Wednesday 19 November 2008

Fine mess



Phil Brown has been fined £1,000 for that water-bottle kicking incident at home to Wigan Athletic back in August, after which he chose to sit in the stands for the rest of the game.

Why bother with such a paltry amount? He didn't aim the bottle at anyone, it just happened to go in the direction of the fourth official. Unintentional outcome, after a fit of pique which managers always have, especially when they're getting spanked by the opposition, as the Tigers were that day. They may as well have not bothered charging him if that's all the offence was worth.