Like Merson, this is a striker who can score on a regular basis! Bednar for the Arsenal!!

By Gus.. Posted May 31 2009 at 5:05 AM.

His girlfriend just landed him in it, she said he bought it for someone else, all it would take is for an over-zealous Crown Prosecution Service barrister to read this article and he could go down for Possession with intent to supply. Its supply even if the supplier does not make money from supplying it, e.g. giving it to a friend.

By Josh Dudley.. Posted May 24 2009 at 1:05 PM.

i think its should be the fa or wba who needs to help him the man has a problem and needs help no body is perfect we all make mistakes we all regreat he is a gud footballer and deserves a second chance gud luck roman

By decky man utd fan.. Posted May 20 2009 at 1:18 PM.

legalize da green!!

By Botty.. Posted May 19 2009 at 11:29 AM.

well...Baros, Fenin and Sverkos are banned (booze and prostitute case), now Bednar is banned too...4 strikers of our Czech national team are banned now :D
i am curious who will shoot the goals...Petr Cech? :D

OMG, Roman, u did a really, really stupid thing...

By Barney.. Posted May 18 2009 at 11:21 AM.

There is no proof that it was any kind of drug involved. An admitted drug dealer says he sold Roman drugs not the best witness around. Maybe he will sue the man in question and profit from the situation.

By Gary Bee.. Posted May 18 2009 at 8:16 AM.

iam from CZECH...
he got incredibly stupid ..,I mean daylight and doing this a front his house??probably not a first time.
YES HE IS IN THE PUBLIC EYE ,HE HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE A LOT OF £££ ,sure he is a role models for the kids .....so I hope WBA kick him out and he would never play football in England anymore...,..dammm getting caught with £400 ?:-damm thats crazy stupid act ...I mean some footballers are really flying high with all their money they making...and he is not alone ,for sure.

By Jirka.. Posted May 18 2009 at 3:41 AM.

ROMAN B. isn´t alone in these practics. What do you think that have doing Cristiano R. et Rooney, and next young football stars ?

By Paul G... Posted May 18 2009 at 1:52 AM.

I'm depressed about this, Roman Bednar, £420 on drugs... and now relegation. Sometimes supporting the albion really is a burden on my life.

By Angry Albion.. Posted May 18 2009 at 1:01 AM.

I once met Roman Bednar at the bull ring, he was v.polite and signed my shirt.

Now however, i think he is a jerk.

By Tony M.. Posted May 18 2009 at 12:35 AM.

Instead of sacking him and ending a good footballers career how about the FA help these players on addictions. Young men earn far to much cash a week, they buy whatever they want whenever they want (which most of us only dream about) and once you have everything u need temptation of a new buzz will kick in. The FA needs to act in a postive and productive way to help these players.

By Mr Bastow.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:44 PM.

come on news of the world, name and shame the drug dealer and pass the details on to the police!

By Kev.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:11 PM.

Give him a second chance footballers aren't perfect

By Chris.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:33 PM.

As if he let him self get caught so easily. and as for the people moaning about setting a bad example to their kids then really get over yourself if your children are so easily led then i think you need better parenting skills. what he did was wrong and dont really want him in the team IF it is him taking them but alot of 'role models' do it these days so you can't keep them covered from evrything.

By :).. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:11 PM.

I hope this paper is going to report the dealers to the police.Its the dealers that are the real problem here not the users.

By gayle.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:07 PM.

I think guys driving around selling bags of drugs on the street do far more harm to society than a footballer on 18k a week. How much do the dealers give to the taxman?

By james knox.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:30 PM.

I think thats not only Roman doing thing like this. :-)
Everyone is doing stupid things , its shame he let them caught him. Roman was just unlucky. Whos better ???

By RP.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:24 PM.

Shud b sacked by Albion, don't want him at our club if this is what he gets up to. Hopefully the NOTW should do the decent thing and take everything they have on the dealer to the old bill. But that wouldn't make a story would it...... I do agree to a point with the people who say he should be treated like any other user, and shouldn't neccesarily lose his job..... but when the consider he lives a priviledged life playin football and gets paid 18k a week - he should be sacked, and go elsewhere to resurect his career. shame on you Roman Bednar, what a waste(r) you are.

