BillMill

Almost - perhaps this will make it a little clearer. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BOOT+CAMP+PERV%3B+Daily+Record+expose+child+porn+past+of+man+behind+Mad...-a0146098236 Nice to note that the club takes it's responsibilities well. A quick check would show that Hope never was and never will be, a fully fledged agent. He'd fail the basic disclosure check.

The Family Club tag needs to be dropped pronto then. A sicko/unlicensed agent infiltrates the club and you don't give a damn. Never saw it, never happened eh.

Maddog is the name used by hope when he performed the same planting of info on many other sites. Hope is on the right (2006) - you'll know the other fella then.

I wasn't really thinking about a reaction, in the sense of pitchforks out. More a case that the club has been using the services of an unlicensed agent to bring players to the club, based upon the friendship they have with a manager v's the actual abilities of the player in question. There's a cost element as well. every penny should be a prisoner and not wasted on Managers who have dubious relationships with certain agents and pretty rank rotten players. The fact that someone was so close to the club and manger, having been convicted of child porn, including possession of a media featuring kids as young 8 might not bother you. When you're a parent or responsible minded person, your attitude might change. As for Jennings, Hope screwed his head up, forced him on - then stung him on the credit for 2 cars before Steve wised up. A rogue - but then again, who gives a damn eh. It's like the BBC round here at times.

Dodgy 'agent', horrible past, dubious links with ex boss and out of hours activities, strange signings (agent related).. Sure, bury it. Jonni would love you for it.

Hammerfist the unlicensed agent aka Jonathan Stephen Hope was formerly known as Steven Hope. Not nice company and shouldn't ever have been dealing with players/youths/etc. The fella would fail a basic disclosure check. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2809231.stm Craig Brown kept nice company.

Thanks Gaag, I was reflecting on the fact that perhaps he signed for reasons other than a footballing nature. I did sign up last year though - but 1st public post. From memory, someone had uploaded an SPL/Doncaster talk with regards to reorganisation plans and you had to be a registered member to download attachments. As you're admin(s) - might be worth checking out Mad Dog.

Hopefully it's not deemed bad forum etiquette by bumping this old thread, however it did serve up quite a few comedy moments. By now you've all realised that Hammersmith was of course Jonathan Hope (I'll call him Jonathan) for now, but that's not his birth name. Indeed he's been in the press on several occasions hence the reason for the name change. He's rarely, if ever pictured, again for obvious reasons. I won't spill it here for now as I don't want the site to be subject to legal notices. Back on subject then with regards to Casagolda. Was anyone ever aware of some of his other sites? It seems that Admins here bumped his other multi id's after registering under his Elite Sports Management email (or ESMConsultancy) - the name/post escapes me right now. Here's a google archive with Hope being the 'owner' of B4TheRumble. Anyone spot the Celebrity Guest doing the judging? http://web.archive.org/web/20101104095328/http://www.b4therumble.co.uk/ By a strange coincidence, that's also the venue where Hope carried out an assault on the proprietor of the venue, ending up with a fine. See the image below for a link to the court article. I also know that most will be aware of his subsequent outings in the Press re Bomber/QoS/Raith/etc - so you'll know he's a big time bum, however in true Hammerfist style, watch this space - tons more exclusives about to be revealed!!!!!! - Watch the press!!!!! You do all know what he did to Steve Jennings right? Finally, he also used the name mad dog, or slight variations of it on other forums, pulling the exact same stunt he did here @morecambe, kettering, and other lower league clubs. Mad dog means a lot to him, although it's a reflection on the crime committed in the past if a terrorist publicly disassociates himself from the past of Mr Hope. Which reminds me (and I've not reviewed) - is he still here, or just someone in the know, ripping the proverbial. See link below from this very thread. http://www.steelmenonline.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=8042&view=findpost&p=216335