Robert Snodgrass was issued a one-match ban and fined £30,000 when the Football Association charged him for improper conduct towards UK Anti-Doping officials over an incident at the club’s training facilities in February.
Our £6.3million-rated midfielder refuted the allegation at the time, but the club opted against appealing the decision.
It has now been revealed in written reasons published by the FA, and shared by Sky Sports, that when the officials arrived at Rush Green following a team meeting, Snodgrass allegedly shouted: “Have you c**** got nothing better to do?” in an “aggressive tone” which was “much louder than the jeers from the other players”.
When later confronted by said officials, the report goes on to claim Snodgrass appeared shocked and joked: “How do you know it wasn’t Andy [Carroll]?” He also supposedly told the Independent Regulatory Commission “as a Scotsman, my accent can sometimes be difficult for people to understand” and that he speaks “quite quickly, so it is possible that the Doping Control Personnel picked up wrongly what was being said amongst the players in the corridor”.
Snodgrass, however, has again refuted the allegations shared by Sky Sports from the FA’s document, this time taking to Twitter to slam the claims as ‘disappointing’ and that it was not the truth.
Sky your looking for a bite…… I ain’t giving you it! The way you wrote this is sloppy and isn’t the truth. The season must be finished and clutching for stories…. disappointing! Think I might cancel my sports channels now ???? https://t.co/CUVWC3NjsZ
— Robert snodgrass (@robsnodgrass7) May 22, 2019
When some West Ham fans later saw the 31-year-old’s message, here’s how these supporters reacted…
West Ham are always an easy target. Nice one Snodders, right behind you. ????????⚒⚒⚒
— Fazzamania (@fazzamania) May 22, 2019
Well done to you, it’s about time players,managers stood up to these journalists who continually make up stories to make headlines ????????????????⚒⚒
— WESTHAM1969 (@Hammerhead2073) May 22, 2019
Well said that man.
????????????????????????????????????????????????— Baz Cox ⚒ (@Baz1980WHU) May 22, 2019
Well said mate ????????????????????????
— ⚒Matt⚒ (@MGHAMMERS) May 22, 2019
Gwaaaan Snoddy ????????
— Brett “COYI” Ansell ⚒⚒⚒ (@AnsellBrett) May 22, 2019
Snodgrass 1
SkySports 0— ŠΚІŃƵ ƵNI}|S ⚒ (@5K1NZ) May 23, 2019
They are just looking for attention Snods, desperate for stories that’s all. ⚒
— George Moss (@georgemoss77) May 22, 2019
Robert, this tweet could not be put in a better way, you tell them Snoddy ???????????? pic.twitter.com/AgiYdpyCjM
— ⚒WestHamUtdNewsNow⚒ (@whu_news_now_) May 22, 2019
Mon the Snodster! Tell it like it is. You’re right, slow news day all round.⚒️♥️????
— ????????⚒️???? Killer Heels ????⚒️???????? (@KillerHeels_UK) May 22, 2019