The two incidents quoted are different however as they’re fan related and in both cases the fan(s) wasn’t identified. A couple of months ago a 9 year old in Richmond said a racist comment to a shels coach and was caught and identified by fans around him and he’s not let back in the ground, while the club also spoke to his parents regarding educating him on the matter.
The McGuinness incident, drew a 5 game ban:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...buse-1.1227012 Although it did happen 15 years ago so the sanction has very likely changed since then. Based on the statement, it seems that 10 games is the punishment for this now and Shelvey is just the first to receive the ban
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