Guest pogue mahone Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Apparently so. Jamie Carragher wasn't arrested as far as I can tell after hurling a coin into the crowd at Highbury with some force. Alan Smith lobbed a plastic bottle comparitively gently into the stand at Elland Road and yesterday he was arrested and bailed. Go figure. By the way, just to expand this thread a bit further, Nicky Butt has played for England three times this year while on police bail, including in the vital qualifier against Turkey last month. Why is it suddenly a big problem with Alan Smith? Butt was arrested and bailed on Monday 2nd June 2003 on suspicion of assaulting a woman during a night out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/2957984.stm Charges against him were only dropped on 29th October of this year: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_833571.html?menu= During that time he was not only selected for the squad but actually played for England in the following matches: 20th August 2003 England 3 Croatia 1 (Friendly) 6th September 2003 Macedonia 1 England 2 (ECQ) 11th October 2003 Turkey 0 England 0 (ECQ) Mark Palios became FA Chief Executive in July. Unless there's something I'm missing, this looks to me like hypocrisy and double standards of the highest order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpin Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Unless there's something I'm missing, this looks to me like hypocrisy and double standards of the highest order. And you wouldn't expect that from the FA would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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