![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/former-england-star-claimed-ex-boss-used-loophole-to-help-him-cheat-drugs-test/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23846472-1694080991339.jpg&description=Exclusive CAR BLIMEY Published : 11:30, 7 Sep 2023 Updated : 11:30, 7 Sep 2023 FORMER England star Carlton Palmer used a physio's wee to make it through a drugs test. That's after smoking cannabis before a match. 2 Carlton Palmer used a loophole to pass a drugs test as a player Credit: PA:Empics Sport 2 Ron Atkinson helped Palmer used a physio's wee after the player had smoked cannabis Credit: Getty Palmer turned to ex-manager Ron Atkinson after being asked to provide a sample by drugs testers. And luckily for the former midfielder, who had puffed a joint earlier in the week, a physio was on hand to provide a urine sample on his behalf. Palmer told The Owl Sanctuary : 'It's what I used to smoke. I like a spliff. 'I got drug-tested the week before and you normally don't get drug-tested two games on the trot. "So we're playing Crystal Palace — on the Thursday night I'm on the f***ing wacky baccy — and then Ron says, 'You're up again'. 'I said, 'Gaffer, I need a word'. So we had to get the physio to p**s in a bottle and pass it through.' Palmer says the incident occurred during the 1989/1990 campaign. Indeed, during Palmer's time at Sheffield Wednesday , fans used to chant: 'We've got Carlton Palmer; he smokes marijuana ...' Palmer won 18 caps for the Three Lions. In 2016 he had a health scare and needed a five-hour heart op. But Big Ron claims he does not remember the incident, despite signing Palmer for THREE different clubs. Atkinson said: 'I don't know anything about it. He was a very good player — much better than he was ever given credit for.' TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: All the latest news, rumours and confirmed switches from the world of football){kind=link}
FORMER England star Carlton Palmer used a physio’s wee to make it through a drugs test.
That’s after smoking cannabis before a match.
Palmer turned to ex-manager Ron Atkinson after being asked to provide a sample by drugs testers.
And luckily for the former midfielder, who had puffed a joint earlier in the week, a physio was on hand to provide a urine sample on his behalf.
Palmer told The Owl Sanctuary: “It’s what I used to smoke. I like a spliff.