Betalogue

It appears that England’s Football Association did finally listen to the voice of reason after all after the Sol Campbell hearing regarding his alleged “violent conduct” against Manchester United’s Djemba-Djemba during the Community Shield game in August 2003.

Sol Campbell escapes with a £20,000 fine and no ban. This is good news not just for the player and for Arsenal, but also for English football in general. As noted yesterday, there is a dire need for consistency in such decisions, and this verdict could be a first step in that direction.

It remains to be seen whether this consistency will extend to the case of the 6 Arsenal players (and 2 Manchester United players) investigated following the Old Trafford clash in September.

This entry was posted by Pierre Igot on Wednesday, October 8th, 2003 at 9:41 pm and is filed under Football. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.