Posted on 3rd March 2011
Pitch incursions have been all over our screens in the past week, with a number of incidents in the Premier League, EFL play-off semi-finals, and non-league drawing widespread condemnation.
Posted on 3rd March 2011
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
You can always rely on Brazil for a zany clip or two and this week is no different as a police dog handler loses control of his hound which hares after the ball with startling speed. We’ve not seen such an uncontrollable animal on the pitch since that awful Kevin Muscat tackle a few weeks back. As with most dog-related episodes it all ends fine with the pooch sniffing his ball.
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Pitch incursions have been all over our screens in the past week, with a number of incidents in the Premier League, EFL play-off semi-finals, and non-league drawing widespread condemnation.
On the whole it’s been a fantastic year on the pitch for our community-owned football clubs. Here, the FSA’s Richard Irving summarises the 2021-22 season for our clubs…
At the end of last season pitch incursions were all over our screens, occurring in the Premier League, EFL play-offs and in the National League. On a number of occasions we saw managers or players antagonised, or even assaulted, as in the awful case of Billy Sharp.
The FA, Premier League and EFL are together introducing new measures and stronger sanctions across the game to tackle the increased anti-social and criminal behaviours recently seen within football grounds and underline the importance of a safe matchday environment.