A soccer fan has admitted assaulting Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka after he conceded a late purpose in opposition to Chelsea.
Jordan Chidley, 25, ran onto the pitch when the Blues scored an damage time equaliser at Stamford Bridge through the League Cup quarter ultimate on December 19 final 12 months.
He admitted assault by beating and unlawfully going onto a taking part in space at a soccer match when showing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket at the moment.
The courtroom heard how Chidley invaded the pitch when Mykhailo Mudryk scored a 92nd-minute purpose to make it 1-1 and ran over to Dubravka.
‘The steward tries to seize him, he then places his arms out and grabs and touches the goalie who pulls away from him,’ mentioned prosecutor Malachy Pakenham.
Mr Pakenham mentioned the contact was ‘fairly minimal’ and the courtroom heard that Dubravka didn’t situation any assertion and ‘seems to not be too alarmed’.
Chidley was later arrested and admitted to police that he was the individual on the pitch.
He mentioned his behaviour was ‘resulting from overexuberant celebrations’ and the truth that Chelsea had scored within the ultimate minutes of the match.
In Chidley’s defence, the courtroom heard what he did was not ‘malicious’ however ‘it was simply euphoria’.
It was mentioned that Chidley is ‘not a soccer hooligan’ and this was a ‘one-off incident’.
The decide made reference to the ‘extraordinarily optimistic’ character references given for Chidley.
However she advised him: ‘Once I’m sentencing you I’m pondering not solely concerning the offence that was dedicated, but in addition … I wish to ship out a message to discourage different folks from doing one thing comparable.’
Sporting a black go well with, Chidley nodded within the dock as he listened to the decide.
Chidley was banned from attending soccer matches for 3 years and handed an £807 wonderful by district decide Neeta Minhas.
He was additionally ordered to pay a sufferer surcharge of £323 and prices of £85, bringing his whole prices owed to £1,215.
Chelsea went on to win the sport 4-2 on penalties and beat Middlesbrough 6-2 on mixture within the semi-final.
They may face Liverpool within the ultimate at Wembley on February 25.
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