Paterson’s reaction as the Cardiff City moan is ignored

It was never going to be anything else as yesterday BBC Sport reported that Cardiff City’s complaint to the FAW over the Swans celebrations in the recent derby had been reviewed and the FAW decided that there was no case to action.

Cardiff City complained shortly after the game that the actions of the Swans players – including that of manager Russell Martin – were there to incite violence with the swimaway gesture relating to clashes between the two sides thirty years ago which ended with Cardiff fans in Swansea Bay.

As well as the swimming gestures, Cardiff were unhappy that shots of manager Mick McCarthy – who has since left the club – followed immediately by chief executive Ken Choo and director Steve Borley were shown on the stadium big screen.

They said that led to Choo and Borley being verbally abused by home fans and felt Swansea should not have allowed the images to be shown.

EFL rules say shots of “the area of the trainers’ bench” should not be shown on big screens but there are no regulations regarding directors’ boxes.

Jamie Paterson – whose goal in the first half was voted as the Swans goal of the month – took to Twitter after the confirmation and wondered if he could go shopping in Cardiff again

Nice one, am I allowed to go shopping in Cardiff yet? https://t.co/RglGo12mNy

— Jamie Paterson (@jamiepaterson12) November 11, 2021

Following the complaint a Swans spokesperson said “Swansea City can confirm that the club is in dialogue with Cardiff City, South Wales Police and the EFL over events that took place during and after Sunday’s game at the Swansea.com Stadium.

“Discussions will also take place within the club across all departments as a matter of process, as they do after every event that we host.”

The EFL and the FAW though will not take any action against the Swans which, let’s face it, is not a surprise at all.

In 2014, Jonjo Shelvey was “reminded of his responsibilities” after making the same gesture in a rare Cardiff win in the fixture with a FAW spokesman saying “Following an investigation, the FA has reminded Jonjo Shelvey of his responsibilities. No further action will follow.”