SC East Bengal’s high-profile English coach Robbie Fowler, currently on a four-game suspension, could face further trouble as he was again caused by the AIFF on Monday on charges of using abusive language against rival players after the Indian Super League. of your team. party last week.
Fowler was suspended for four games and fined 5 lakh rupees by the Football Federation of India on February 3 after being found guilty of making “insulting” comments against Indian referees in the ongoing ISL, although the world champion he had insisted there was nothing racist about his explosion.
Fowler is suspended until his team’s penultimate league game on February 23 against NorthEast United FC.
The latest incident is related to a post-game altercation that Fowler had with Hyderabad FC players last Friday at Vasco’s Tilak Maidan stadium. The game, which Fowler watched from the stands, ended in a 1-1 draw.
“SC East Bengal head coach Robbie Fowler, who is currently on a four-game suspension, has been recalled by the AIFF Disciplinary Committee for the use of abusive language (in a post-game altercation against players of Hyderabad FC) in its Hero The ISL match was played on February 12, ”the ISL said in a statement.
“Fowler has now been reported to ‘launch abuses at the opposing team from the stands’ in the new case reported by AIFF DC. You have until February 18 to respond to the Notice of Proof of Cause in your defense. “
While banning Fowler for four games, the disciplinary committee had directed the AIFF to “closely monitor the conduct and behavior” of the Englishman in all future games. He had said that even a single instance of indiscipline on Fowler’s part would result in “significant exemplary penalties immediately.”
In a separate but related case involving the same game, SCEB assistant coach Tony Grant was also provoked by the AIFF for “making disparaging comments against the referees and the Hyderabad FC head coach” in the post-match press conference. match.
“A grant is required to respond to the AIFF before 2 pm on February 17,” the ISL said.
Fowler was in the dock for stating that “he was not sure whether the Referees have something anti-English or something anti-East Bengal” in the ISL taking place in Goa. This was after his team’s 1-1 draw against FC Goa in Margao on January 29.
“The Committee held that such statements and publications are rude and inconceivable derogatory and derogatory slander apart from outright malice on the part of Mr. Fowler and tend to offend the dignity, reputation and image of arbitrators in India,” the disciplinary panel had said. .
The disciplinary committee had held that Fowler’s comments were intended to “imply by insinuation that the referees in India may be hostile towards the British and as such made intentional unfair decisions against East Bengal.”
SC East Bengal is currently ninth in the 11-team standings and is practically out of the race for the play-offs.
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