Premier League - Police probe Bellamy altercation

Eurosport - Tue, 22 Sep 09:08:00 2009

Police are investigating an incident in which Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy confronted a fan on the pitch.

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Bellamy marched towards the man, who staged a solo pitch invasion, and shoved him in the face before the fan was led away by match stewards at the Manchester derby game.

The man ran from the Manchester United home section as City took the kick-off following Michael Owen's late goal in United's 4-3 victory.

Neither the fan nor the Wales international have made a complaint to police about the clash on Sunday.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "At the end of the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford, a member of the public ran on to the pitch, and was detained by police and security staff.

"During this time, there was an altercation between the man and a player from Manchester City FC. No formal complaint has been made by either party but police are continuing to make inquiries."

Mark Hughes has leapt to Bellamy's defence with the City manager feeling blame should lie with the supporter, as it is illegal for them to enter onto the field of play.

"I did not see it but the guy should not have been on the pitch. That is not acceptable," said Hughes.

"I seem to recall Brian Clough clipping someone around the ear and he was lauded as a national hero. Maybe it will be the same case with Craig but I doubt it.

"I'm sure people will make a nuisance about it."

Hughes also confirmed that substitute Javier Garrido was hit by a coin as the players retreated to the dressing room at half-time.

Seemingly, the object was intended to hit Carlos Tevez, who returned to his former club for the first time since a summer switch across the city.

Garrido was not hurt, but again the FA are likely to be interesting in more details.

"Apparently so," Hughes confirmed. "Something came from the crowd but he is okay."

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  1. DAZMANUTD::WHAT YOU DOING WATCHING GAY PORN??BIT GAY­ AIN'T IT???

    From walt jabasco, on Wed 23 Sep 4:13AM

  2. THUMBED DOWN A LOT YOU COULDNT SLAP A WET FISH YOU TURD­ YOUR FULL OF HOT AIR AND YOUR ARSE IS FULL OF FAT­ BUSINESS MENS JUICE YOU C=O=C=K=M=U=N=C=H=E=R­ BINDIPPING AIDS RIDDEN SKIPRAT .NOW JOG ON LOSERPOOL­ SCUMMER

    From the-man-with-no-name, on Tue 22 Sep 8:12PM

  3. its great slappin utd fans about, I do it all the time

    From 322, on Tue 22 Sep 5:57PM

  4. foeyp is a horrible scouse cockmuncher who likes fat­ businessmen sat on his face the dirty turdburglar he is­ ha ha ha see him at sausagesandwich the gay porn­ channel he is always on ha ha ha ha gimp

    From the-man-with-no-name, on Tue 22 Sep 3:49PM

  5. Hang on folks.....Giggs has just scored to make it­ 5:3....!!

    From Bryan, on Tue 22 Sep 3:33PM

  6. Watching Bellamy and the pitch invader is like watching­ a couple of tranies fighting over a hand bag :-)

    From art_tidesco, on Tue 22 Sep 1:36PM

  7. Any time a fan enters a pitch, players should be­ allowed to kick the cr*p out of them!
    I'm a united­ fan and i think Bellamy was right to do what he did.­ What was the fan doing!? any other place of work, if a­ member of the public burst in and ran around like an­ agressive lunatic, you would probably be able to beat­ the hell out of the guy and claim self defence. Why not­ on a football pitch? Fans are not allowed on the pitch­ so it is their fault & they should accept any­ consequence of entering the pitch - even if it's­ getting 7 shades of @#$% kicked out of you!

    From shujaahmad2004, on Tue 22 Sep 12:19PM

  8. Why are the police wasting time probing this incident? ­ No formal complaint so no victim. I would have had no­ problem at all if Bellamy had chinned the idiot. And­ Ferdinand grabbing Bellamy? That was more of an­ assault than Bellamy's push in the face.
    Reading­ the idiots in here explains why such @#$% is printed in­ newspapers these days. Anything to stir up the idiots­ who suck it all in.

