From the report ...
8. The referee was extremely fair in his evidence and admitted that he could not identify who assaulted him other than Mr Kartas. He could not say, with any degree of certainty what part any of the three participants before him had played, or what their intentions were at the material time.
9. At the time, as shown by the CCTV evidence, the referee was on the floor. He could not be seen in the recording at the time the three participants arrived at the melee.
10. He agreed that to be the case after having considered the CCTV evidence with the participants asking questions.
11. It seemed that he had identified the three participants from the CCTV evidence and from what he had been told by others.
12. For the record Mr Eren was number 8, Mr Doran number 23 and Mr Sumbul number 4. It was noted from the referees Extraordinary Incident Report that GS player number 23 was identified as Mr Emrah Coskungonul. He says that in the team sheet there was a mistake with his shirt number but the “identity of this player was confirmed by witnesses who know him”.
13. That seems to be strong evidence, but in his statement Mr Doran makes an admission as follows :
“I am a new player for GSFC, having joined very late on in the season. I feel that the boys are a strong knit, passionate group of young men – all of whom have welcomed me into there team, and community – I am of Irish descent. I believe I have been identified incorrectly as EMRAH, but I was wearing number 23 on the day. I would like to inform you of my actions on the day”. (sic).
14. Bearing in mind that admission, the referee and those who identified number 23 to him as being Emrah Coskungonul must have been mistaken.
17. Very genuinely, after reviewing the CCTV evidence and listening to and then answering various questions from the participants, the referee told the three participants and the Commission that he apologised for people having to attend the hearing if he had got the identity of the participants wrong, or if he had got their intentions wrong.
18. He had identified them from the CCTV recording by their numbers on their shirts and saw them enter the melee and could see that they were trying to open a way towards him. He did not know what their intentions were.
I very much doubt any commission could come to a guilty charge after that.