Apology to the club

The magistrate has gone well over the top. Everybody was too busy celebrating to even see you, never mind feel distressed.I didn't see many police there so for one to have captured it on his phone he must have been in the crowd so probably a blue the snide

Get legal help and appeal the sentence. Even the Taylor report said there is a difference between a malicious pitch invasion and one of celebration. Say you weren't goading the Villa fans but celebrating with the City fans who are right next to them. Also say you shouldn't be held accountable or made a scapegoat for every other fans bad behaviour, yours was one moment of madness in 20+ years. You pleaded guilty straight away and apologised and normally that goes in your favour. The magistrate must be a rag or scouser.
 
Challenge that shit in court. I think it will definitely be reduced. The world isn't right till racism gets a more lenient sentence than a friendly pitch invasion.
You could delay matches with flames, attack team buses and not get any bans but ofcourse this does. Weird.
 
Apparently City were in touch with my mates 18 year old yesterday. Images of him carrying a flare onto the pitch. I don't know the full details but my says his lad plastered pics of him and his mates all over SM with the flare and they referred to these as well.
 
paulchapo said:
Here's the court report. I've deleted Meldrews name in case he doesn't want it printed here. The woman chair went totally over the top, load of bollocks. The report also says it was after the game which is wrong. I think she thought he was the bloke who clipped the goalie.


A Manchester City fan who ran onto the pitch and taunted Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen on the final day of the season at Etihad Stadium has received a four-year football banning order.***
from Salford, approached Olsen after City beat Villa to seal the Premier League title, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard.
Prosecutor Nick Smart said * *** had also provoked the away team's fans.

He added the behaviour "encourages others to act in a similar fashion".

****, of ******* pleaded guilty to going onto a playing area at a football match without lawful authority or excuse. He was also ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £795.

The prosecutor said there had been a marked increase in pitch invasions in the UK since the pandemic.

Representing himself in court, **** told the magistrates: "It was a stupid act and something I regretted immediately.

"To me, it was fuelled by alcohol. The following Monday I sought out someone from the club and sent an apology by email. I also apologised on one of the City forums.

"It was a moment of madness. Pure elation. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have been going to City for 20-odd years, I'm a season ticket holder and I've never been on the pitch before."

City secured their fourth title in five seasons in dramatic fashion last month after coming from two goals down with 14 minutes remaining to win 3-2 and pip rivals Liverpool to the trophy.

After the final whistle blew, thousands of fans spilled onto the pitch to celebrate while both sets of players were still present.

Chair of the bench Wallace Johnson said to the defendant while imposing the ban: "What you did was deliberate and flagrant.

"You deliberately targeted the Aston Villa players on the pitch. You caused distress and alarm to the players on the pitch, the match officials, the stewards, the fans in the stadium and those watching at home."

Inquiries are ongoing into a reported assault on goalkeeper Olsen during the mass pitch invasion
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What the actual fuck is all this bollocks. Sacrificial lamb here and you 100% need to go further with legal advice.
 
RandomJ said:
Unless you are a lawyer representing yourself in court is always always a bad move.
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Particularly as both the prosecution and judge tend to look down on it so any advantage you might have dissolves very quickly. Hiring a good brief can be expensive though.
 
paulchapo said:
Here's the court report. I've deleted Meldrews name in case he doesn't want it printed here. The woman chair went totally over the top, load of bollocks. The report also says it was after the game which is wrong. I think she thought he was the bloke who clipped the goalie.


A Manchester City fan who ran onto the pitch and taunted Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen on the final day of the season at Etihad Stadium has received a four-year football banning order.***
from Salford, approached Olsen after City beat Villa to seal the Premier League title, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard.
Prosecutor Nick Smart said * *** had also provoked the away team's fans.

He added the behaviour "encourages others to act in a similar fashion".

****, of ******* pleaded guilty to going onto a playing area at a football match without lawful authority or excuse. He was also ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £795.

The prosecutor said there had been a marked increase in pitch invasions in the UK since the pandemic.

Representing himself in court, **** told the magistrates: "It was a stupid act and something I regretted immediately.

"To me, it was fuelled by alcohol. The following Monday I sought out someone from the club and sent an apology by email. I also apologised on one of the City forums.

"It was a moment of madness. Pure elation. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have been going to City for 20-odd years, I'm a season ticket holder and I've never been on the pitch before."

City secured their fourth title in five seasons in dramatic fashion last month after coming from two goals down with 14 minutes remaining to win 3-2 and pip rivals Liverpool to the trophy.

After the final whistle blew, thousands of fans spilled onto the pitch to celebrate while both sets of players were still present.

Chair of the bench Wallace Johnson said to the defendant while imposing the ban: "What you did was deliberate and flagrant.

