FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 7

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

CHARLTON-ARSENAL DRAW. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON", February 24. Results of football matches played in Britain this afternoon: — English Soccer Cup.—Fifth round replay: Wolveilianipton v. (irimsby, t>—2. First Division.—Arsenal v. Charlton I—l, Bolton v, Liverpool o—l,0 —1, (Sunder- , land v. Middlesboio 4—l, Preston v. Stoke o—l, Derby v. Manchester City o—s. Second Division.—Burnley v. Blackpool 3—o, Southampton v. Tottenham I—o. Third Division.—Southern Section: Reading v. Bristol Hovers 2 —o, Gillingham v. Exeter 2 —2. Rugby.—Devonport Services v. Aldershot Services I—b. SOCCER PLAYER FINED. PROVOCATION NO EXCUSE. LONDON, February 18. No matter what the provocation, a footballer must keep his feelings within j bounds. He is not entitled, for instance, to kick the ball deliberately into an abusive crowd. This is the effect of a £2 fine imposed by an Edinburgh magistrate on James I Foley, now Plymouth Argyle's goal-1 keeper, who was charged with assaulting i a spectator at a match by maliciously I kicking the ball into the crowd. Evidence was given that Foley had been abused by the crowd. The magistrate, in imposing the fine,; said he had some sympathy with the player, but there might have been serious consequences. The incident occurred in November, during a match between Glasgow Celtic, for whom Foley was playing, and Heart of Midlothian. The Court rejected the defence's submission that the charge should be dismissed, on the ground of triviality, also that a conviction would put footballers in legal danger when kicking out. Andrew Baillie, a civil servant, was the victim of the •assault." He said be was standing two yards :roui the point from which Foley kicked the ball. He received a severe glancing blow. Francis Mitchell, a spectator, said that bad language had been directed towards Foley. "1 could not have stood it myself, and I'm a strong Presbyterian," declared Donald Gillan, another spectator.