A Tottenham fan was sentenced on Friday to a four-year ban from entering sporting venues for kicking Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in the back during a Premier League match.
Joseph Watts, 35, was also ordered by a London court to pay Ramsdale £100 after pleading guilty to assaulting the goalkeeper and attempting to enter the field of play. played on January 15 at Tottenham Stadium. .
Heard at the trial, Ramsdale attacked after the end of the game, when he went to fetch a towel and a bottle of water behind the goal, very close to a bench – unfenced – occupied by Tottenham fans, saying he had never lived an identical experience, considering it an “unacceptable” situation.
Tottenham, who lost the game 2-0 to Arsenal, immediately disapproved of the supporter’s action and promised “to act as hard as possible” against Watts, and the English Football Association also “firmly condemned” the aggression against Ramsdale.
Source: DN
