Gold set for legal battle

  • by Staff Writer
  • Thursday, 6th February 2014

Co-chairman David Gold has indicated that West Ham United are prepared to seek legal redress as a result of the FA's decision to uphold Andy Carroll's red card against Swansea.

The FA have rarely been swayed by public opinion, as Brian Clough found out to his chagrin all those years ago. And so it was the case again this week when a three-man quango decided to uphold Howard Webb's decision to dismiss Carroll for violent conduct despite the Hammers enjoying widespread public support - a rarity itself in recent times.

Now Gold says that the Hammers are prepared to go all the way to court in an effort to have Carroll's appeal re-heard - an appeal against an appeal, if you will.

Talking earlier, he said: "We are hugely disappointed at the outcome of the process. The last thing I want to do is go to some kind of legal issue because I think it is a footballing issue. But we are fighting for our lives.

"If we were mid-table we would probably get on with it, but we are fighting for our lives to retain our Premier League status and we owe it to our fans, we owe it to ourselves. We are upset, we feel we have been badly treated.

"Most judgements are not made by three people, they are made by 12 - that's why they are called juries. I believe if you had gone to the FA Council and asked the 100 members, 75 per cent would have said it was not a sending off.

"If you just take three people, it may not be representative."

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