|
"Further to Monday night's match between Newcastle United and West Ham United at St James Park and subsequent press speculation relating to the West Ham player John Moncur, we can confirm that the officials' match reports have
now been received. There is no mention of the incident at the end of the game and no action is to be taken."
Allegedly, John Moncur kicked the ball - venting his frustration that was shared by West Ham fans up and down the country - and hit the referee. Moncs downplays the incident when talking about it on the club's site:
"The thing on the final whistle was simply a case of me having a row with Jermain about something that had happened, the sort of thing that goes on when you are committed, and I happened to be on the ball when the whistle went.
"I just kicked it, and when it skewered off and hit the ref it was a case of 'how's your luck?' - it summed things up. But it was purely accidental and I apologised to the ref straight away. I think a good ref would see that instances like that are not deliberate."
So that's that then. One match down, and Moncs is involved in an 'incident'.
He didn't get booked though...