GUISELEY AFC have made the decision to act upon on an incident which occurred on Saturday in their home game against Warrington Town FC.
The side from Nethermoor launched an investigation on Monday after a fan was filmed allegedly urinating in the water bottle of the opposition goalkeeper.
However, whilst the club await the outcome of the investigation from Cheshire Police and Warrington Town FC, the individual identified as having entered the pitch at the Cantilever Stadium has been banned indefinitely, with immediate effect, from attending all Guiseley AFC home and away matches.
On Tuesday, the club said via their social media: "When the investigation is completed and we can ascertain the level of their involvement in the wider incident we may review the length of the ban if deemed appropriate.
"This is thanks to several emails from fellow supporters, images provided by those in attendance and linking these to the widely circulated footage. We would like to thank all those who have contributed.
"We have submitted all evidence we have to West Yorkshire Police and asked that they pass this onto their colleagues at Cheshire Police who have been in contact with Warrington Town, so they can continue their investigations into the contents of the bottle and the events that followed. Once we receive the match footage from Warrington Town we will continue in our efforts to identify the individual’s accomplices and take necessary action against these.
"Guiseley AFC Supporters’ Club have also banned this individual from travelling on their match day coaches."
Warrington’s goalkeeper, Tony Thompson (the victim of the incident), was then sent off in the FA Trophy tie for squirting the liquid at him.
A furious Thompson said on Twitter: “Today I fell out of love with the game!
"I've been called many names but for someone to (urinate) in my bottle, for me to drink it and then to be told I wasn't allowed to react because I'm a player is outrageous.
"That person has put me my family's health at risk and knocked me sick."
Warrington manager Mark Beesley admitted he was shocked by the “disgusting” incident.
“I don’t think I’ll ever be involved in anything like that again,” he told our sister paper, the Warrington Guardian.
“The Guiseley staff apologised – it was disgusting and there’s no place in life for things like that.
“I think the referee has completely lost control after that – if someone urinates in my bottle and I drink it, I’m going to throw it away. To send him off for throwing the bottle away is a disgrace.”
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