By Steve o.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:10 PM.

I am a WBA season ticket holder, what a day! - going down then finding out that my season ticket money is funding drug dealing - I am grateful to the NOTW for exposing him, the fans would never have known until a positive test. Bednar must be sacked.

By john s.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:05 PM.

i think, he is great footballer and this is worst thing what he do.

By Ronaldo.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:53 PM.

how could he be stupid enough to do this, even if it was for someone else who in their right mind would do it, in day light aswell! somethings not right here.

By luce.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:36 PM.

Keep bednar in the squad until proven guilty (:

By Jade.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:24 PM.

Iam from Czech Republic and Iam bored of news like this, everytime I hear about Czech fotballer playing outside borders its same... Not about their skills or great performance, only things like this....So I say, sack him, get him working for few crowns in factory!

By Ice.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:33 PM.

he Should be instantly deported back where he came from we dont need these undesirables in our country

By dave.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:43 PM.

lol... Hillarious!! Never mind Tescos, you'll soon be back to winning ways in the Championship coz you got a striker who can SCORE!!

By stev.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:33 PM.

I hope he just watched his team get relegated and was proud of himself(thats if he was capable to}

By simon.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:28 PM.

If West Brom don't want him. Hearts will have him back.

By James.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:20 PM.

LOSER!!!

By Made in the USA.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:53 PM.

Sack him..

By kirk.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:35 PM.

to boing boing... the fact that any footballer is a role model to your 7 year old dughter is a truly shameful fact, and goes to show the state of parenting in this once great country

By a.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:25 PM.

Get him out and give someone else the opportunity to play good football. Hes a waste of time. Lets just get rid of him. He had it all going for hime. What a waste, hes thrown it all away

By Chris.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:44 PM.

Serves him right ha ha. Career over and goodbye

By Julian, London.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:46 PM.

i think its sets a bad example to kids, but who is to say he is guilty, he might have brought them for somebody else or even his gf has the habit. Either way i don't think albion will keep him.

By rae.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:38 PM.

I personally don't think it's a big deal. I wish it has been a Chelsea player who'd been busted though!

But seriously, every footballer is doing the same. What do you think they do with that "leftover" money at the end of the week? There's only so many Ferrari's you can buy. Bednar was just dumb enough to get too comfortable with his dealer mates and got caught.

I still think he's a good footballer with a career ahead of him.

By L.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:35 PM.

Being a well paid pro footballer should be enough of a high, what was he thinking? What he should do now (while serving a drugs ban) is go and help out in drug rehab units and speak about what he sees.

By Jane.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:14 PM.

So some dealer just happily gave an interview about I find this extremley hard to believe that he's risk long stint in prison for a few grand for the story.
and it shows how ignorant footballers are shelling out over £400 for just five grams??!!
more money than sense

By James.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:06 PM.

thats expensive lol

By sean.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:12 PM.

Fair play to Bednar, the game needs more characters.

By Sam Murphy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:11 PM.

i love how west brom fans will now make him the scapegoat if they get relegated.

By bazil.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:09 PM.

Roman is a professional sportsman who is paid a massive salary, with this privilage comes responsibilty - to keep himself in the best possible condition and to be a role model for the thousands of kids who will afford him hero status and have his name on their backs.

He has failled on both counts here and should be suspended, without pay whilst we retain his reg and look to recover the money we spent on him.

Look at it like this, at a time when people are struggling to make ends meat and scraping their season ticket money togther, dear Roman strolls out of his house and hands the equivilent of two peoples season ticket money over to some piece of scum to purchase a bag of muck.

This club has standards to maintain.

By Matt.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:35 AM.

It's high time that drugs were legalised and taxed. It is every adults right to make up their mind about what they want to do and what they want to put into their bodies. As long as it is taxed to pay for the people who can't handle themselves (like alcohol adn cigarettes are) then it all subsidises itself. Who are we to tell him what he can do in his spare time?