"You deliberately targeted the Aston Villa players on the pitch. You caused distress and alarm to the players on the pitch, the match officials, the stewards, the fans in the stadium and those watching at home."

Inquiries are ongoing into a reported assault on goalkeeper Olsen during the mass pitch invasion
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Isn't this a very clear case of mistaken identity? And surely Meldrew can prove it. If Meldrew is the guy who was filmed on someone's mobile from CB lower north side — I don't know if it's you, mate — then it's during the match, he's not anywhere near Olsen, and he's not anywhere near the Villa fans, who were far away at our end (south side).
By the way, do I need to say that I absolutely deplore anyone attacking an opposing team's player or manager, whoever it is. You simply can't be having that, wherever the ground, whoever the people involved. We will go back to the bad old days of having high fences around the touchline if it goes on.
I also thought that those who climbed all over the goal at our end until the crossbar broke and the net was fairly damaged are utter bellends. A five minute pitch invasion would have been something (although I wouldn't have done it). It took about fifteen minutes to clear the pitch. But hey, that's just me.
 
The posters who say they are disappointed that the club didn't offer any support for the OP really don't get it. The club will be delighted at the outcome as this type of incident could end up escalating badly and with potentially major consequences.

What if a Villa player(s) confronted the OP on the pitch and it ended up with punches being thrown? Potentially the game could have been halted or even abandoned. The last thing the club wants is fans on the pitch at any time but particularly when the match is in progress. I wouldn't be surprised if the club weigh in with an extended club ban in addition to the court imposed football banning order.

The OP is remorseful but that doesn't change anything from a club perspective as he had no idea what his actions might have led to. The combination of a pissed up supporter and pumped up opposition players can be very toxic.
 
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I know the OP is remorseful and it was a 'moment of madness' but if that had been a Villa fan everyone on here would be screaming for them to throw the book at him so we shouldn't have double standards. You're not supposed to do it but he did and he got done for it.
 
Gremlin said:
I know the OP is remorseful and it was a 'moment of madness' but if that had been a Villa fan everyone on here would be screaming for them to throw the book at him so we shouldn't have double standards. You're not supposed to do it but he did and he got done for it.
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No, we wouldn't!

Football fans are criminalised enough as it is.

Given the emotion of the moment, no previous offences and literally 0 impacts on the game/players/fans (no victims of this crime), it's an absolutely shambolic verdict.

I feel incredibly sorry for the OP. They've made an example of him.

I went on the pitch ten minutes later myself!

The lesson for everyone reading this post is ALWAYS USE LEGAL REPRESENTATION!!
 
Manchester33 said:
No, we wouldn't!

Football fans are criminalised enough as it is.

Given the emotion of the moment, no previous offences and literally 0 impacts on the game/players/fans (no victims of this crime), it's an absolutely shambolic verdict.

I feel incredibly sorry for the OP. They've made an example of him.

I went on the pitch ten minutes later myself!

The lesson for everyone reading this post is ALWAYS USE LEGAL REPRESENTATION!!
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Whilst I feel sorry for the OP, in that 10 minutes later there were 100s on the pitch, I think there are actually 2 lessons.

Legal representation and just don’t do it!

The club make/made enough announcements. Yes I understand the euphoria but there are many barriers to surely make you think twice?
Sorry OP and I hope you take the advice offered and appeal using a solicitor. I do feel you were made an example of but after the events of the previous week around the country I guess it was inevitable. Good luck.
 
Fuckin Scandalous

Was only reading the other day about a guy in Preston Three times over the Drink Drive limit crashed his car with Children inside, Fined just over £300. Are you're stung for 8 Ton. An absolute fuckin pisstake.
 
He did go in front of the villa fans as shown on YouTube by fans in the villa end making a gesture but nothing to inciting, and he did slip running back across the penalty area as stated. Any interaction/ gesture to the 'keeper was not shown on this vids but they will have it on CCTV. The prosecution will exaggerate it, but that is their job, and the defence's to counter it and offer mitigation.

There is nothing to appeal at this time, better to forget about it for two years and then look at the reduced banning order if it is worth it.
 
kupest said:
You could delay matches with flames, attack team buses and not get any bans but ofcourse this does. Weird.
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Can't agree with that. Merseyside police are still investigating the bus attack and I have every faith that those responsible will be held accountable for their actions.
It's only been 4 years and 3 months.... give them a little more time
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Can't agree with that. Merseyside police are still investigating the bus attack and I have every faith that those responsible will be held accountable to their actions.
It's only been 4 years and 3 months.... give them a little more time
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And the spitting incident involving our coaching staff. They even identified the suspects and still found them to have done nothing wrong.
 
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