Fevola Takes the Piss

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So a Galway barman's favourite footballer Big Bad Brendan Fevola is in another spot of bother and could miss the start of the season after being caught taking a leak outside a Melbourne nightclub -

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Fevola in wee spot of bother

March 17, 2008 - 8:08PM
Trouble-prone Carlton forward Brendan Fevola faces possible suspension for the start of the AFL season after urinating in public outside a Melbourne nightclub.

Fevola, who last year found his career in jeopardy after he was suspended by the Blues for on-field petulance, confirmed to his club he had urinated outside a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Seven Network tonight screened close-circuit television footage of the incident.

Carlton said in a statement Fevola had confirmed to the Blues "an incident did take place", and that the club was "considering the issue seriously".

"The leadership group will now meet to discuss the matter and decide on what actions should be taken against Brendan," the statement said.

Fevola's latest controversy is one both he and Carlton cannot afford given the Blues open the 2008 season against Richmond at the MCG on Thursday night.

His actions mean new Blues skipper Chris Judd and his teammates must consider either suspending or fining Fevola, after the Blues banned the full-forward for one game halfway through the 2007 season.

Fevola, 27, who is part of the Carlton leadership group, was suspended last season after then-coach Denis Pagan became frustrated with the spearhead's poor on-field attitude and told him to become a better team player.

AFL clubs have taken a hard line against disciplinary and alcohol-related incidents in recent seasons, as Melbourne last week suspended midfielder Colin Sylvia for one game for breaking a team curfew.

Geelong suspended half-forward Steve Johnson for five games at the start of last season after he was involved in an alcohol-related incident during the preceding off-season, although he did return to become one of the stars of the Cats' premiership win.

Fevola's poor disciplinary record dates back to 2001, when he was involved in three alcohol-fuelled incidents, and hit a nadir in 2006, when he was sent home from Ireland in disgrace after brawling with a barman during the international rules tour.

The 2006 Coleman medallist angered AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou over the Ireland incident and was forced to apologise.

Fevola's suspension last year fuelled speculation he would be traded by Carlton at season's end, but he was retained and included in the club's leadership group behind Judd.

Fevola swore off alcohol in 2006 before winning the league's goal kicking award, and that was a similar promise NRL star Sonny Bill Williams made after he was last year fined $650 for urinating outside a nightclub.

Similarly, high-profile Roosters rugby league player Willie Mason was fined last month for urinating in a public place on the NSW mid north coast.

