Can you be old enough to learn to read and already be banned from stadiums? The answer is yes. According to our information, a young Le Havre supporter, only six years old, is subject to a two-month stadium ban, taken by the oldest club. His fault? Having thrown cardboard cups and balls of paper from his place during the Ligue 1 match between Le Havre and Reims (0-3), on Sunday November 10, as revealed by L’Equipe and confirmed by Le Parisien.
The little boy, according to discussions between the HAC and the Professional Football League (LFP), threw these objects in the 71st minute of the match. The projectiles, which did not reach the pitch itself, did not affect anyone, but led to the deployment of the protective net and the broadcast of a prevention message in the stadium enclosures.
Identified on video surveillance
In fact, it appears from the club’s observations, which identified the young man and his companion, sanctioned with the same sentence, via the video surveillance system, that the young supporter was targeting a friend, with whom he was playing at that time. , and was not really trying to disrupt the meeting.
But these facts attracted the attention of the LFP disciplinary committee. The latter summoned Le Havre to explain these projectile throws, as well as the Bengal fires lit in the stands and homophobic chants, which led to the temporary interruption of the match. The whole thing earned Le Havre a fine of 5,000 euros. The club, for its part, claims to have simply followed the texts, which require it to sanction this type of behavior, but to have taken into account the context and the age of the supporter in the duration of the forced removal from the stadium.
“We called the parents before sending the commercial ban letter,” we explain to the HAC. They appreciated our appeal and expected a heavier penalty. » The little boy and his companion, who is his uncle, will therefore miss three matches for Didier Digard’s men. The one against Angers, played this Sunday (0-1), but also those against Strasbourg in December, and Lens in January.
