COINING IT

Last updated : 10 March 2003 By editor

From The Guardian:

‘The FA maintain the individual who threw a coin which hit Thierry Henry during Arsenal's FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea could face the full force of the law.

An investigation has already begun into the Highbury incident, with reports being gathered from match officials, police and both clubs.

The object was hurled at Henry from the Clock End, which was full of Chelsea fans, after he had struck the post during the first half, and he walked off the pitch to hand it to the fourth official.

Once all of the facts have been gathered and if it is discovered the coin was thrown by a supporter sitting in the Chelsea section, the matter would be passed on to the police for further investigation and could result in criminal prosecutions against the individual, as well seeing him or her banned from attending matches in the future.

FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said: "We are already in the process of communicating with the relevant parties, police and the clubs, through our crowd-safety advisor, trying to establish the full facts of what occured. It does take a certain period of time to establish the full facts and decide upon any course of action which may be necessary."

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