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2007

* Several AFL players were questioned over a hotel scuffle in a St Kilda bar. Players allegedly involved included Fraser Gehrig, Craig McRae, Steven Lawrence, Simon Black and Michael Voss.[88] Criminal charges were laid against the players in June, 2007.
* Heath Scotland was charged with assault and recklessly causing injury to a female outside a Ballarat night spot at 5am, on February 11. Police alleged that Scotland splashed his drink on her and that when she attempted to push him away, he struck her in the face.[89][90] With him were Lance Whitnall, Shaun Grigg, Kade Simpson, Brad Fisher and Michael Jamison. All players were fined by the club for breaking curfew.
* Dean Brogan was charged with assaulting oral surgeon Dr Zahi Khouri after fight between their dogs whilst walking them in an Adelaide park. He pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000.
* Daniel Kerr pleaded guilty to criminal damage and assault for throwing a car aerial at a taxi driver's face outside a Perth hospital and was fined $1,800.[91]
* Covert police recordings of Kerr discussing the effects of ketamine with a convicted drug dealer were later released through Lateline.[92] Other sporting figures include footballer Aaron Edwards and basketballer James Harvey, and though not recorded, Ben Cousins is mentioned. Kerr is not sanctioned as he did not know of the conviction.
* As part of an ongoing investigation, four players are named for breaching the AFL's code of conduct forbidding gambling of any type on AFL matches. The players named are Simon Goodwin of the Adelaide Crows (fined a record $40,000), Daniel Ward of Melbourne Demons (fined $10,000), David Hale of the Kangaroos (fined $5,000) and Keiren Jack of the Sydney Swans (reprimanded).[93]
* New Carlton captain Lance Whitnall is involved in a bizarre bitter public argument with his brother. Tammy Whitnall told 3AW the feud started over a no-show at a Whitnall child's birthday party, followed by a non-invitation to the zoo.[94]
* Ben Cousins was suspended indefinitely from the West Coast Eagles for failing to attend two training sessions.[95] After his father admitted he had a "substance abuse" problem, he underwent and completed drug rehabilitation in the US, returning to Perth on the 30th of April to continue treatment.[96]
* Chad Fletcher was named as the player who collapsed during a Las Vegas end-of-season trip, allegedly having 'flatlined'. There are conflicting accounts as to whether or not illicit drugs were involved.[97]
* Brodie Holland was fined $2,500 for his role in a fight with a young woman over a taxi cab. After Hollands fiancee was involved in a scuffle with the woman, Holland approached calling the woman a "stupid slut" before trying to tackle her, placing her in a headlock after which she bit him on the stomach, before striking her in the head with his fist. His court appearance was pushed back on two occasions so not to clash with his football commitments; once he faced court no conviction was recorded and no punishment handed out from his club, Collingwood.[98][99].
* Des Headland Fremantle Dockers midfielder Des Headland is cleared by the AFL Tribunal despite being found guilty of striking and wrestling. Headland had an on-field altercation with West Coast's Adam Selwood after Selwood allegedly made derogatory remarks about his daughter. Selwood is also cleared. [100]
* A series of articles in The Sunday Age by Andrew Rule made allegations of widespread drug abuse by AFL footballers</ref>.
* Serious allegations were made that a 'rat-pack' of high-profile current and former players have been targeted by police and the media for cocaine use.
* David Teague is acquitted of careless driving after an incident which left a woman a quadriplegic.[101]
* Michael Braun was fined $5,500 for concluding an acceptance speech for the Ross Glenndinning Medal on live television with the words "Let's have a ****ing good year". [102]
* The Australian Football League is criticised by much of the media for their drugs policy that is "soft" on illicit drugs. All AFL players will be drug-tested less than once a year on average whereas players from the National Rugby League are tested on average 7.5 times per year[103].
* Fremantle Dockers player Jeff Farmer knocked out a bouncer in the suburb of Northbridge after being refused entry to a nightclub. He is suspended for six matches and fined $5,000 by the Dockers and $3,000 in court. [104]
* Mark McVeigh of Essendon was fined $900 for jokingly giving a mate the "finger" in the last quarter of the Essendon v St Kilda Round 4 match.
* Ray Hall from the Richmond Tigers was suspended for three weeks, fined $5,000 and ordered to do community service[105] after he was allegedly involved in an altercation with a patron in a Melbourne bar; police are investigating the incident[106].
* Des Headland was involved in a physical altercation on the streets of Northbridge.[107]
* Chris Tarrant from Fremantle mooned a female patron in a Darwin nightclub and punched Labor Candidate for Solomon, Damian Hale, in the face. Tarrant was suspended for three matches (two suspended pending good behaviour) and fined $5,000 by the Dockers; police did not lay charges due to no complaint being made.[108]
* Alan Didak was questioned by police in June over his acquaintance with Christopher Wayne Hudson, who Didak drank with at 4am in a strip club before a wild ride in the week before the CBD shootings.[109]
* Jeff Farmer was charged with criminal damage for smashing a car's side mirror in a rage after being ejected from Burswood Casino. He admits to an alcohol problem, and is fined $750 in court after pleading guilty (with $458 costs), fined $10,000 by the Dockers and ordered to donate $45,000 to charity.
* The Age reported that former star Mick McGuane was set to be linked to Melbourne's gangland war when his unexplained relationships with major organised crime figures is made public in court.
* Daniel Kerr was fined $2,000 over an assault of a teenage Fremantle fan at a party in Perth on January 13, leaving the fan with a broken nose and two missing teeth. His father Roger was also charged, but has not yet faced court.
* Darren Milburn of Geelong was fined $600 for throwing his mouthguard at North Melbourne’s Shannon Grant as Grant went to kick for goal.
* Two high-profile Melbourne based footballers are revealed to be undergoing treatment for drug addiction at a clinic in Ivanhoe, after leaked records were 'found' in a gutter and sold to Channel 7. A court injunction prevents the name of the players or club involved to be named. Police later raid the Channel 7 offices and charge two people with theft. The AFLPA encourages players to boycott Channel 7 and not answer questions from their reporters in press conferences.[110]
* Ben Hudson was suspended by the Adelaide Crows for breaking a curfew. [111]
* On the eve of Geelong's 2007 AFL Grand Final appearance, David Johnson was arrested in regards to an assault in Geelong at 4:15am. He was not selected to play in the grand final, but was a member of the Geelong VFL side's premiership the previous week.[112]
* Richmond's Jake King swears on live television after winning the Grand Final sprint, stating that "I thought [Port Adelaide's Nathan] Krakouer would **** it in". The incident didn't get the publicity or response of the Braun incident from earlier in the season from the media or AFL.
* Ivan Maric and John Meesen of the Adelaide Crows were caught posting hand-drawn pornographic pictures on a website accessible to children.[113]
* Chris Mainwaring, a dual premiership player with the West Coast Eagles and Seven Network sports newsreader, is found dead in his Cottesloe home, aged 41.[114]
* Ben Cousins from the West Coast Eagles is arrested in Northbridge and later charged with possession of an illegal substance and refusing a blood test.[115] He is later sacked by the club. The possession charge made against Cousins is subsequently dropped, due to the drug being possessed actually being legal to possess. The charge of refusing a blood test is deferred for 90 days while Cousins attends a Malibu drug rehabilitation clinic. Instead, Cousins ends up in an LA hospital after reportedly going on a cocaine binge. The charge of refusing a blood test is later dropped on a technicality.[116]
* Aaron Edwards, Shannon Grant and Hamish McIntosh of the North Melbourne Football Club were ejected from a Lionel Richie winery gig near Drysdale, Victoria after a violent clash with security and police. [117]

2008

* Sharrod Wellingham, a Collingwood rookie, was charged with drink-driving having recorded a blood alcohol content reading of 0.13, he lost his licence for a year. Collingwood announced they were cutting ties with the TAC sponsorship shortly after. It was the third serious traffic infringement for a Collingwood player during the period of the safe driving sponsorship. [118]
* Nathan Krakouer of Port Adelaide was suspended from driving following numerous repeated traffic offences. [119]
* Steve Johnson, of Geelong, is booked after caught doing 128km/h in a 50km/h zone on the way to a golf course. This is Johnson's third indiscretion involving police in two and a half years after incidents in 2005 and late 2006.[120]
* Wayne Carey, ex-North Melbourne premiership captain, is capsicum sprayed and handcuffed after assaulting police offers answering a domestic disturbance complaint at his apartment in Port Melbourne.[121] Following this incident it is found that he was arrested in Miami, Florida in October 2007 after allegedly striking his girlfriend Kate Neilson with a wine glass and is to face charges of assaulting police, resisting arrest and assault at Miami-Dade County Court on February 15.[122] Following this and the previous incident, he was sacked from several media positions.[123] He sold his story to New Idea magazine, confessing that he has a cocaine abuse problem. [124]
* Chris Masten, a West Coast draftee, is fined $2,000 by the club for public drunkenness and his role in an Australia Day brawl. He was also later fined $750 in court. [125]

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