West Brom news: Jake Livermore facing no action over confrontation with West Ham fan in last week’s Premier League clash

JAKE LIVERMORE will face no action from the FA over his altercation with an abusive West Ham fan.

The West Brom midfielder has been gently reminded that he must not react to supporters whatever the circumstances – but mainly for his personal safety.

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Livermore got involved in an ugly confrontation with a spectator after being substituted in last Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at the London Stadium.

A Hammers fan told him “losing a baby is no excuse for failing a drugs test” in reference to Livermore testing positive for cocaine a year after losing his son during childbirth.

Livermore had to be restrained by stewards and led away to the dressing room to prevent the situation escalating.

West Ham quickly identified the culprit and are now seeking to ban him from home games for a lengthy amount time.

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Livermore and West Brom sent their observations on the incident to the FA last week.

And the player has now been written to by the governing body informing him he will face no disciplinary action given the circumstances of the altercation.

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FA chiefs also looked into West Ham’s conduct during and after the event.

They are satisfied the club is dealing with the matter adequately.

Livermore’s son died in 2013 when his partner went into labour, sending the former Hull midfielder into a downward spiral that led to him facing a possible two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine.

However, he escaped a ban from the FA, who cited the “devastating effect” it had on a player whose “cognitive functions and judgement were severely impaired” on the occasion he took the drug.

The seven-cap England midfielder has previously spoken of the agony he suffered over Jake Junior’s death.

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In 2016, he told the Mail: “The way in which (his death) happened made it difficult to fight my own demons.

“If you lose a child in God’s hands it is completely different. To find out why he had died, that was too much for my head and my heart to take.

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“That pain and hurt, it makes you do desperate things. I wasn’t thinking of the consequences.

“I was broken. Most people out there will have a son, a nephew, a little brother.

“So for me, it was a relief. The drugs were irrelevant. It could have been drugs, a gun, a car crash or whatever, the self-destruct button was the problem.”