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Footballer fined for slamming ref - is a ref himself

6:00am Monday 8th June 2009 in


A HAMPSHIRE grass-roots footballer has been handed a massive fine for setting up a group on social networking site Facebook which criticised a local referee.

And 12 others who posted comments about the match official have also been fined by the Hampshire FA!

Gary Buller – who ironically is also a qualified referee – was given a whopping £125 fine for setting up the discussion group concerning match official Adrian Redding.

That’s a larger fine than the county FA have recently handed out to players who have committed acts of violence on the pitch.

It is also a much larger fine than players who have been found guilty of dissent to a referee’s face during games have been given.

But the Hampshire FA have defended their actions and insist: “It’s not a case of Big Brother watching you.”

Full story in today's Daily Echo

Comments(13)

Linesman says...
8:44am Mon 8 Jun 09

I assume that he did not agree with the current RESPECT campaign!

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Rudd Gillett says...
9:43am Mon 8 Jun 09

How can you fine someone for posting on a social networking site? Puzzeled like most things from the Hants FA!

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Jon Hankey says...
10:54am Mon 8 Jun 09

The Hants FA is the wealthiest FA in the country. I wonder why......

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gary buller says...
11:06am Mon 8 Jun 09

I started the group as a joke between friends, It has nothing to do with not respecting officials.

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Danholmesthepimp says...
11:24am Mon 8 Jun 09

Strange. The group doesn't mention anyone's name, so how can they prove anything?

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jammyswine says...
11:26am Mon 8 Jun 09

Gary, how did you cope with the "whopping" £125 fine? Must have hurt the pocket, that one!

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Danholmesthepimp says...
11:33am Mon 8 Jun 09

playing under another name is the way to go

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Danholmesthepimp says...
11:33am Mon 8 Jun 09

playing under another name is the way to go

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gary buller says...
11:40am Mon 8 Jun 09

jammyswine.. yeah it has hurt especially in the current climate we are in, dont think its justified considering its a social network site

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BrooksoSaints09 says...
1:20pm Mon 8 Jun 09

Danholmesthepimp wrote:
playing under another name is the way to go
play under the name adrian redding, they'll love that

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G3orgem says...
2:07pm Mon 8 Jun 09

Danholmesthepimp wrote:
playing under another name is the way to go
Marc Viven Foe

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Danholmesthepimp says...
7:05pm Mon 8 Jun 09

hahahahahaha, thats the thing, I bet 95% of the people in the group don't even know who Adrian Redding is! I didn't

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Danholmesthepimp says...
7:13pm Mon 8 Jun 09

Are there any solicitors out there who want to challenge the FA on this?

We can't let the FA dictate our football careers/lives unfairly like this

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