Sheffield footballer Jordan Turner left heartbroken as Football Association upholds local FA’s five-year suspension from the game What does a local Sheffield striker have in common with Luis Suarez’s infamous World Cup bite, Paolo Di Canio’s outrageous referee shove and Eric Cantona’s Kung Fu kick? A hefty ban from the game, that’s what – but is five years fair for a Blades Superdraw League Division One player, who “accidentally” scratched the nose of a referee when he threw his little black book in a “moment of madness”? The frustrated Handsworth Turf Tavern striker is Jordan Turner, who was sent off with a minute to go against Devonshire Arms last December for foul and abusive language after disagreeing with a refereeing decision. The situation turned when the then 24-year-old took John Reeves’ cards whilst the head official was attempting to caution another player, and threw them -with one hitting the referee on the nose. “It was wrong and I shouldn’t have done it, but I never meant to hurt him and unfortunately one card scratched John,” Turner said. “It was a spur of the moment reaction. I never meant to chuck them in the referee’s face – I wasn’t even looking as I walked off the pitch and threw them in a random direction. “I was foolish and [...] sheffieldinnews/sheffield-footballer-jordan-turner-left-heartbroken-as-football-association-upholds-local-fas-five-year-suspension-from-the-game-2/
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:45:08 +0000
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