"Hope" it turns out to be a car park scrap in which Hallam Hope was the heavy loser. Though it could hardly happen to a more deserving bloke, it shouldn't ever happen at all, especially at a point when you are being paid to represent a club!
I'm guessing the FA will come down heavy. I am guessing the past-it offender will be suspended sine die, and the FA will fine the club heavily for not keeping control of its player/s.
I have some experience of sine die suspensions. I was secretary of a club playing at Staveley MW's ground prior to it being upgraded. Spectator areas were just roped off from the pitch itself. Anyway we were winning. Diego de Girolamo's dad Cosimo was our player/manager, but was in Leicester Gaol on the day itself, counting the bricks in his cell. One of the Staveley spectators, aged about 60, persistently was having a go at our full back and winding him up. He'd picked the wrong man, because he was a good full back and completely off his head. So when he'd taken too much he jumped over the ropes and slapped and punched the man to the ground. I had to write and ask the FA to immediately cancel his registration with us, write to our opposition apologising, attend a hearing at which the player failed to appear where he was summarily suspended from football sine die (forever), write to the player passing on details of this decision, which he delivered by hand through my door with scrawled on it "NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS!"
Some time later he trumped this behaviour when arrested in the town centre. Back at the police station he slapped the desk sergeant full force across the face and shoved a bag of ageing chips into the sergeant's face before he had time to recover. Apparently when up before the beak he wasn't short of bruises himself.
What is wrong with people? We need to distance ourselves as far as possible from this player and sack him on the spot. Helping the police with their enquiries is just so many weasel words. We need to protect ourselves. I'm sure the club unofficially knows what happened, so we should act.
The player himself should publicly apologise, admit all, announce his immediate retirement and seek help in writing a full account to send to the FA.
I'm guessing the FA will come down heavy. I am guessing the past-it offender will be suspended sine die, and the FA will fine the club heavily for not keeping control of its player/s.
I have some experience of sine die suspensions. I was secretary of a club playing at Staveley MW's ground prior to it being upgraded. Spectator areas were just roped off from the pitch itself. Anyway we were winning. Diego de Girolamo's dad Cosimo was our player/manager, but was in Leicester Gaol on the day itself, counting the bricks in his cell. One of the Staveley spectators, aged about 60, persistently was having a go at our full back and winding him up. He'd picked the wrong man, because he was a good full back and completely off his head. So when he'd taken too much he jumped over the ropes and slapped and punched the man to the ground. I had to write and ask the FA to immediately cancel his registration with us, write to our opposition apologising, attend a hearing at which the player failed to appear where he was summarily suspended from football sine die (forever), write to the player passing on details of this decision, which he delivered by hand through my door with scrawled on it "NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS!"
Some time later he trumped this behaviour when arrested in the town centre. Back at the police station he slapped the desk sergeant full force across the face and shoved a bag of ageing chips into the sergeant's face before he had time to recover. Apparently when up before the beak he wasn't short of bruises himself.
What is wrong with people? We need to distance ourselves as far as possible from this player and sack him on the spot. Helping the police with their enquiries is just so many weasel words. We need to protect ourselves. I'm sure the club unofficially knows what happened, so we should act.
The player himself should publicly apologise, admit all, announce his immediate retirement and seek help in writing a full account to send to the FA.