Column Everton fined £50,000 for Curtis Jones brawl Everton were fined £50,000 for their part in the on-field brawl caused by Curtis Jones at the end of the last Goodison derby. Michael Kenrick 26 February 2025 39comments (last) Everton were fined £50,000 for their part in the on-field brawl caused by Curtis Jones at the end of the last Goodison derby. The official charge was for "failing to control their players" after the Liverpool player launched an unprecedented attack on Abdoulaye Doucoure for what he presumably thought was an unreasonable display of hubris in celebration of James Tarkowski's 98th-minute stunner that had denied the Reds 2 points. Liverpool were fined £65,000 while their manager, Arne Slot. was given a 2-match ban and also fined £70,000 by an independent Football Association commission after accepting the charge. Liverpool assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff was also banned for two games and fined £7,000. Slot was seen exchanging words with one of the assistant referees before shaking hands with referee Michael Oliver, who seemed to react immediately to something he had said and showed him a red card. Hulshoff was also sent off. Slot, who was unable to speak to the media after the match because of his red card, later voiced his frustration over the amount of stoppage time played, after 5 minutes were initially signalled. Reader Comments (39) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Brian Wilkinson 1 Posted 26/02/2025 at 15:29:22 How the hell can a Liverpool player grab hold of Doucoure, have a bottle thrown at him, yet Everton receive a bigger fine??? Nigel Scowen 2 Posted 26/02/2025 at 15:38:32 Brian,Because it’s Liverpool… Rob Halligan 3 Posted 26/02/2025 at 15:57:16 Brian, We got a £50k fine while the RS got a £65k fine. Both fines for failing to control players. Plant pot got an immediate 2 match touchline ban, starting tonight, while his Grass was also banned for 2 games touchline ban and fined £7Khttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2gj4qvjelo Paul Hewitt 4 Posted 26/02/2025 at 16:21:56 Rob. I'm sure we got the larger fine. Typical Mark Murphy 5 Posted 26/02/2025 at 16:25:25 I think it’s normal that the home team get the larger fine. It’s not conspiracy, just the way it is.I hope we kick off at the end of the Anfield derby! Gobshites the lot of them. Jack Convery 6 Posted 26/02/2025 at 16:25:44 Why have we been fined more than the RS? Cuntis Jones started the melee with his grab of Duke, for so called taunting of the RS fans, Something their players would never think of doing!! Gerry Quinn 7 Posted 26/02/2025 at 16:59:14 From Redshite website called the BBC... quote ". while Liverpool and Everton were fined £65,000 and £50,000 respectively for failing to control their players" unquote Michael Kenrick 8 Posted 26/02/2025 at 17:15:20 Good one, Brian @1.You must have read this on Truth Social or some other reliable news sauce… Colin Crooks 9 Posted 26/02/2025 at 17:22:09 It will kick off at the end of the Anfield derby if we win. James Hughes 10 Posted 26/02/2025 at 17:29:37 Hopefully EFC will use one of three biggest lies, and just say - no worries the cheque is in the post Jay Harris 11 Posted 26/02/2025 at 17:31:15 Michael,I read the same report as Brian I guess because that said Everton had the bigger fine but if they got the bigger fine I am happy but believe 50k was outrageous for celebrating scoring a goal while a vicious attack from the back has been dealt with by a fine. should have been a ban. Kevin Molloy 12 Posted 26/02/2025 at 17:32:35 it is some comfort to know that that thug has been taken off our streets for two games at least. Trying the old 'shake hands' with a referee of Mr Oliver's standing? he should have been sacked on the spot. Brian Williams 13 Posted 26/02/2025 at 18:08:16 Colin#9When, Colin, when. 👍 Raymond Fox 14 Posted 26/02/2025 at 18:32:42 Its all a bit pathetic, a brawl! That was never a brawl.Go watch a Wigan v St Helens game, then you would see a brawl.The reds cant stand not getting all their own way, that was the problem. Jeff Spiers 15 Posted 26/02/2025 at 18:42:56 And who pockets those fines? Colin Crooks 16 Posted 26/02/2025 at 18:49:17 I stand corrected, Brian Brian Williams 17 Posted 26/02/2025 at 18:59:05 Believe mate. It'll send that lot over the edge. 🤣 Scott Hamilton 18 Posted 26/02/2025 at 19:06:03 Make sure you never get mugged near Anfield. You’d end up in prison and facing a few years in clink. Paul Kernot 19 Posted 26/02/2025 at 23:59:06 Good question Jeff #15.I wonder how much ice hockey players should be fined in comparison then?'and in sports news - a game broke out during the fight tonight' Bob Parrington 20 Posted 27/02/2025 at 06:52:10 Just another load of Bollocks by the dickheads of Premier League! We need an independent body that can fine those twats for their hopeless management and money grabbing tactics. Charles Brewer 21 Posted 27/02/2025 at 08:37:12 I understand the EFL are considering fining Juventus for the involvement of their fans in an incident some years ago.But then, as Euripides wrote, quoted by Cicero, and reiterated by Shakespeare, that phrase of the deepest cosmic profundity still applies down the ages: “Kopites are gobshites”. Jeff Spiers 23 Posted 27/02/2025 