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Published Date: 09 February 2009
HIBS goalie Grzegorz Szamotulski was reportedly banned from getting on a plane because airport staff said he was too drunk.
Check-in staff at Edinburgh Airport would not allow him on the 5.50am flight to Amsterdam because they feared he could have been a danger to other passengers. He was said to be wobbling on his feet and slurring his speech.

The Polish keeper had to return home to sleep off the effects of a heavy night out after Hibs' draw with Motherwell last Saturday.

An airline source said: "He could barely stand up and was lurching all over the place."

Szamotulski , who signed for Hibs last month, was heading to Gdansk for a week's break.

He said he was surprised when he was told he couldn't fly and claimed it was an over-reaction.

He said: "I was very calm. I didn't make any trouble. I just went back home and waited for the next plane."





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  • Last Updated: 09 February 2009 10:18 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Hibernian FC
 
1

Kirsty Boyd-Williamson,

New Town 09/02/2009 13:21:02
"...claimed it was an over-reaction."

Utter tosh! It is an offence under the Air Navigation Order to board an aircraft whilst in a drunken state.It is also an offence to be drunk on board an aircraft.
2

Pedro Lopez?,

09/02/2009 16:54:28
I break the law every week then. That's what Exec Lounges are for.
3

Douglas,

Bathgate 09/02/2009 22:19:16
Staff noticed he was drunk after a mix up at a line in.
4

Neutral Observer,

10/02/2009 01:58:36
He was told that there was a penalty for being in that condition and he calmly faced it. Later he admitted to being out the box!
5

jamtart,

Beechboro Western Australia 10/02/2009 03:11:06
Yep the hibs have got a good one there.
At least when he lets a howler in he can claim to be still pissed fron the night before.

What a joke the hobo's are.

mixu must stay

TOGETHER

MON THE JT'S

108 and counting
6

Erin,

11/02/2009 20:27:32
#5 - away back to watching cell block h ya inbred botany bay tw**t
stick to the oval ball as well......then again thats probably why you are a jambo....murrayfield here we come

7

Mickey Weir's Perm,

edinburgh 11/02/2009 22:20:29
#5 A jambo in Australia - do they have Daewoo's over there ? Golas ? maybe he tucks his trackie bottoms in while walking the dug ? I wonder if he plays golf - not sure how the Aussies would react to jambo on course behaviour. Jumping in the lake to get aw the ba's then flogging them off in the clubhoose...

 

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