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Dagenham’s Joss Labadie caught up in biting storm with Ronnie Henry | Dagenham’s Joss Labadie caught up in biting storm with Ronnie Henry |
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Graham Westley, the Stevenage manager, has revealed that police are looking into an accusation from the defender Ronnie Henry that he was bitten on the hand by the Dagenham & Redbridge midfielder Joss Labadie in their 1-0 home defeat on Saturday. | |
Labadie served a 10-match ban and was fined £2,000 in March 2014 for biting Chesterfield’s Ollie Banks in a League Two match while playing for Torquay - a charge which he denied. | Labadie served a 10-match ban and was fined £2,000 in March 2014 for biting Chesterfield’s Ollie Banks in a League Two match while playing for Torquay - a charge which he denied. |
Westley claimed Henry was “horrified” by Saturday’s alleged incident which happened shortly before full-time and said: “I think it has become a police matter and when it becomes a police matter anybody in a responsible position should let it be dealt with by the authorities. | |
“So, in passing comment, word is around the place that there’s been an incident and the police are involved. | |
“He’s [Henry] not in a good situation, he’s in the treatment room and he’s suffered quite a nasty injury. | |
“Ronnie was in a state of shock, you don’t go on a football pitch expecting to lose your finger and Ronnie was horrified by what has gone on because it’s a football match and he’s nearly lost his finger.” | “Ronnie was in a state of shock, you don’t go on a football pitch expecting to lose your finger and Ronnie was horrified by what has gone on because it’s a football match and he’s nearly lost his finger.” |
The game had already threatened to boil over before Labadie and Henry’s clash due to the nature of Dagenham’s winning goal. | The game had already threatened to boil over before Labadie and Henry’s clash due to the nature of Dagenham’s winning goal. |
Labadie was clearly offside when a long ball was played forwards in his direction yet he did not touch it, Christian Doidge took over and crossed for Dean Howell to score. | Labadie was clearly offside when a long ball was played forwards in his direction yet he did not touch it, Christian Doidge took over and crossed for Dean Howell to score. |
But only after long consultation with his assistant did the referee Dean Whitestone award the goal. |
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