at 10:10:36 Charles @21 Nice one! Maybe those writers can re appear and tell us why the gobshites are so obsessed with us. Bitter twats the lot of them. Tamhas Woods 25 Posted 27/02/2025 at 12:38:02 Busybody 1: "I propose a £25k fine for Everton."Busybody 2: "Well, if you look at their most recent accounts, they'd be in breach of PSR if we doubled it."Busybody 1: "Let's double it."Busybody 2: "Agreed."Busybody 1: "Six-point deduction."Busybody 2: "When should we announce it?"Busybody 1: "Wait until next season – maybe around Christmas? No way the promoted sides will be as crap as Ipswich et al."Busybody 2: "Yeah whatever, come on... I wanna watch the second half of Liverpool v Newcastle! COYR!!!!" Jim Bennings 26 Posted 28/02/2025 at 05:48:13 Jones should be fined even more for that haircut alone. Paul Hewitt 27 Posted 28/02/2025 at 06:29:17 Raymond@14. Spot on. Football brawls are pathetic. If your going to do something, as least do it right. Paul Ferry 28 Posted 28/02/2025 at 06:46:56 What a silly post Hewey (27). Nothing less than a plea for good old proper violence. You must have a good old XL bully Hewey and enjoy walking the killing machine back and forth to cock-fights in St. Helens. More popular than the cinema there I hear. Paul Hewitt 29 Posted 28/02/2025 at 06:51:10 I don't condone violence at all PF. But it wasn't a brawl,but was just pushing. Paul Ferry 30 Posted 28/02/2025 at 06:52:10 fair enough Hewey Mark Murphy 31 Posted 28/02/2025 at 06:59:13 Handbags or a wee bit of nonsense, as they say in rugby parlance.UTFT Andrew James 32 Posted 28/02/2025 at 18:42:32 It was a load of nonsense yet I don't see why we should be fined that amount. Curtis Jones explicitly went looking for trouble. Yes, Doucoure was very stupid but it was the RS players all piling in. Not that I wasn't proud of Everton players going in to back their team mates up. Michael Kenrick 33 Posted 04/03/2025 at 14:53:17 More has been revealed on the disgusting language used by them Red Shite:It was alleged that Slot said whilst shaking the referee’s hand, "If we don’t win the league, I’ll fucking blame you.” Instead, Slot asserts that he in fact said: "If we don’t win the league, I will have you to thank for that." The FA maintained that Slot’s language and words were as reported by the match officials.However, the FA argued that this discrepancy didn’t make a material difference to the sanction, in any event, given the words used still constituted Slot acting in an improper manner, and Slot accepts the same. It should be noted that Slot does not dispute stating ‘fucking disgrace’ to the assistant referee.”In addition, Hulshoff accepted his charge but wanted to clarify the language he used. He advised that “the foul language used was not directed at Mr Oliver personally, contrary to what is contained in his official report. I would like to clarify what I said to Mr Oliver was that the resulting melee between both sets of players was because of the ‘shit decisions’ during the match. I wish to make this point clear to Mr Oliver I would not want him to think I insulted him personally.”Hmmm... so who was making the 'shit decisions' if it wasn't Oliver? Steve Brown 34 Posted 05/03/2025 at 04:40:47 Interesting that, despite being so far ahead, they are still shitting themselves about bungling it. Derek Thomas 35 Posted 05/03/2025 at 06:43:31 rs; you always get exactly what it says on the tin. Laurie Hartley 36 Posted 05/03/2025 at 07:13:55 Steve # 34 - we’ll help them to bungle it on 3rd April. Tony Abrahams 37 Posted 05/03/2025 at 07:27:11 Michael Oliver gave us everything, is only something that a self entitled and deluded Liverpudlian, could come up with.The fact that they genuinely believed they were hard done by just tells us something we already know about our neighbours, and that Arteta’s Arsenal, have really let themselves down because it was clear that the pressure was getting to Liverpool, and especially their manager, until they inexplicably lost at home to West Ham. Colin Crooks 38 Posted 05/03/2025 at 08:02:28 Come on Davey Moyes. Play like Carlo's boys.I'd love to piss on their chips at Anfield too. Twat them and spend the next few weeks listening to their squeals - Always comedy gold.Slot is every inch the c**t Klop was.Talk about not liking it up 'em Mal van Schaick 39 Posted 05/03/2025 at 08:26:16 Even when Liverpool cause the trouble in games, it’s always their opponents fault and god forbid a referee ruling against them with booking or sendings off. Jones should be given a longer ban for his incitement in the incident and Slots interpretation of what was said is totally different to that of Oliver. A great example of honesty and integrity from a manager. Rob Halligan 41 Posted 05/03/2025 at 13:05:38 So Slot thinks his club can blame Michael Oliver if they fail to win the league this season……….safe to say then that we can blame his club 100% for us not winning the European Cup back in the 80’s………..not that we don’t anyway! Jeff Spiers 42 Posted 05/03/2025 at 13:10:22 Why are kopites SO obsessed with us. They've won nearly every thing in their wake, and the pricks are still moaning. Mental health issues methinks. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. 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