By Jim.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:54 AM.

He has pressed the career self distruct button here, entanglement in the drugs scene isn't something you get away with.
People talking about a 2 week ban are way off the mark, up to 6 months is more likely and I don't think he'll be playing club football in the premiership anymore.

By R.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:40 AM.

What ever happened to being innocent until proven guilty. There ain't nothing better in life then fickle fans! You should all be ashamed.
Have a go if it's proved he's taken the crap, until then if you call yourself a fan, shut up!

By diane.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:28 AM.

Shame on you!

By Ela.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:25 AM.

At the end of the day, what he gets upto in his own time is his Business.
I agree it`s not great to be seen in the papers for all to see but bare this in mind, A MINORITY of people who stand on the terraces `young and old` do this sort of stuff all the time in their own lives.
As for the dealers/reporters who sold the drugs to him, get them to the courts and jail them.
Yes footballers are role model`s, but they are also humanbeings................

By stevie.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:23 AM.

Fans have been critical of the manager for not playing the big man and this shows that Tony was right all along.

By Boing Boing.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:01 AM.

My daughter is only 7, and thinks that Roman is the best thing since sliced bread.

If any of this turns out to be true, not the sort of role model or type of person that I want my little one to look up to or god forbid aspire to be like.

By Nick.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:55 AM.

What a fool?

With the biggest game of our season imminent,
he must have shattered the confidence of his team mates, and of us, his adoring fans.

Shame on you Big Steve

By rob wba.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:43 AM.

Reg: Bednar, I feel betrayed one of the supposed role models of society could behave like this. Can the human mind imagine something more sinister than this? You reap what you sow in life, and right now it's reap time for Bednar, for shame.

By Simmo.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:32 AM.

I feel ashamed for our players...

By Czech.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:29 AM.

being a massive west brom fan and season ticket holder i am very strongly against drugs. I was a massive Bednar fan up untill last week when he tried to snub the fans tht wait out side he tried to sneak off with out anybody seeing him now we no why he didnt want to be late for his drugs drop off well BEDNAR ur truly done in now i hope they sack you and kick u out of the country. I am totally gutted at this news

By deb.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:13 AM.

what he does in his private life is just that, private i dont see him encouraging any of his fanbase to indulge or robbing pensioners for his drugs.

By footballs moral minority.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:04 AM.

i agree take the dealer to court see what he says himself the tit head he'll be getting himself sent down for the sake of selling a story for a few hundred quid.

By scally the kopites.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:43 AM.

Roman, you were a fans hero. Loved by West Brom and have proved to be a big player. But I couldn't belei

By Tom.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:14 AM.

He should be sacked, charged, then kicked out the Country. We've got enough scum of our own in England, without people like here coming over and keeping the drug dealers in business

By Kelly.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:00 AM.

The most shocking thing about this story is he's paying £400 for 5 grams! thats extortion and I would write to my MP about it

By Andy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:51 AM.

WELL DONE BEDNAR!

You'll never play for the Albion again

By ROB Norridge.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:01 AM.

take the dealer to court roman ,and see if he admits selling you anything illegal
case dismissed

By andy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:12 AM.

What is going to happen to the dealer, surely his information is going to be passed onto the police????

By white man.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:24 AM.

Still don't understand why he would get banned from playing though.

Neither drug is a performance enhancer therefore he is not cheating so why doesn't he get treated like anyone else committing any other crime ?

Drink-driving or speeding, for example, are much more dangerous crimes yet if he'd done either of them he wouldn't get a football ban.

By Daniel Beveridge.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:13 AM.

Big deal, hardly crime of the century- I trust the NOW are giving details of the dealer to the police. Dealing is much more serious than using.

By Pete.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:46 AM.

Footballers are wealthy young men, faced with many temptations. Cocaine is NOT uncommon. Try hard and it'll turn up just about anywhere. Maybe even in the House of Commons.
Roman is making the same mistake as many others and needs help to face it full on.
Why not help him like Merson was helped. At least Paul got to keep a life after kicking the habit.
Just sticking the knife in doesn't help anybody.

