Turkish club president runs onto pitch and punches the referee

Prodigy24 said:
Ah, classic turkish anger management problems. Very relatable.

Fred scored a beautiful goal with his right foot, probably triggered the whole situation.
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Fred and Antony scoring on the same day with their right foot. I think this was one of the early signs of the apocalypse.
 
Turkish men seem to be some of the most anger-filled people in the world.
 
Turkish football club Ankaragucu have defended their former president Faruk Koca after he was sentenced to jail for assaulting a referee.

On Monday a court in the Turkish capital Ankara sentenced Koca, 60, to three years and seven months in prison for "intentionally wounding a public official".

Koca punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the face following a 1-1 draw with Rizespor in December 2023, leaving the official with a fractured eye socket.

Meler fell to the floor and was subsequently kicked by three other individuals.

In a statement published after the sentencing, Ankaragucu chairman Ismail Mert Firat said it was "impossible to interpret the sentence with good intentions".

He argued that "no disgraceful crime" had been committed and accused the court of succumbing to biased public opinion.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c154p5l5qxpo
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"No disgraceful crime" commited against a ref who had his eyesocket fractured and was then kicked by three other folk when he went down. These people are insane
 
Mr Pigeon said:
"No disgraceful crime" commited against a ref who had his eyesocket fractured and was then kicked by three other folk when he went down. These people are insane
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They are. The football culture in Turkey in general is insane.
 
Honestly, when you see some of the sentences being handed down, it’s almost enough to make you think that its not even worth it any more to run onto the pitch during a sporting event and grievously assault one of the officials.

Can’t help but notice that the cat seems to have gotten the European Court of Justice’s tongue on this one. A lot easier to throw your weight around when you’re making people eat straight bananas, eh lads?
 
HTG said:
They are. The football culture in Turkey in general is insane.
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Their desperation to be hard men and frightening is so pathetic. It's football, passion is welcomed but they're just fecking losers with their "Welcome to hell" shite.
 
Brophs said:
Honestly, when you see some of the sentences being handed down, it’s almost enough to make you think that its not even worth it any more to run onto the pitch during a sporting event and grievously assault one of the officials.

Can’t help but notice that the cat seems to have gotten the European Court of Justice’s tongue on this one. A lot easier to throw your weight around when you’re making people eat straight bananas, eh lads?
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A couple of things on this. The ECJ only has jurisdiction over countries in the EU, of which Turkey is not a member. Nobody was forced to eat straight bananas; a lie which was propagated by the tabloids.
 
Shane88 said:
Their desperation to be hard men and frightening is so pathetic. It's football, passion is welcomed but they're just fecking losers with their "Welcome to hell" shite.
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And it’s not just pro football. We have a few Turkish clubs in Germany. We all hated playing against them. Even aged around 10 or 11, the games were frightening, because their fathers were batshit crazy. Had two games aborted (not sure about the wording here), because some fathers attacked the referee. It’s incredibly weird.
 
Mr Pigeon said:
"No disgraceful crime" commited against a ref who had his eyesocket fractured and was then kicked by three other folk when he went down. These people are insane
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Absolutely nuts that they'd say that. Seems like the rest of the club need to be slapped around a fair bit as well, not just their former president. Ban every single one who thinks it's perfectly fine to punch and kick a referee from any football-related office for the next decade.
 
cotumely said:
A couple of things on this. The ECJ only has jurisdiction over countries in the EU, of which Turkey is not a member. Nobody was forced to eat straight bananas; a lie which was propagated by the tabloids.
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how do you know nobody was forced to eat straight bananas though?
 
Came into this thread wondering about Turkish football. Came out of it wondering about eating straight bananas.
 
Florida Man said:
Came into this thread wondering about Turkish football. Came out of it wondering about eating straight bananas.
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That's Brophs for you. You think you know all the answers in life until you realise that only he is asking the real questions.
 
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