Man who kicked Ramsdale given four-year ban and to pay goalkeeper £100

 

A 35-year-old man has been given a four-year football banning order after admitting to assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the end of the north London derby.

Joseph Watts was also given a 12-month community order and made to pay £100 in compensation to Ramsdale after pleading guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court to assault by beating, going on to an area adjacent to the playing area and throwing a missile on to a football playing area.

Ramsdale, 24, was kicked in the back shortly after the Gunners beat Tottenham 2-0 in a Premier League match on January 15.

The court heard Ramsdale had been celebrating the victory and collecting his belongings from behind the goal when he was attacked.

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