Fight! Fight! Fight!

Just a wee update on events in Christchurch from last year.

Time to think about these things building into the new year

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11192692

player copped a  ten match ban on the weekend from Cap2 for alleged verbals to an opposition player

Must have been some intense verbals? Suarez got only 8 games for racist abuse after all! 

A new Wairarapa C/L player appeared to dispute a call (non call) in a noise that could only be described as very angry. Officials just ignored him and played on.  No fus 

Playing sunday league in auckland and a player from the opposition called the ref a "black c****". Their whole team were at him throughtout the match and afterwards demanding he tell them his name so they can lay a complaint. The ref wasn't even that bad, they just made it hard for him by being tools. Haven't seen such poor behaviour on a football field. I believe the league managers have been notified

It was Cap4 and as the referee heard it and red carded him at time, it was part of referee's report and dealt with accordingly. Apparently another guy was sent too (not sure what for) so it was a testy game which Welly United were getting pumped in (lost 6 nil).
From what I've heard from Kapiti people it was against a Ugandan lad and was derogatory abuse in the form of monkey noises.
Unacceptable and good to see it dealt with swiftly and appropriately.
The ban actually seems light but I'm guessing it's in accordance with the disciplinary guidelines.

Sadly he'll probably be turning out for a social side next week. 

Cap 4 game.

1st red card: keeper missed ball, eyes on ball but really bad collision. Red card, penalty, converted. 10mins in this was. Half time 2-0.

20mins to go the African boy, who was very skillful, caught offside. Player in orange said something he now regrets I am sure. He was 50m away and near the ref, it didn't seem to be yelled directly at the player so he would hear.

KCU players said after the game, to the ref, go to the club first to resolve it, don't go to Capital Football.

Nice intentions in these actions, and the boy himself made no response or reaction. So all class on KCU's part for being above it.

7 April 2014

Dear clubs,

RE: Incident from 5 April 2014 involving Wellington United and KCU

It is with much disappointment that I inform you of an incident from a Capital 4 match on Saturday, 5 April 2014 between Wellington United and Kapiti Coast United (KCU) which was brought to our attention via a referee’s report; which is standard practice after evidence of misconduct during a match.

A Wellington United player participating in the game at Newtown Park was sent off after there were noises directed at an opposition player which the referee determined were of a derogatory nature.

The player was deemed to have displayed serious misconduct under New Zealand Football’s Regulation 7: Penalties for Misconduct and has therefore been given a 10 game suspension.

The club has the right to appeal the decision to the Appeals Committee of Capital Football as the suspension is more than the minimum relevant to the offence being five matches.

I would like to re-iterate to everyone that there is absolutely no room for conduct such as this to exist in football and as Capital Football has previously stated, responsible parties will be dealt with severely.

Incidents like this take away from the game and we all need to put up our hand if we see evidence of it and report it to truly ‘stamp out racism’.

Yours truly,

Richard Reid

Its not acceptable in the eyes of the club either; as an ex-Diamond, the club takes a dim view on such behaviour. Its a shame as many good players have built up a good reputation for the club over the years. Hope the lad is contrite.

so theres more to this as the normal suspension for this type of offence would be 5 games as per Richards letter and so for it to be 10 games there must of been some extreme reached by this player……

i do hope the player learns his lesson and uses the 10 weeks to reflect on what he did

Why not have a press conference while you're at it. Just deal with the guy and get on with it I say.

Yeah you're right it's nothing, just part of the game.

Apparently WU have imposed an extra 7 week ban to basically spell end of his season so they've come down hard (appropriately so).

Typical. Didn't say that. It's not professional sport. Punish the guy, he certainly deserves it. But no need to release statements. Are you just after a name and a witch hunt?

Good to hear energy24.7. I think that's a fair response from W.U. happy AJ?

For some people this is a big deal, and is more damaging than you could ever possibly imagine.

Chill buddy. I know how big of a deal it is and I had no doubt the person was going to be dealt with appropriately.

For those who just turn up and play and don't deal in club management here is an insight-whenever an allegation is made like this a club (or at least a good club) follows a process which gathers facts from both sides and makes an informed decision based on those facts without acting on hearsay or emotion. So well done WU on handling it well. The player's behaviour is not indicative of the values of that club and anyone who has been involved in WU for any length of time will know that.

Front page of doom post

"Monkeys aren't a race", LOL. Snappy comeback though it might be, doubling the suspension was probably justified on that alone.

I think the first sentence is poorly worded and kind of insinuates cap football are the ones being accused of racism. But I think that is just poorly thought out writing rather than anything malicious. 

From the sounds of it the Wellington United player is a bit of a cheeky monkey himself and is now a sorry little monkey……

no racial intent here just playing with words….

Is this the most pointless line in an article ever?

The player allegedly insulted is described by his coach as a dedicated player who lives in Wellington and catches the train to the Kapiti Coast for training

fixed.

If we are banning Monkey nosies can we also ban Donkey noises

#EqualrightsforPlodders

Donkeys aren't a race either, unless you're making some kind of long nose / Jewish reference, in which case, BUGGER OFF ADOLF.

Being an austrian donkey myself I am doubly discriminated against... :)