This is certainly one of the heaviest sanctions we have ever seen in amateur football in France.
A player from the FC Champigny reserve (2nd departmental division) was in fact suspended... 30 years by the Val-de-Marne district for having attacked a referee and his assistant.
“We are above the scales but we had to mark the occasion,” explains Denis Turck, the president of District 94, confirming information from So Foot.
At home, in Val-de-Marne, we want to be exemplary in the fight against all forms of violence.
If the base, that is to say we the districts, do not intervene firmly, it is not the Paris League and the Federation which will do so.
We hope that we will serve as an example.
There's so much going on right now.
We all have to react.
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“What worries me the most are the incidents behind the handrail”
The facts occurred on January 28 during the match between the reserves of Ormesson and Champigny-sur-Marne.
A match won 2-0 by the locals.
Sent off in the 80th minute after receiving two yellow cards, the Champigny player, still in uniform, entered the field at the end of the match to hit the referee and his assistant.
He had no disciplinary history.
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“These are still rare facts because the players know that the sanctions will be very strong for incidents on the pitch,” continues Denis Turck.
We know how to manage and sanction that.
What worries me the most at the moment are the incidents behind the handrail, the parents' problem... Apart from the closed session, but which is only possible when the stadium has only one access, we don't have haven't been able to find any other solutions yet.
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Two years ago, a goalkeeper from the amateur club Cébazat, in Puy-de-Dôme, received a 15-year ban for hitting a referee.
A sentence which then served as absolute severity...