Also the gooner fan who threw a plastic bottle at Dier in the same match got a £650 fine and 3 year banning order.
It was a clear, gender natural, bottle with no illegal sponsors on it so it was not as bad!
Also the gooner fan who threw a plastic bottle at Dier in the same match got a £650 fine and 3 year banning order.
Exactly, I used to have a very well known hooligan regularly sit in front of me at WHL whilst he was on a banning order.how is such a ban actually enforced? i guess if he buys a ticket online under his real name then it might get flagged but otherwise i doubt he'd have much trouble getting into a game.
They don't sell bananas at football matches. No one associates eating bananas with match days. Why would someone bring a banana into the stadium, if not for the exact purpose of racial abuse?
The way he worded it was as though 99.99999999% of bananas are bought for this purpose.Actually can’t tell if this is a joke or not
The kid sitting next to him apparently, who after finishing it, disposed of the skin on the floor. Imagine if it had been a packet of pistachio nuts. Someone could have died.Who takes a banana to a game? Come on he can’t be that stupid what if someone slipped on it?
As much as I would like to give benefit of the doubt I think it’s a bit dubious he didn’t know!
how is such a ban actually enforced? i guess if he buys a ticket online under his real name then it might get flagged but otherwise i doubt he'd have much trouble getting into a game.
Should have been a lifetime ban. Fuck racists.
Not sure this kind of punishment even works tbh.Only 7 people Agree with you, Says a lot about the Ruling I think, cause you are spot on, guy should never be allowed at another THFC Match again, that will send a message.
Keep this idiot of a man away from my Club FFS
Who takes a banana to a game? Come on he can’t be that stupid what if someone slipped on it?
As much as I would like to give benefit of the doubt I think it’s a bit dubious he didn’t know!
The kid sitting next to him apparently, who after finishing it, disposed of the skin on the floor. Imagine if it had been a packet of pistachio nuts. Someone could have died.
Only 7 people Agree with you, Says a lot about the Ruling I think, cause you are spot on, guy should never be allowed at another THFC Match again, that will send a message.
Keep this idiot of a man away from my Club FFS
NonsenseHmmm
Lol!!
Loooong before some nasty knuckle draggers threw banana's at black players, they were actually food, that people ate. I literally have one on my desk right now, does that make me racist?
As Mightyspur explains and as has been explained from a witness, a kid ate the bloody thing and the silly bloke launched it in a moment of madness.
Ban him for throwing an object at any player. Don't paint him as a racist if that's not the case.
Would you ban him for life if the kid next to him ate an apple and the core got thrown?
Or an orange peel?
If they were near my house, I think the Arsenal players would have had to duck away from a flying sky remote.
Why? Greek people can't be racist?
I just assumed rightly or wrongly, that the guy had likely suffered racism himself.
It's obviously not impossible to be racist if you're not white. It's far less likely though, especially if you yourself have suffered as a result of it.
But why some people are so desperate to write off the racial element is beyond me.
Come on lets not use that excuseHas throwing banana skin even used to be considered racist? I thought the entire thing was about throwing an actual edible banana?
Has throwing banana skin even used to be considered racist? I thought the entire thing was about throwing an actual edible banana?
Come on lets not use that excuse
Don’t do it to yourself. I’d like to believe this wasn’t a racist incident because I can’t understand the stupidity of doing this but then again I can’t understand the stupidity of throwing anything onto the pitch. He’s done it now and must live with it. Hopefully it’s a wake up call to halt other stupid behaviour and more importantly make people think twice about their attitudes.Has throwing banana skin even used to be considered racist? I thought the entire thing was about throwing an actual edible banana?