FA Charge Cesc & Phil Brown With Improper Conduct
By: Wayne Farry | April 24th, 2009
The FA have charged Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and Hull manager Phil Brown with improper conduct following the incidents in the aftermath of Arsenal’s victory over the Tigers in this season’s FA Cup Fifth Round.
After the match, which Arsenal won 2-1 thanks to some late goals, Cesc came onto the pitch in his normal clothes to celebrate with his team-mates. His celebrations were rather..ahem…exuberant and were not appreciated by the Hull team and management. Following the match he was widely criticised, and many sports writers brought to light that this was not his first indiscretion, stating that his reputation as a clean player was far from true.
As well as looking like a bit of an arrogant tool, Cesc also apparently spat at Hull assistant manager Brian Horton, but he vehemently denies this. He has been hit with two counts of improper conduct while Phil Brown has been hit with one.
The ramifications of this charge are unknown but I’d assume that Cesc’ll be fined and given a relatively hefty suspension. If that’s the case then it’s bad news for Arsenal who’re looking to continue their great form and finish the season on a high.
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You’ve got to be joking.
“Hefty suspension?” Based on what? The unsupported accusations of a man who lied numerous other times in the same interview where he first made his accusations, and changed his story as well?
I posted about this in more detail over at the Arsenal Offside, but I’d be stunned if anything came of it. IF it does it would be absolute travesty.
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”Hefty suspension” based on the fact that they’ve charged him. I’m not saying I think he should be suspended. Phil Brown may have bullshitted but the FA obviously found fault with Cesc’s behavior.
When managers are charged with improper conduct they usually get a touchline ban.
I can’t remember the last time a player was charged with this, never mind on two counts. But if he was found guilty of the whole spitting thing than he probably will be suspended.
The very fact that they charged him on TWO counts mean that they feel that he did something wrong.
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Well, but all being charged means is that there is enough evidence to investigate. So I don’t think it’s true that (as of yet, anyway) they’ve “obviously found fault” with anything he did, because being charged and being found guilty are two different things.
As I understand it, no punishment will be levied unless it is actually proven that he spat at someone. Given that no one has yet produced anything tangible that these allegations actually occurred, it seems unlikely that the FA has enough to go on to do anything. It would certainly set a dangerous precedent if a player could get suspended based on nothing more than allegations by members of an opposing club with nothing more to corroborate.
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Yeah, I chose the wrong words when I said that they’ve ”obviously found fault”. But they must have enough of a case to investigate.
And if Fabregas is found guilty, he will most likely be suspended.
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The FA managed to give Evra a suspension for being insulted by Chelsea’s groundsmen… So I wouldn’t be surprised if Cesc gets suspended too.
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