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title: "Snodgrass charged after alleged abuse on anti-doping officials"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/03/04/snodgrass-charged-after-alleged-abuse-on-anti-doping-officials/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Oliver Birch"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2019-03-04T20:54:59Z"
modified: "2019-03-04T20:57:43Z"
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# Snodgrass charged after alleged abuse on anti-doping officials

Robert Snodgrass has been charged by the Football Association after the midfielder allegedly abused anti-doping officials, [Reuters have reported.](https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-whu-snodgrass/snodgrass-charged-by-fa-for-allegedly-abusing-anti-doping-officials-idUKKCN1QL1UB?rpc=401&)

The incident is said to have occurred at West Ham’s training ground in early February when Snodgrass was alleged to have used verbally offensive words towards officials from UK anti-doping.

The 31-year-old, who signed for the Hammers in January 2017 for a fee of around £10million, could be fined £8,000 and banned for one match should he admit the charge.

Earlier on Monday, the FA released a statement revealing:

> Robert Snodgrass has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3(1). It is alleged the player used abusive and/or insulting words towards UK anti-doping officials who were visiting West Ham United’s training ground on 06 February 2019 to conduct out-of-competition testing.

![Stephen Pond/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2019/03/1133218058.jpg)

Snodgrass featured for West Ham in their 2-0 victory over Newcastle on Saturday evening, assisting Declan Rice from a corner for the Hammers’ opening goal.

The Scotland international has until March 18th to respond to the charge.