Uefa directive on coin throwing

[bathseagull]

I read somewhere last week that the UEFA directive on coin (object) throwing is that if a supporter throws something onto the pitch and it strikes a player then the match is awarded to the other team. It's just that the FA have not been enforcing it.

Surely that would put a stop to it? If Arsenal had been awarded the win because Van Pertwee was struck by a coin would it not serve the West Ham fan right?

Or something...

 

[Superphil]

Sounds a bit far fetched to me.

And that would mean that UEFA had taken a hard line against soemthing, which is very unlikely.

I reckon you dreamt it.

 

[Drumstick]

Go for it, I'll go to every palace match with my penny collection in my draw and soon they'll be playing lewis away!



Idea half asred though dont actully hit the opposing team but still have palace done!

Would I have to wear a scum shirt?

 

[REDLAND]

I read somewhere last week that the UEFA directive on coin (object) throwing is that if a supporter throws something onto the pitch and it strikes a player then the match is awarded to the other team. It's just that the FA have not been enforcing it.

Surely that would put a stop to it? If Arsenal had been awarded the win because Van Pertwee was struck by a coin would it not serve the West Ham fan right?

Or something...

Didn't exactly that happen in the champions league a few seasons back with one of the italian clubs ?

 

[Redhead]

Re: Re: Uefa directive on coin throwing

Didn't exactly that happen in the champions league a few seasons back with one of the italian clubs ?

It was Roma I think, weren't they just forced to replay the game behind closed doors?

 

[REDLAND]

A night of drama in the Champions League ended with AS Roma's abandoned match against Dynamo Kiev overshadowing Bayer Leverkusen's stunning 3-0 upset of tournament favorites Real Madrid.

The Group B match between Roma and Kiev at the Olympic Stadium was called off after Swedish referee Anders Frisk was felled with blood pouring from a head wound after an object thrown from the crowd hit him at the top of his forehead.

The unsavory incident happened as Frisk was walking off the pitch at halftime and followed the sending off of Roma's Philippe Mexes moments earlier after the French defender had kicked out at Kiev striker Maris Verpakovskis.

Frisk, 41, one of the most respected and experienced UEFA referees, showed him a red card on the stroke of halftime with Kiev leading 1-0. As players and officials remonstrated, Frisk was hit by what appeared to be a cigarette lighter.

Although the gash in his forehead did not need stitches, a UEFA spokesman at the stadium said he was in a state of shock and could not continue. The match was therefore abandoned 40 minutes after he had been struck by the missile.

UEFA spokesman William Gaillard, speaking from Sofia where the European governing body's executive committee was meeting on Thursday, told Reuters by phone:

"We deplore what has happened and will wait for the match delegate's report as well as the referee's own report of the incident.

"This is the first time in many years that a European match has been stopped for such an incident -- sometimes there have been electrical failures with floodlights, of course, but this is something far worse."

Members of the UEFA disciplinary committee were meeting on Thursday in Sofia to consider the incident.

Rome's Olympic Stadium already held unpleasant memories for the Swede.

In March 2002 he refereed Roma's Champions League match against Galatasaray, which degenerated into a brawl involving players and officials from both sides shortly after the final whistle.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Magnetic pockets, innit. Or a scrotal purse.

 

[algie]

I read somewhere last week that the UEFA directive on coin (object) throwing is that if a supporter throws something onto the pitch and it strikes a player then the match is awarded to the other team. It's just that the FA have not been enforcing it.

Surely that would put a stop to it? If Arsenal had been awarded the win because Van Pertwee was struck by a coin would it not serve the West Ham fan right?

Or something...

You are right.The other team is awarded a 3-0.It happened to Italian clubs

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

I'd imagine the actual directive would read some thing like this if UEFA have anything to do with it...

"4b. Coin Throwing by spectators. Stop it, it's naughty."

 

[jonny.rainbow]

I think that is for extreme cases, not isolated incidents, as we've seen.

For instance if a crowd continously bombard the pitch with missiles then the ref can take both teams of and the result is awarded to the opposition.

Saw it happen about 16 years ago in Red Star Belgrade match.

 

[Superphil]

I watched a game between APOEL Nocosia and Ornothosis in their "FA Cup" Semi Final 4 years ago.

Throughout the entire game fireworks were thrown onto the pitch, generally in the direction of the keeper.

Everytime there was a corner, the police with riot shields made a protective barrier around the player so he could take the kick. The fans in that area launched any type of missile they could get their hands on.

The fans then went into the toilets, and managed to rip the ceramic tiles off the walls, which they then launched, a bit like frisbees, at the opposition goalie and players.

