Thursday, April 12, 2007

Badman spent 26 days at Tony Adams' Sporting Chance clinic last month after
finally admitting to family and friends he had a gambling problem. The
27-year-old checked himself out of the clinic last Friday, but is still
receiving support from chief executive Peter Kay and his team of
counsellors. Badman made his Bluebirds comeback as a second half substitute
in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Yate Town, and was an unused substitute in
today's 1-0 derby defeat to Bath City. After the match, Badman was open and
honest about a turbulent recent chapter in is life he is now keen to close
the book on.