Sport

Fergie's Evra shock

James Olley13 April 2012

Sir Alex Ferguson will be fuming again this morning after discovering that one of the men who banned Patrice Evra for four-matches is an Arsenal season ticket holder, writes James Olley.

Nicholas Stewart QC, who chaired the four-man independent disciplinary panel appointed by the Football Association that investigated Evra's scuffles with Chelsea groundsman Sam Bethell after a match at Stamford Bridge last April, is a regular at Emirates Stadium.

There is no question of Stewart's integrity or professionalism being compromised but Ferguson said in his last programme notes that he is still shocked by the verdict.

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