Leicester fan charged with assaulting Nottingham Forest players during FA Cup clash

A Leicester fan has been charged with assaulting several Nottingham Forest players during the Championship side’s 4-1 win against their East Midlands rivals in the FA Cup. Following Forest’s third goal, scored by defender Joe Worrall, a fan ran onto the pitch and could be seen throwing punches at the players as they celebrated.

Ad/> Having been hauled off by stewards and subsequently arrested, he has now been charged with three counts of common assault. A statement released by Nottinghamshire Police on Monday read: “Detectives have now charged a suspect after three Nottingham Forest Football Club players were assaulted during yesterday’s FA Cup clash with Leicester City Football Club.

The Emirates FA Cup'A really poor performance' — Rodgers apologises for defeat at ForestYESTERDAY AT 19:52 “Cameron Toner, 19, of Leicester, has been charged with three counts of common assault and going onto a playing area at a football match. “He has been released on conditional bail, including a condition not to attend any football stadium on the date of any live football match.

“Toner is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 24 February 2022.” Moyes says '£100m' Man Utd and Chelsea target Rice and could be ‘future England captain’ Boreham Wood through to FA Cup fifth round with huge upset win at Bournemouth Man City to face Peterborough in FA Cup fifth round, Chelsea get Luton Speaking after the match, Forest midfielder Philip Zinckernagel expressed his disappointment at the incident. “It’s terrible… we thought it was one of our fans coming to celebrate with us and, even though we’re not supposed to, we grabbed him in and wanted to share our joy with him,” he said.