    From m m, on Tue 22 Sep 11:24AM

  9. Theatre of Dreams'... Yeah you're right­ Rag' Fan Brian, Dreams are all there will be in a­ season or two, a dream of when you used to win things,­ Your time is running out Rags, The Blue Moon is Rising,­ Live with it Rags... Dreams are all you'll have in­ the near Future. and when you compare a Gentleman like­ Sir Matt Busby to old corn Beef' Face, Ferguson,­ Thats what you're left with... Dreams...

    From graham l, on Tue 22 Sep 11:15AM

  10. how bout ferdinand choke this bellamy,
    and evra splash­ a water to tevez
    nobody wants to highlight that?

    From zakuto_chameleon, on Tue 22 Sep 11:10AM

  11. Disgusting... this is another steven gerrard brawl. it­ is shameful that this stupid player chose our theatre­ of
    dreams to vent his anger having lost the game. the­ fa must lean heavily on such @#$% and the­ hooligan
    players like bellamy and gerrard to protect­ the fans who are their masters.

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 22 Sep 11:06AM

  12. fulof beer actually you are full of S--T

    From tomkbms, on Tue 22 Sep 10:13AM

  13. Some fans are morons and every club has them now and in­ the past, I remember the 70's. However, footballers­ should show a better example to young people who­ idolise them. Belamy had no authority or right to walk­ 15 yards towards the pitch invader and swipe him across­ the face in front of 75,000 people and millions­ watching on TV. I have no respect for the guy who ran­ onto the pitch and he should be banned for life. As for­ Bellamy he should be censored by the FA for violent­ conduct and assault because he acted like a thug. It­ was also cowardly because the guy was already­ restrained by stewards. And how can City's­ assistant Mark Bowen have the cheek to say Belamy hit­ him because he thought he was going to be spat at.

    From tomkbms, on Tue 22 Sep 10:12AM

  14. fulabeer........you are a c*ck

    From dizjon, on Tue 22 Sep 9:36AM

  15. BAN HIM

    From ALAN, on Tue 22 Sep 9:27AM

  16. So Manure fans throw coins/spit/insult, and then invade­ the pitch. But they think Bellamy was out of­ order!!!
    You are all warped if you think that is the­ right thing for the police to investigate.
    Bellamy­ shoved him in the face.
    It would not have caused ANY­ injury.
    The invader was a PRAT, yet United players­ decided to defend the Invader??? (by having a go at­ Bellamy)
    Just shows how stupid United players are!

    Cut­ Looney out of United and they are­ NOTHING....
    Seriously, imagine United without the­ scouse winger???

    City were down on three key players­ yet still held off Uniteds finest!
    They only thing­ seperating us was the fully paid for­ "UAT".
    "United Added Time"

    United­ will face a different team when they visit­ us.
    Let's see how they do when faced with a fully­ fit "gelled" team...

    I just hope­ Fergie's arrogant statement has some truth in it.­ (In the next few years)
    "City will not be the­ bigger club in my life time"
    City will be bigger­ so i hope Fergie keeps his promise!

    CTID...

    From fulabeer, on Tue 22 Sep 8:55AM

  17. what the hell has it got to do with katie price?­ she's bairly relivant to anything let alone­ football!! good on bellamy for giving the a$$ that ran­ onto the pitch a slap.

    From brackishboy69, on Tue 22 Sep 8:51AM

  18. So although no complaint has been about Bellamy, the­ police choose to investigate. However, that "media­ slave" Katie Price makes an allegation of rape­ yet the police do nothing?

    From Paul, on Tue 22 Sep 8:30AM

  19. MU are the most boring team on earth. Sir A$$ Fart let­ out a real stinker

    From tom h, on Tue 22 Sep 7:52AM

  20. How surprising that City are not to discipline­ Bellamy!

    This, together with Hughes' support of­ Adebayor, says it all; they may now be a very rich club­ but, of late, they are taking every opportunity­ demonstrate their paucity when it comes to common­ decency.

    But, this is what comes of having a manager­ who is not as big as the players he 'controls'.

    From mambles, on Tue 22 Sep 7:50AM
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