Kilmarnock forward Kyle Lafferty handed 10-match ban by Scottish Football Association for using sectarian slur..

2022-10-21 17:19

Kilmarnock forward Kyle Lafferty handed 10-match ban by Scottish Football Association for using sectarian slur..




Sky Sports reported on Thursday, citing the official statement of the Scottish Football Association, that the authorities have sentenced Kimanock's Northern Ireland international center forward Kyle Lafferty to a 10-match ban for using sectarian slur.


The Scottish Football Association said in a statement that Lafferty's actions were a serious breach of the authority's disciplinary rules 77 and 81, which prohibit players from behaving in a manner which could disrupts the harmony of football and prohibiting players from using inappropriate language.


According to reports, Kilmarnock and Lafferty have both accepted the punishment from the Scottish FA, and according to the ban, the 35-year-old Northern Ireland international will be banned from playing until January 15 next year. .


According to the schedule, Lafferty will also miss Kilmarnock's the Scottish League Cup semi-final match against Celtic during the suspension.


Regarding his ban, Lafferty posted an apology on his social media account and said: "I would like to express my deepest apology to the club, fans and my family for the troubles I had caused for everyone over the past month.."


"I fully admit that my reaction to this was totally out of order."


"I have absolutely no excuses, this is something I regret and embarrassed immediately after committing. I absolutely accept that I should not have responded or acted provocatively in this way."


"I've put myself into a very difficult situation, thus I'm now determined to work with (Scotland's leading anti-sectatian charity) Nil By Mouth to make sure that others, especially the young players in the club, can get to learn their lessons from my mistakes and avoid putting themselves into any similar situation in the future."


On the evening of September 22, local time, a short Tiktok video of Lafferty using sectatian slur as a tribute a cult organization was circulated on the Internet.


In the video, after meeting and taking a photo with a fan who shouted "Up the Celts" at the scene, Lafferty was suspected of chanting "Up you Fenian Brothers" in order to please the other party.


The Fenian Brotherhood is an Irish nationalist cult dedicated to overthrowing the British government's control over Ireland. The organization was founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony.


The Fenian Brotherhood recruited thousands of members who had fought in the American Civil War and received financial support from tens of thousands of Irish immigrants. Armed with nationalism and military training, the Fenian Brotherhood had unsuccessfully attacked Canada in 1866, 1870, and 1871.


Although the Fenian Brotherhood had dissolved in name, their spiritual legacy lives on today, and according to many historians, the disruption of the Fenian Brotherhood was the main driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Confederation.


As a pro-Irish nationalism supporting group, Celtic's supporters has also been advocating the ideology of the Fenian Brotherhood, and has often been criticized by many other fans of their Scottish Premiership rivals for spreading such bad influence.