By Skippy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:54 AM.

Sack him!! Footbllers have a responsibility as role models to our children. This kind of behaviour us totally unacceptable!!!

By Claire thompson.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:20 AM.

Boot him out of West Brom,
boot him out of football,
and then boot him out of the country, a##hole

By Kevin Flynn.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:19 AM.

Shame for West Brom and Bednar, but it's bizarrely touching to see a footballer sink to this kind of low. They are humans just like we are.

I love every bit of stories like these and thankfully you don't lay low with important news, NOTW. Keep up the good work, :toppa:

By Liverpool fan in Norwich.. Posted May 17 2009 at 4:11 AM.

Unacceptable. My friends Kris, Jean and Luc are West Brom fans and they are disgusted.

By M O'Lee.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:58 AM.

What an idiot. Ruined his career, knocked his teams confidence and made a total mockery of West Brom. Good lord.

By Dan (Leicester fan).. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:57 AM.

I am a lifelong WBA fan but this article has made me rethink my loyalties. My friend acairns isn't renewing his season ticket now. Damn plastics

By Jackregan.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:25 AM.

bednarr why whyy whyy your such a great play and then you goo and blow it alway on drugs
i did used to think u deserved to play first team football butt now unfortuantly u have changed my mind jus hope simpson and fourtune score agenst liverpool now being as you wont be able to

By sam.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:37 AM.

WADA don't need to get involved in this, TGOL could sort it out no problem, just need to make sure that TLOE are nowhere near, it might hinders their work.

By Moz.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:31 AM.

Look at Bednar in those pictures, burrowing like a Badger for his drugs. Disgraceful. He doesn't deserve those wages and with any luck the Premier League will no longer be his divison of joy and he'll be sent to Grimsby with his tail between his legs. It's a sad Day, Man.
You would'nt get this type of shocking behaviour at Norwich city with players such as sir Gary Donkerty. What's the world coming to? Who knowsa

By ninja joe.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:24 AM.

I have a very interesting spreadsheet on drug use amongst Premiership footballers.

The colours make it look like a rainbow. A rainbow of drugs depravity.

I think WADA need to take a higher profile role in teh Premiership.

By THFC1961.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:08 AM.

Legend sign him up villa !!

By Luke Reeves .. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:07 AM.

he's bang out of order. surely he realises that he's a hero for young kids everywhere? coke ruins lives and destroys families. no way can west brom keep him now. This type of stuff has no place in footy. my mate chiz (a sheff utd fan) says that drug taking in footy is much more common than we think it is. he could be right.

By P. O'Trish.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:05 AM.

He must have been really stressed in this relegation battle. A fine and a public apology should do. Still, high levels of Bill detected.

By Hooda F Izmolee.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:58 AM.

Great journalism as always, and you adhered to rule 1 by supplying photographic proof.

Bednar faces a serious paddling, and at least a 2 week ban.

By Big Strong Jonny.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:58 AM.

Jack , yes its a fact that immigration is very important to UK and anywhere in the World , one stupid person cant tarnish that fact . So put that suggestion aside .

By patrick.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:43 AM.

I think this type of behaviour is despicable. Unacceptable fun tbh

By Trisha Smaddy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:47 AM.

i'm not going to lie, i've done a bit of coke in the past. what made me stop was a documentary showing the effects on the people's communities in the source countries. coke doesn't just mess up your life it affects alot of people. his punishment should be severe. he must be some kind of mug to be so stupid anyway.

By paul.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:34 AM.

and they (liebour) say that immigration is good for the country and the economy...

By jack.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:15 AM.

I disagree Fergal. This is quite clearly in the public interest. My sons certainly won't be watching the football on the telly if he's playing. It just sets a bad example.

By CTB.. Posted May 16 2009 at 11:39 PM.

kick him out of west brom

By dave s.. Posted May 16 2009 at 11:39 PM.

Well done on yet another successful undercover operation, your mothers must be so proud

By Fergal Hunter.. Posted May 16 2009 at 11:22 PM.