Crystal Palace charged by FA (5th Nov)

[n wales eagles]

Maybe banner should have been " marinakis is a ( Alexa what's a hundred in welsh) wonder if we'd got away with that

 

[Norbury Old Git]

Given the high publicity the BBC has given to this issue today Parish should demand the return of the money Uefa fined the Club and the FA their charges. Unfortunately this is only classed as a “misdemeanour” so there is unlikely to be prison sentence. This is not the only case against Marinakis however with investigations ongoing regarding drug smuggling on his ships and other more serious crimes. Like Trump he seems to have a way of wriggling out of most charges.

 

[Linford]

Speak out against the corrupt… get punished. Oh FA, never change.

 

[dreamwaverider]

'The Football Association has charged Crystal Palace with misconduct after supporters held a banner depicting Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis holding a gun to midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White's head.

The banner, unfurled during the 1-1 Premier League draw at Selhurst Park in August, read: "Mr Marinakis is not involved in blackmail, match-fixing, drug trafficking or corruption."

Marinakis has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to such allegations'

Crystal Palace charged by FA after fans' Evangelos Marinakis gun banner

'While the banner was not specified as the reason for the charge, there are strict rules regarding messaging containing defamatory, political and offensive slogans'.

What a daft gesture to present in the first place and why didn't ground staff intervene and remove?

So if the content of the banner is accurate then there is nothing wrong with it. Maybe the FA will have to await the outcome of the Greek hearing just started.

 

[Pikester]

So if the content of the banner is accurate then there is nothing wrong with it. Maybe the FA will have to await the outcome of the Greek hearing just started.

The banner said he WASN'T involved in corruption...so if he does get found guilty then the banner is inaccurate.
I expect the FA will then double the fine for supporting a terrorist organisation or something.
The HF should have saved some cash and just said he was a c***!

 

[Spindle]

FA just proving to us all once again what bellends they are

 

[Sportyteacher]

FA just proving to us all once again what bellends they are

They are hardly exemplary bastions of society or 'the beautiful game' yet few push the Sports Minister to do anything to address governance of the sport hence why we are where we are here. My reservation is that such a gesture in the first place is always going to hit Palace given the easy means of getting back to The FA e.g,. cameras, social media etc. Heavy fine is frustratingly inevitable.

 

[Common Sense Club]

They are hardly exemplary bastions of society or 'the beautiful game' yet few push the Sports Minister to do anything to address governance of the sport hence why we are where we are here. My reservation is that such a gesture in the first place is always going to hit Palace given the easy means of getting back to The FA e.g,. cameras, social media etc. Heavy fine is frustratingly inevitable.

So if the wording is factually correct on the banner, is it the gun that is the ‘problem’, which is ironic seeing as the holder of the gun is the subject of a court case of encouraging violence and connected to organised crime in Greece.

 

[Spindle]

And yet they don't fine Arsenal for their offensive gun badge do they