Very hard to judge what a player knew about and didn’t

when the handball was accidental

This just an open and shut case as both arms out to punch it in

Posted By: SCC 28 on August 20th 2026 at 20:39:20

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2 match ban for Heggebø (Other Football) - Klobo04, Aug 20, 18:09:07
- Is it a bit harsh? Kovacevic deflected it (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:05:13
  - It’s far too lenient (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:19:20
    - Fair enough - I must have given him too much of the benefit of the doubt (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:22:21
  - He could have informed the officials (Other Football) - trueyellow, Aug 20, 20:12:58
    - Should Makama have done that against Southampton? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:21:50
      - Very hard to judge what a player knew about and didn’t (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:39:20
        
        And I do think Makama would have known in this case (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:40:48
      - Going back to that, didnt a Southampton player handball it first? (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 20:30:35
        
        There was some kind of foul, yes (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:34:46
- Blimey that is good (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:01:54
  - I should say it’s clearly not a long enough ban (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:00:29
  - Deceiving (Other Football) - Blueandeasy, Aug 20, 21:50:05
    - Happens with missed spitting incidents etc (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:01:27
- Make one of the banned games the return fixture (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanary, Aug 20, 19:23:39
  - there is some sense in that unless ...... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 20, 19:30:37
- do we really care ...... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 20, 18:36:40
  - Damn right we do (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:02:38
- How long's the ref out for? (n/m) (Other Football) - Molmans Custard, Aug 20, 18:26:57
  - Hes washing big Phil’s car this Saturday x (n/m) (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Aug 20, 18:37:35
    - Lolf (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 19:04:11
- This is the type of thing that boils my piss (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Aug 20, 18:25:27
  - Its good because it strongly disincentivises cheating (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Aug 20, 20:15:06
  - Vimto (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 18:30:32
- Didn't know there was retrospective action available for things like this (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 18:23:03
  - Apparently the rule was changed / introduced in 2024/25 (Other Football) - Klobo04, Aug 20, 18:24:10
    - I thought retrospective action was possible (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Aug 20, 18:26:47
      - If the offence was seen they’d have disallowed it (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:03:55
        
        🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Aug 20, 20:42:53
      - #impossible ? (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 20, 19:32:37
    - I wonder what the ban would have been if he didn't deny it (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 18:26:13
- That’s a start (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 18:15:25
  - Way too harsh (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:15:05
  - Right after his public flogging up the larkman (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Aug 20, 18:35:48

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