Kingstonian lodge appeal

[Cookie]

http://www.kingstonian.net/news.jsp#20100502_2 Edited May 2, 2010 by Cookie

[MummyBunny]

"We have an honest bunch of players and they just want to play football, not have your skipper Francis Duku punched in the face by a man running on to the pitch. You try and get on with it at the time but they were affected, no doubt about it. We went from our best spell in the game to falling into our shells. We had young lads and players with their families in the ground out there and when four of five of them are saying they want to come off and get away from it you have to wonder about their state of mind."

 

 

Oh my goodness! thats awful. When we went to Borehamwood, i thought that there supporters were very quiet - no singing at all (unlike our lot lol) they just seemed very placid. I guess that all it takes is one idiot that wanted to cause trouble - probably not even a true supporter either.

 

I do feel very sorry for them

[Coffin Ender]

They were not Boreham Wood fans, just people looking for trouble.

 

http://andy578.fotopic.net/p64601114.html

[Dutch_Mike]

Interesting case, wonder how the Ryman / FA / whoever will deal with the appeal will react? The incident must have had an effect on the Kingstonian team, and their appeal does seem to be justified. If we had been in that situation, I'm sure we would have been just as aggrieved. Would seem harsh on the Wood players and management were they to be denied promotion because of the actions of a so-called 'supporter'; however, if no action is taken, surely we just let the thugs win? This could roll on for a while yet.

[seasidesteve]

game must be replayed at kingstonian ground or the thug will win

[dannyriding]

game must be replayed at kingstonian ground or the thug will win

 

As with all appeals this will take some time and unfortunately history shows that a majority of football appeals fall on deaf ears. I agree that the game should be replayed (at Kingstonian) but in reality it probably wont happen. Bearing in mind the size of Duku the idiot who assaulted him on the pitch must have been a nutter and I reckon that Kingstonian will have to take it to a Civil court - cos I dont think the league will overturn the result - regretfully.

[Franny]

I cant see this being replayed and dont really think it should. However if Kingstonian had of refused to continue/finish the game when the incident took place I think they would have had more of an argument. Still doesnt condone the behaviour of some of the idiots that attend football though. I do remember Boreham Wood fans causing a few problems elsewhere 2 or 3 seasons ago though and it doesnt come as any real surprise.

[Coffin Ender]

Events at Luton and Hillsborough this weekend might make the FA more likely to make an example of BW.

[dannyriding]

Events at Luton and Hillsborough this weekend might make the FA more likely to make an example of BW.

 

Unlikely to happen, as the referee didnt stop the game the outcome/result will probably stand. As stated in an earlier post if the Kingstonian players had refused to play on then the FA would have had to step in - otherwise the thugs win - unfortunately.

[officialspokesman]

Events at Luton and Hillsborough this weekend might make the FA more likely to make an example of BW.

 

Unlikely to happen, as the referee didnt stop the game the outcome/result will probably stand. As stated in an earlier post if the Kingstonian players had refused to play on then the FA would have had to step in - otherwise the thugs win - unfortunately.

 

 

Unfortunately behavior that was once considered unacceptable is now considered normal.

If the league allow this incident to go unpunished then the floodgates will be open for every nutter to do something similar in an attempt to alter the result of crucial games. A whole seasons work may have been wasted because of the actions of one lunatic.

Of coarse the league must punish Borehamwood, preferably by awarding the game,(and promotion place) to Kingstonion.

[JeremyJacobs]

Events at Luton and Hillsborough this weekend might make the FA more likely to make an example of BW.

 

Unlikely to happen, as the referee didnt stop the game the outcome/result will probably stand. As stated in an earlier post if the Kingstonian players had refused to play on then the FA would have had to step in - otherwise the thugs win - unfortunately.

 

 

Unfortunately behavior that was once considered unacceptable is now considered normal.

If the league allow this incident to go unpunished then the floodgates will be open for every nutter to do something similar in an attempt to alter the result of crucial games. A whole seasons work may have been wasted because of the actions of one lunatic.

Of coarse the league must punish Borehamwood, preferably by awarding the game,(and promotion place) to Kingstonion.

 

 

 

Another blog on the incident here: http://www.twofootedtackle.com/2010/05/kingstonian-appeal-playoff-defeat.html

[Eastside Urchin]

although it doesn't make it right,there was no punch,apparantly the spectator ran on the pitch while a scuffle was breaking out between the players and pushed the player in the face.

Then the so called fan jumped back into the crowd and was arrested by the police.

To replay or give the game to kingstonian is a ludicrous suggestion usually but borehamwood do have a history of crowd trouble in the big games and we was actually abused 3 years ago in an fa cup game at borehamwood and straight after that incident their chairman banned many of their fans which is why there crowds have dropped so much.

I also think that the players need to take responsibility and to not stoke things up,play the game the way it should be,stop argueing etc etc

[Football Man]

For a number of years, Boreham Wood have been plagued by a number of ASBO yobs who attach themselves to the club at big matches (usually away matches at FL clubs in the FA Cup) and it seems that they decided to get up to their antics again yesterday. I know the Boreham Wood Chairman is extremely frustrated by this hooligan element, none of whom can be classed as "supporters".

 

It is a tricky one to deal with. Some sort of example needs to be set, but should the football club be punished for a problem in society? That said, I suspect it will be down to Kingstonian to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the incident affected them so dramatically as to have affected the result. As they continued to play on in the match, it will be pretty much impossible to provide any such proof without it being inconclusive enough to open the door for a counter-appeal from Boreham Wood. In the circumstances, the result will probably be allowed to stand.