Spot the spit spat
I wasn’t at the Emirates last night. I had the more important, but less entertaining task of addressing the council’s Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Panel to halt a proposed parking scheme. And we won both! At least I was able to follow the match at home.
At the end of the game, it was obvious that Phil Brown was a little bit cross. He’s got historyfor this of course. When interviewed on TV, he stated that he had been told that Cesc Fabregas had come onto the pitch and spat at the face of Brown’s assistant Brian Horton. But later that evening, firstly in an interview with Radio 5Live, Brown changed his story. Firstly he castigated Fabregas for coming onto the pitch (perfectly acceptable, say the FA) and secondly, he criticised the Spaniard’s dress sense (better than your fake tan, Phil). Finally he says that he saw Fabregas spit at Horton’s feet in the tunnel.
So Brown can’t get his story straight. Did he see an incident or hear about it afterwards? Was the spit in the face or on the ground? Did the incident happen on the pitch or in the tunnel? Maybe he realise that anything that happened on the pitch would have been captured by a camera? Brown has already shown signs of ‘amnesia’ over his complaint that Arsene Wenger consistently fails to shake his hand after a game. You can see those handshakes at the Emirates and the KC captured for posterity.
Finally this quote after the previous round of the FA Cup may add something to discussions:
“It’s nice to hear the opposition manager complaining about a controversy about goals or penalties or whatever. At the end of the day, we’ve won the game and the reason that he’s complaining is because he wanted to win the game or he wanted to get something from the game.
“The [controversial] goal that was given was obviously conclusive as far as the linesman was concerned … if a side has two shots in the second half and don’t hit the target, then we’re worthy winners.”
The author? Why Hull City’s Phil Brown of course.
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