And never, at any stage, did the ref, officials or anyone look like they were going to do anything about it.

So it's all conjecture, the FA, UEFA, CYFA, they are all the same, they don't have the balls and will not take really difficult decisions when these incidents happen.

Remember, it's a red card offence for swearing on the pitch, but if that was upheld, Watford and Reading would be top of the Premiership, and Rooney would be in the Ryman Division 1.
Players "rounding" the ref is supposed to draw a yellow card for all players involved, ha, you'd have 3-a-side games between Chelsea and Man U.

I'd love the authorities to clamp down on these things, but could you imagine them telling the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U that they are going to have points deducted, they simply wouldn't dare.

 

[Gazwag]

Go for it, I'll go to every palace match with my penny collection in my draw and soon they'll be playing lewis away!

Never happen though, unless they relocated to Scotland

 

[bhaexpress]

Never happen though, unless they relocated to Scotland

What have the Scots done to deserve that ?

 

[withdeanwombat]

If you wrap your pennies in £50 notes and throw them at 'arry Redknapp,is that a bung?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I believe the rule is thus:

Directive 284 (b) (ii)
The throwing of coins by spectators on to the playing area or in the direction of opposing supporters shall be resolved by a level three punishment following the appropriate hearing, in which case clubs involved may be permitted to make representations on their behalf.

A level three punishment shall commence at, but not be restricted solely to, the following:

-awarding of matches to the opposing team
-fines of up to 100,000 euros
-the playing of future matches behind closed doors
-bans from Europe for clubs representing the same country as that of the offending club
-a long, condescending lecture from Sepp Blatter about the behaviour of English fans and the need to make goals bigger/make women play in tighter kits

The above punishment shall only apply in the case of English speaking clubs playing in a small geographical area separated from mainland Europe by a channel, specifically those living immediately north of this area, west of the North Sea, south of Hadrian's Wall and east of Offa's Dyke.

It shall be further decreed that in the case of Spanish clubs transgressing the coin throwing (c) (iv) regulations, that any fine shall not exceed 30 euros.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

its not gonna happen at withers is it?

not unless we get fatima fuckin whitbred in the seats

 

[rrruss]

Over here the game is automatically abandoned if someone (player or referee) leaves the pitch after being injured by an object being thrown (sometimes a coin, occasionally a huge slab of concrete!).

What to do with the unresolved game is up to the Argentine Football Association. If Boca Juniors were winning, they will be awarded the result, if not, they will get to play the rest of the game at a later date when their fans have had a chance to knobble the opposition, thus ensuring a remarkable recovery and three more points.

In one incident a few weekes ago, Boca were losing 1-0 at half-time and somebody allegedly entered the referee's changing room advising him that it was not in his interest to continue with the game, and he therefore abandoned it! On Wednesday the second half was played. Before the game a bunch of hooligans broke into the dressing room of Gimnasia La Plata (Turienzo's old club) and threated to shoot the players in the knees if they won the game. It seesm they were actually Gimnasia fans who didn't want local rivals Estudiantes to have a chance of winning the league. Boca were awarded a ridiculous penalty after 30 seconds and for the remaining 45 minutes Gimnasia players passed the ball to Boca players and shied away from tackling them. A 4-1 win for Boca duly resulted.

Because of this I have stopped going to big games here in BA. Smaller sides like Lanus and Velez Sarsfield may not be as cool to watch but at least you feel the result is always fair.

By the way, was there any coverage of the big derby game between Independiente and Racing Club being abandoned due to crowd trouble after 60 minutes at the weekend? Of course there wasn't, this is Argentina so it's just normal.

 

[Superphil]

-bans from Europe for clubs representing the same country as that of the offending club
-a long, condescending lecture from Sepp Blatter about the behaviour of English fans and the need to make goals bigger/make women play in tighter kits

The above punishment shall only apply in the case of English speaking clubs playing in a small geographical area separated from mainland Europe by a channel, specifically those living immediately north of this area, west of the North Sea, south of Hadrian's Wall and east of Offa's Dyke.

It shall be further decreed that in the case of Spanish clubs transgressing the coin throwing (c) (iv) regulations, that any fine shall not exceed 30 euros.

too true

 

[Bakesy]

I read somewhere last week that the UEFA directive on coin (object) throwing is that if a supporter throws something onto the pitch and it strikes a player then the match is awarded to the other team. It's just that the FA have not been enforcing it.

Surely that would put a stop to it? If Arsenal had been awarded the win because Van Pertwee was struck by a coin would it not serve the West Ham fan right?

Or something...

Then we'd get players diving to the ground pretending to have been hit by a coin when they are losing a game.....it wouldn't work