Mark Clattenburg has accused former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel of making an attempt to punch him amid his row with the membership in 2012.
The ex-Premier League referee, 50, says Mikel burst into his dressing room at Stamford Bridge after a heated match between Chelsea and Manchester United in October 2012, throughout which he was accused of a racial slur.
Chelsea alleged that Clattenburg had referred to as Mikel a ‘monkey’ through the match however he was subsequently cleared by the FA, whereas the midfielder was later banned and fined £60,000 for threatening the official.
Now Clattenburg has speculated that Chelsea have been simply making an attempt to get ‘payback’ after their captain John Terry was banned for an incident involving QPR star Anton Ferdinand in a sport the 12 months earlier than.
Terry was banned, fined £220,000, and stripped of the England captaincy because the FA discovered he had racially abused Ferdinand – however he was individually cleared by Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom.
Clattenburg advised Undr The Cosh: ‘There was a little bit of commotion exterior the dressing room door [after the Chelsea vs Man United game]. I opened the door considering, “what the f****** h*** is occurring right here?”
Mark Clattenburg has accused John Obi Mikel of making an attempt to punch him after a match in 2012
Chelsea accused Clattenburg of calling Mikel a ‘monkey’ however he was cleared after a probe
He claims Chelsea have been simply making an attempt to get ‘payback’ for the John Terry being discovered responsible by the FA of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand the 12 months earlier than
‘As I opened the door, John Obi Mikel got here bursting by and began swinging punches. I ducked. He tried to pin me towards the wall and went: “F****** h***!”
‘I did not know what had gone on, I believed someone had perhaps accused me at that time!
‘Everybody simply went white, like, “f****** h***, what has occurred there?”
‘The humorous factor was, about 30 seconds later, there was a knock on my door. I believed, “not once more, Obi Mikel is coming by the door.”
‘I opened it and it was one of many safety guys and he went, “Obi Mikel has left his flip-flop within the dressing room, can he have it again?”
‘I went, “are you taking the f****** p***?’
Clattenburg has described the psychological torment and paranoia of being accused of the slur for which he was cleared.
‘That John Obi Mikel state of affairs, I did not wish to come again. I needed to complete refereeing after that. It was an absolute shame what occurred,’ he stated.
Clattenburg says he needed to stop refereeing because the investigation into him carried on
He claims Mikel took swings at him after bursting into the altering room however did not hit
Terry stood trial in 2012 after being accused of racially abusing Ferdinand however was ultimately cleared. Nonetheless, the FA nonetheless discovered him responsible and banned and fined him
Terry has all the time denied the allegations and he was cleared in court docket after being charged
The connection between Terry (left) and Anton’s brother Rio (proper) turned bitter after the alleged racial abuse incident
‘I had a household, a toddler, a mortgage. If I had left, what might I do? I did not have anyplace to go.
‘I used to be accused of being a racist. I used to be imagined to have referred to as him a monkey after the Chelsea vs Man United match.
‘It took round a month of investigating by the FA. For the primary few days I could not eat or drink. You undergo questioning your self – have I executed it?
‘How might I referee? I used to be in bits. I used to be mentally gone. We threatened to strike as a result of we felt the behaviour of the soccer membership was improper.
‘To go away us out excessive and dry and with the media exterior my home ever day of the week, being accused of one thing I hadn’t executed was powerful.
‘That second of tried assault – he by no means laid a hand on me however swung at me a few instances – I do not know in the event that they’re considering, “f***, we’re in bother right here, he is making an attempt to report.”
‘All of the match observer was speaking about was, what I used to be going to report. Nothing about racism, all it was about was, what I used to be going to report. What occurred within the dressing room with Obi Mikel. And an hour later I used to be accused of being a racist.
‘I do know the sport was unstable and quite a bit was occurring. I do not know if he was simply upset with the end result and misplaced it. Had he been drug examined? Gamers did not like being drug examined. So perhaps he could not go the bathroom. All these little issues upset folks. I believed he was simply upset and I might obtained within the line of assault.
‘He should not even have gotten close to the dressing room with the safety. The place did the safety go?
‘He obtained banned three matches quite a bit later after my investigation went on.
‘I believe it was a payback for John Terry and Anton Ferdinand at QPR vs Chelsea., the place Terry was accused of claiming some phrases to Anton.’
