Red Watch: FA have got it wrong over Emmanuel Adebayor ban
Oct 7 2009
by Andy Proudfoot, Liverpool Daily Post
IT’S not been a good week if you’re a football fan.
I suppose by now we should be used to being taken for granted, fleeced for overpriced tickets and virtually strip-searched for having the temerity to attend an away fixture.
Now we can add being found guilty of inciting players to misbehave; being massively disrespected by those allegedly acting in our interest; and cheated by blatant play-acting.
First in the dock is the FA, whose breathtaking decision to give a suspended ban and a fine of five minutes’ wages to Emmanuel Adebayor for his conduct after he scored against Arsenal was justified by an acknowledge-ment that he received “extremely provocative abuse” from the Arsenal fans.
Ah, so it was the fans’ fault he ran 80 yards to celebrate a goal and rub it in the noses of the very supporters who used to idolise him?
