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CPFC v Millwall Match Thread

CPFCSaturn said:
He was banned from attending football matches for 3 years - I don't think there was any prison sentence involved at all, assuming we're talking about the same story.

A few different clubs and individuals have faced bans and fines for similar chants in the last couple of years.
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Hurty words vs assault. I bet the keeper doesn’t get a 3 year ban from football because of this, but because someone shouts out rent boy they do.

The world we now live in is ludicrously lost.
 
CPFCSaturn said:
But as we can see above, verbal fan abuse resulted in a stadium ban, physical fan abuse resulted in a prison sentence.

I'd say that's an appropriate difference!
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I’m sure those in this country that have been jailed for hurty words will gain no solace from your point but I don’t want to get embroiled in wider politics. I do wonder though if there will be prison sentences for the Millwall fan throwing punches that got into the Palace end and the Palace fans that stamped on him whilst he was on the ground?
 
Skip said:
This was done as a direct response to the Millwall fans singing "let him die" to Mateta. The Millwall player simply rolled his ankle and there's no way that chant would have happened without Millwall doing it first, and definitely not if the player was surrounded by medics and clearly in distress. They carried on singing about Mateta's injuy even after he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Just because Palace responded in such a way doesn't make us as vile as they are. We are talking about a club's following that think it's harmless fun to wave Turkish flags at Leeds fans. The sad thing is I really wasn't surprised that they did it.
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unfortunately all football fans sing this at opposition players - (some) Palace fans did it away at Man U last month when Martinez was seriously injured in front of us.
So let's not get on our high horses.

I'd have been more shocked if Millwall hadn't sung it.

In terms of homophobic songs i remember an interview with Matt Lucas (a gay Arsenal fan) when he was asked to comment on some chanting aimed at Brighton.
Rather than be offended he said that it's actually quite funny.
 
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Mate of mine , millwall fan, got punched in the back of the head by a steward, with a balaclava on!!
They said he matched the description of a millwall fan that had spat at a woman.
If I heard it from someone else I’d think it sounds like b**locks. But I’ve known him ages.
 
With regards to The Incident, I think there was no intent to hurt Mateta but Roberts has to be responsible for what was a reckless challenge in which he was out of control. Giving him an additional ban on top of the three matches might just focus peoples minds the next time a similar situation occurs, but otherwise I think it's largely pointless.

As for Michael Olivers role in that, if he's meant to be a ' top ' referee then what does it say about the rest ? Some say he played advantage as the ball went to a Palace player, but if he couldn't see Mateta had a head injury that required immediately stopping the game let alone needing VAR guidance to issue the red card then I think he also needs to take a good look at himself.

Millwall looked every inch what they are. A bang average Championship team. A lapse in concentration on the stroke of half time gave them hope when really they should have had none. In the second half they succeeded in dragging the game down to a level that suited them. And it nearly paid off.

Ultimately it's all about the result and we got the one we wanted without performing at our best. Don't underestimate the effect that JP's injury had on our players as well. Playing on after a team mate has sustained a bad injury is difficult.
 
The keeper purposefully rushed out of his box. The keeper purposefully raised his foot to head height following a leap forward outside his box. The keeper knows the rules. The keeper did what he did. Difficult to prove a malicious intent to harm Mateta in a court of law because the keeper can make any story up.
Ironically in the split second Mateta had muscled the Millwall defender off the chase the keeper came flying in. The keeper could have just as well taken his own defender out on another day. I have to conclude it was purposeful foul play and the keeper needs a lengthy ban.
 
Skip said:
This article has it pretty much bang on:

www.dailymail.co.uk

OLIVER HOLT: Millwall must own their horror tackles and vile chanting

OLIVER HOLT: The last time I went to The Den, as an away fan, was 15 years ago this month. I'm a stadium dork so I keep records. I remember it fairly clearly anyway.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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Yes, it's a good feature by Oliver (good name) Holt, who's one of the Mail's best sports writers. The fact that Millwall are banning reporters from the Den indicates to me a subconscious sense of shame and guilt.

What is nasty in the aftermath is the dreadful online abuse and death threats being lobbed at Roberts and his wife. He didn't mean to injure JP and he has apologised. What an awful world we inhabit these days.
 
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