Alfie Barker Banned For Six Months

 

Alfie Barker has been handed a six-month ban after abusing Bournemouth's Harry Arter about the death of his baby daughter. Barker has been suspended from all football activity until August 1 and fined £250 for a series of tweets he sent to Arter during Bournemouth's 3-3 draw with Arsenal on January.

The ex-Hitchin Town player posted on his Twitter account atleast you didn't lose your kid and added in another tweet big hype just for a disappointment like the 9 months leading up to your childs birth.

Bournemouth midfielder Arter and his partner Rachel's daughter Renee was stillborn in December 2015. The offensive tweets were reported directly to Twitter after Bournemouth and Arter became aware of the posts and 12 hours later they were deleted.

Barker claimed his Twitter account had been hacked before apologising for what he called his disgraceful comments. However, the 18years old was sacked by both Hitchin and Codicote FC where he was on loan and had scored 20 goals in 19 appearances.