game of football.

In Los Angeles, David Beckham claims to be promoting "soccer". He charges $1000 for five days of coaching per child at his academy.

Like I said earlier, I thought Craig Bellamy was a cunt. Obviously, I was thinking of the wrong person.