{"id":284826,"date":"2025-07-23T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284826\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:15:10","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-fan-spared-ban-over-carrow-road-cup-hurl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284826\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday fan spared ban over Carrow Road cup hurl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Simon Cardwell, 46, had faced a three-year exclusion from all football matches after hurling a paper cup in frustration at a decision during Norwich\u2019s home game against Sheffield Wednesday in March.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Owls fan, from Mansfield Road in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to a single charge of throwing a missile onto the pitch.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But at a hearing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/topics\/norwich-magistrates-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norwich Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/a> he contested a prosecution application for him to be made subject of a football banning order that would also require him to surrender his passport whenever England were playing overseas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25027729.ipswich-fan-convicted-throwing-mentos-norwich-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich fan convicted of throwing Mentos at Norwich rivals<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  District Judge Matthew Bone said the application must be granted unless it was deemed \u201cunjust\u201d to do so.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sarah Fiddy, prosecuting, said he had already been banned by the South Yorkshire side from attending their home matches at Hillsborough.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Owls fan Simon Cardwell was spared a three-year football banning order\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Owls fan Simon Cardwell was spared a three-year football banning order (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The court was told the cup he had thrown had been empty at the time and had not hit anyone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His defence argued a three-year ban would adversely affect his business providing corporate hospitality at events and which involved short-notice travel to Portugal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He had attended matches since the age of 15 with no previous offences and had previously sponsored players at Sheffield Wednesday and Worksop Town FC, they added.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25036821.norwich-seventh-best-behaved-championship-fans-last-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norwich seventh best behaved Championship fans last season<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  District Judge Bone said although he had acted \u201crecklessly\u201d in throwing the cup he was persuaded it would be unjust to impose a ban.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Borja Sainz and Ante Crnac opened the scoring but Norwich City collapsed to a 3-2 defeat in the match\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Borja Sainz and Ante Crnac opened the scoring but Norwich City collapsed to a 3-2 defeat in the match (Image: Focus Images)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  No one had been injured and he had a \u201clong history of football support without incident\u201d, he added. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He fined him \u00a3200 and told him to pay costs of \u00a3165.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Canaries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/sport\/25000666.candid-kenny-mclean-norwich-citys-sheff-weds-collapse\/?ref=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost the match 3-2<\/a> after surrendering a 2-0 lead to allow Wednesday to pull off a comeback win with three second half goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Cardwell, 46, had faced a three-year exclusion from all football matches after hurling a paper cup 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