Glenn Hoddle's Controversial Last Interview Before Being Sacked as England Manager (1999)

On 1 February 1999, England national football manager Glenn Hoddle was interviewed by ITN’s Trevor McDonald about the ongoing controversy caused by an interview Hoddle gave to Matt Dickinson of The Times about his belief in karma and reincarnation. The England manager was reported to have suggested that people born with disabilities were paying for sins in a former life, comments which drew criticism from politicians including Prime Minister Tony Blair as well as the general public, with one BBC survey finding 90% respondents believed Hoddle should not continue in his role as England manager. Hoddle himself argued that his comments had been misconstrued, and pointed out his history of supporting organisations dedicated to helping disabled people. Despite his efforts to explain himself, Hoddle was sacked as England manager the day after this interview aired.
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[@chrissayeranderson5710]

How on earth would that come up in conversation with an England manager. He is entitled to his beliefs ,but people have to be mindful of other peoples when you are in the public eye.

[@user-js3cr6wu7g]

just like the boxer Tony Bellew, who keeps bringing up the subject of paedophiles when being interviewed about boxing, and i cannot think for the life of me WHY he's doing it. The 2 subjects are completely unrelated. Weird.

[@garybarnes556]

Reporters trying their best to catch Hoddle out. No 1 will ever know

[@-gn7sn]

A simple "no" would've sufficed Glenn. Also it's specific not pacific.

[@r4h4al]

No it wouldn't, it wouldn't have been much of an interview then would it?

[@MultiVince95]

Monday 1st February 1999

[@mattford9044]

And he came back as himself😂

[@r4h4al]

17:59 Basically an admission after he spent 18 minutes before that saying he didn't say it. :)

[@ParanormalDramaLlama]

nope

[@IanKerry-ip6fx]

Reincarnation is a fact and so is NDEs. In 2024 .Do the research

[@mikej557]

He was kind of right anyway.

[@brokinfan]

😮

[@mikej557]

@@brokinfan what? Have you not studied the available knowledge on reincarnation? Nobody is being punished for anything, but everything is about karma and the karmic cycle. A soul may choose to incarnate into a disabled avatar for an experience and a way to settle karma. It may not be karma for themselves but someone else within their soul group, their parents perhaps. There is no punishment, its a choice made by the person themselves based on settling karma from previous incarnations. Glen probably didnt understand all this back in the early 2000s, but I bet he does by now. So much amazing work on this subject has been compiled in our lifetime. Peace ✌️

[@BillOdyssey]

Nah.

[@lucasm3879]

@@mikej557There is no ‘available knowledge’ on reincarnation. There is actually exactly zero proof that there is any kind of afterlife or god. There are stories written in books, but there’s no poof any of it is actually true. It’s all ultimately just down to blind faith. Everyone is free to believe what they want - but don’t try and talk about reincarnation like it’s some kind of proven fact. You sound ridiculous.

[@r4h4al]

Whether he's right or not it's his personal belief, sacking him is like sacking because they're a Muslim or a Christian.