{"id":11982,"date":"2018-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bomber-thompson-has-apologised-to-fans-outside-his-melbourne-home\/"},"modified":"2018-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"bomber-thompson-has-apologised-to-fans-outside-his-melbourne-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/bomber-thompson-has-apologised-to-fans-outside-his-melbourne-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomber Thompson Has Apologised To Fans Outside His Melbourne Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former AFL premiership captain and coach <strong>Mark Thompson<\/strong> has apologised to supporters after he was charged with multiple drug offences.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cJust tell them that I\u2019m sorry that they\u2019ve had to put up with this and put up with me, but hopefully well get through it,\u201d Bomber told media outside his house on Wednesday.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Questioned further, Bomber implied his charging had not come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI was under investigation I suppose,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;m sorry that they&#39;ve had to put up with this.&quot; Mark &#39;Bomber&#39; Thompson has apologised to his fans outside his apartment. Report on 7 News at 6pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7AFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQkIGdKTWk\">pic.twitter.com\/bQkIGdKTWk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 7 News Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsAdelaide\/status\/991548424062316545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former AFL premiership captain and coach Mark Thompson has apologised to supporters after he was charged with multiple drug offences. \u201cJust tell them that I\u2019m sorry that they\u2019ve had to put up with this and put up with me, but hopefully well get through it,\u201d Bomber told media outside his house on Wednesday. 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