Chelsea bottle identifying bottle thrower

[SaddVillan]

CHELSEA FINED FOR ‘VERY SERIOUSLY WATER BOTTLE THROWING INCIDENT AFTER ASTON VILLA LOSS

Chelsea have been fined £150,000 ($203,000) after a water bottle was thrown towards the Aston Villa technical area following December’s Premier League fixture.

Chelsea admitted to the charge but the individual responsible for throwing the bottle could not be identified.

The independent regulatory commission that imposed the fine described it as a “very serious incident” and noted it was fortunate the bottle did not strike anyone.

The Football Association had charged Chelsea with a breach of its regulations on January 9, alleging the club “failed to ensure its players and/or other relevant personnel positioned around the technical area after the final whistle did not behave in an improper and/or provocative and/or abusive way” and the independent commission subsequently imposed a fine.

In the written reasons published alongside the confirmation of the sanction on Friday, Stuart Atwell, the referee for December’s fixture, explained he was informed of an allegation that immediately after the full-time whistle, “an unidentified member of the Chelsea technical area had thrown a plastic drinks bottle in the direction of the Aston Villa technical area”.

Chelsea were provided with footage of the bottle being thrown but neither the club or the FA could identify the person responsible.

The commission described how the bottle travelled “at speed (indicating its weight)”, and that it passed “very close” to the head of an Aston Villa substitute. It added the incident could also easily have “provoked a reaction” from the Villa bench.

“It is a very poor example when a person involved at the highest level of professional football in England acts in such a disrespectful, irresponsible and dangerous way against his professional counterparts,” the written reasons read.

The commission said Chelsea’s previous disciplinary record and their admission of the charge were factored into the size of the sanction.

Aston Villa were 2-1 winners over Chelsea during the December 27 fixture, with Ollie Watkins scoring an 84th-minute winner. The match was Enzo Maresca’s penultimate in charge.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

As the victims of this cowardly attempt to harm I hope the 150k is being given to us?

[Herman]

This is utter bullshit. I worked for some time reviewing CCTV at football matches and you can't pick your nose without being identifiable. Films are automatically stored and can be checked after any event. There is no way, particularly in such a high profile area as around the bench amongst staff, that the person wasn't identified. Chelsea know but don't want to say who. It'll be a staff member or someone close to a staff member.

[cdbearsfan]

Hopefully this fine tips the balance and means they have to give us Palmer to get his wages off the books.

[Dave]

Hopefully this fine tips the balance and means they have to give us Palmer to get his wages off the books.

I guess having a bit of extra cover for Buendia isn't the worst idea in the world.

[PeterWithesShin]

Hopefully this fine tips the balance and means they have to give us Palmer to get his wages off the books.

[Rigadon]

Chelsea Bottle Thrower, supported by African Car Reverser sounds like a line up at a punk / world music festival. 

[Rigadon]

Oh, and they clearly know who threw the bottle. 

[N'ZMAV]

it was probably Maresca, the stupid twat.

[Mister E]

Chelsea Bottle Thrower, supported by African Car Reverser sounds like a line up at a punk / world music festival. 

"I don't want to throw at Chelsea"

[Chip Butty 111]

Don't Chelsea always bottle it ?

[Drummond]

Gutless. Cowardly act followed by cowardly team refusing to identify them.

[FatSam]

Don't Chelsea always bottle it ?

Two Champions Leagues and a Club World Cup suggests otherwise. Regardless, they are a horrid excuse for a football club.

[eamonn]

Chelsea Bottle Thrower, supported by African Car Reverser sounds like a line up at a punk / world music festival. 

You clearly haven't heard about the power outage...

[Somniloquism]

Was Palmer on the bench? If it was a player they would be given a 3-6 game ban and similar touchline ban for any staff member.