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Police investigate ball boy incident

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Carrick Rangers goalkeeper Jack McIntyre has apologised for the incident in Saturday's Irish Premiership game against Cliftonville in which a ball boy appeared to be pushed to the ground.

A Carrick Rangers statement said the club and the goalkeeper wished to "apologise for any distress caused".

"In acknowledging any distress caused, the club has made a donation to the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, and will also endeavour to make contact with the ball tender and their family," said the club's statement.

"Any internal disciplinary investigation will, in accordance with employment good practice, remain confidential between the employee and employer. Carrick Rangers FC will be making no further comment on this matter."

Earlier, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said "enquiries are ongoing" into the incident while the Irish Football Association added that it was "aware of the incident".

"Police received a report of an assault at a football match in the Cliftonville Street area of north Belfast on Saturday, March 22," said a PSNI statement.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c98166j9l0xo

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  • southamptonaddicksouthamptonaddick
    Just watched that.
    Unbelievable  :o
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    https://x.com/redarniecsc/status/1903575601006456968?s=46&t=l3gVPecVjs4wU2WBKFZZyw


  • ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    He'll get done for assault if the family wish to pursue it.
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    edited March 25
    In the side on footage it looks like it’s a girl. 
    The keeper already had a ball and it looked like she/he was trying to pull it off him rather than give it to him.
  • GribboGribbo
    edited March 25
    Ball boy / girl runs up to the keeper forcing the ball into his hands (keeper plays for away side and they're in front, cue shithousery time wasting from said keeper). Keeper takes ball off ball boy / girl, then pushes them to the ground.
  • Covered EndCovered End
    edited March 25
    SoundAsa£ said:
    In the side on footage it looks like it’s a girl. 
    The keeper already had a ball and it looked like she/he was trying to pull it off him rather than give it to him.
    On the side footage the keeper's hands were down by his side. He didn't have a ball.
    The ball person was giving him the ball (possibly forcefully) which he took before pushing them over.
    It could have been a girl, but looks like a boy to me.
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  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    Ball boys had a proper dive up there, knows exactly what they’re doing. Games back.
  • SantaClausSantaClaus
    Shades of Nicky Bailey.
  • hoof_it_up_to_bentyhoof_it_up_to_benty
    Everything is a major incident these days. 
  • O-Randy-HuntO-Randy-Hunt
    Refs have got to eradicate this from the game and start dishing out cards to the ball boys.
  • LordflashheartLordflashheart
    Didn’t Paul Miller have an incident with a ball boy ?  

    Norwich away - spat at him, so Lennie got rid of Miller ?
  • sam3110sam3110
    If I was a manager and knew the opposition had a long throw merchant in the side, I'd give them all water bottles to empty onto the balls whenever they have a throw in


    It's the little things
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Hard to tell from the clip of course, but why oh why did the goalie not stick the boot in as well?

  • StefcoStefco
    Lordflashheart said:
    Didn’t Paul Miller have an incident with a ball boy ?  

    Norwich away - spat at him, so Lennie got rid of Miller ?
    Miller spat at a Newcastle player, & Lennie got rid of him.
  • LordflashheartLordflashheart
    sam3110 said:
    If I was a manager and knew the opposition had a long throw merchant in the side, I'd give them all water bottles to empty onto the balls whenever they have a throw in


    It's the little things
    Are you John Beck ???
  • LordflashheartLordflashheart
    Stefco said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Didn’t Paul Miller have an incident with a ball boy ?  

    Norwich away - spat at him, so Lennie got rid of Miller ?
    Miller spat at a Newcastle player, & Lennie got rid of him.
    Ah - ok - I’m getting old !!!
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  • McBobbinMcBobbin
    CharltonKerry said:
    I realise this isn’t a laughing matter, but it reminded when we were in the premiership, Richard Rufus and from memory Duncan Ferguson where having a right old ding dong, which started at the edge of the penalty area and ended up with both of them going down the slope at the covered end, just before they slipped and fell a few punches where exchanged, unfortunately my boy was the ball boy there and they both landed on top of him, neither player where hurt, but they had to call for the trainer who tended a very flattened but unhurt ball boy. 

    Think they both were booked. Along while ago now but after around 30 years we still chuckle about it.
    Probably the last two players I'd like to get in the middle of in a fight
  • Hal1xHal1x
    edited March 26
    Lordflashheart said:
    Stefco said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Didn’t Paul Miller have an incident with a ball boy ?  

    Norwich away - spat at him, so Lennie got rid of Miller ?
    Miller spat at a Newcastle player, & Lennie got rid of him.
    Ah - ok - I’m getting old !!!
    I seem to remember he swore at a ball boy in front of the Sainsburys end because he wasn't fast  enough to return the ball, and then Miller got stick from the crowd who heard it.
  • ChizzChizz
    It reminded me of this incident, between a ballboy and Eden Hazard... 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd38KUjmOho 

    Interesting aside, only one of those two is now a multi-millionaire twenty-something.  And it's not Hazard. 
  • ArsenetattersArsenetatters
    Off_it said:
    Anyone who thinks that's "assault" needs their head testing.
    It is technically, but as a ball boy you should just hold the ball out for the keeper to take rather than try and hurry the bloke along.
    No doubt the goalie will be done for assault and never play again. This is a mad world.
  • seth plumseth plum
    I wish the ball boy had got up and pushed the goalkeeper back.

  • ChizzChizz
    Arsenetatters said:
    Off_it said:
    Anyone who thinks that's "assault" needs their head testing.
    It is technically, but as a ball boy you should just hold the ball out for the keeper to take rather than try and hurry the bloke along.
    No doubt the goalie will be done for assault and never play again. This is a mad world.
    What would be the right way to deal with a professional footballer pushing a child over?
  • seth plumseth plum
    Chizz said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Off_it said:
    Anyone who thinks that's "assault" needs their head testing.
    It is technically, but as a ball boy you should just hold the ball out for the keeper to take rather than try and hurry the bloke along.
    No doubt the goalie will be done for assault and never play again. This is a mad world.
    What would be the right way to deal with a professional footballer pushing a child over?
    Invite him in to lecture schoolchildren about how easy it is for big people to assault little people.
  • randy andyrandy andy
    Arsenetatters said:
    Off_it said:
    Anyone who thinks that's "assault" needs their head testing.
    It is technically, but as a ball boy you should just hold the ball out for the keeper to take rather than try and hurry the bloke along.
    No doubt the goalie will be done for assault and never play again. This is a mad world.
    "You are charged with assault, how do you plead?"

    "Not guilty your honour. The child tried to push the ball into my hands instead of just holding it out for me, so I had no choice"

    The only thing mad is you think that assault is a justified response to that situation, or that being convicted of assaulting a child should be a career ending occurance?
  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    seth plum said:
    Chizz said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Off_it said:
    Anyone who thinks that's "assault" needs their head testing.
    It is technically, but as a ball boy you should just hold the ball out for the keeper to take rather than try and hurry the bloke along.
    No doubt the goalie will be done for assault and never play again. This is a mad world.
    What would be the right way to deal with a professional footballer pushing a child over?
    Invite him in to lecture schoolchildren about how easy it is for big people to assault little people.
    I’m not sure we should be encouraging it….
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