Racism in football: Police investigating West Ham supporters filmed singing anti-Semitic chant prior to Manchester United match

Racism in football: Police investigating West Ham supporters filmed singing anti-Semitic chant prior to Manchester United match
Police are investigating fans seen on video chanting anti-Semitic slursprior to Saturday’s Premier League defeat by Manchester United.West Ham have vowed to ban for life a group of supporters filmed singing the abuse prior to the game.In the latest in a series of alleged racist incidents this week, the fans were filmed singing an abusive song about London rivals Tottenham, who have a large Jewish following, on a tram before the Hammers’ match at Old TraffordThe video shows a group of supporters singing a song which includes the phrase ‘f***ing Jews’2
The video shows a group of supporters singing a song which includes the phrase ‘f***ing Jews’
The short clip has since been shared thousands of times on social media and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said on Sunday they are investigating and appealed for information.Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Boyce of GMP said: “Racism of any kind has no place in our society and I would like to reassure the public that we are taking this matter extremely seriously.“Here in Manchester we pride ourselves on making sure fans from far and wide are welcomed and it is disappointing that a small few have brought shame on football in this way.“Let me be really clear – racial abuse will not be tolerated and anyone that partakes in this kind of behaviour can expect to be investigated by the police.“We welcome West Ham United’s statement which quite rightly condemns these disgusting and abhorrent slurs and we will endeavour to work closely with them to identify those in the video and I would also ask anyone with any footage of the incident or information they think can help us in our enquires to please contact us immediately and pass this on.”Shortly after the footage appeared, West Ham issued a statement which read: “We are disgusted by the contents of the video circulating on social media this evening.“We are taking immediate action to try to identify the offenders, whose details we will be handing over to the police and will be banned for life from London Stadium and from travelling with the club.“West Ham United is unequivocal in its stance – there is no place for this kind of behaviour at our club. We do not want people like this associated with West Ham United.“They are not welcome at our club, they are not welcome in civilised society.”Equality and inclusion organisation Kick It Out tweeted: “We received a report of a video of a group of West Ham fans chanting vile antisemitic abuse today. We welcome the swift and positive response of @WestHamUtd and support the club’s determination to ban the perpetrators.”On Thursday night Chelsea denied three individuals entry to their Europa League match at Slavia Prague after they were identified as being involved in a social media video which included a racially abusive chant about Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.On the same night, Arsenal condemned racist abuse directed at Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly during their Europa League win at the Emirates Stadium, and also said they would issue its perpetrator a life ban.The recent spate of incidents of racial abuse have prompted FIFA president Gianni Infantino to urge everyone in the game to adopt a zero tolerance approach – and give referees the power to abandon matches. In a statement issued earlier on Saturday, Infantino said: “In recent days, it has been very sad to see a number of racist incidents in football. This is really not acceptable. Racism has no place in football, just as it has no place in society either.“FIFA stands together with Prince Gouano, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raheem Sterling, Danny Rose, as well as any other player, coach, fan or participant in a football match who has suffered from racism, whether at the highest professional level or in a school playground. Racism needs to end. Full stop.“We introduced the so-called ‘three-step procedure’ at our tournaments: a mechanism that allows referees to go as far as to abandon a match in case of discriminatory incidents.“FIFA urges all member associations, leagues, clubs and disciplinary bodies to adopt the same procedure, as well as a zero-tolerance approach to incidents of racism in football, and to apply harsh sanctions for any such kind of behaviour.”Gianni Infantino called for a zero tolerance approach to racism2
Gianni Infantino called for a zero tolerance approach to racism
On Friday night, a match in Ligue 1 was stopped for several minutes after Amiens defender Prince Gouano suffered alleged racial abuse at Dijon.A man was arrested after the incident, which led to 25-year-old Gouano asking for play to be stopped in the closing stages of the goalless draw.Last month monkey chants were aimed at England players during a Euro 2020 qualifier away to Montenegro, after which Tottenham defender Danny Rose said he was looking forward to retiring from a game which has done too little to tackle the problem.Meanwhile, England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has rejected the proposal of walking off the pitch, insisting doing so would simply ‘let the racists win’.

Liverpool players and fans celebrated their late goal, which was gifted to them by Hugo Lloris

We value your privacy. A part of our GDPR compliance we need to ask for your consent. We and our partners use technology such as cookies on Sports Mole to personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse our tra
Transfer news live: Emery plans Arsenal clearout, De Ligt 'to

This could be Hazard’s final season at Chelsea

Man Utd takeover bid of £3.8bn from Saudi Crown Prince denied by government minister a £3.8bn takeover of Manchester United but the Saudi Arabian of Saudi Arabia steps up Manchester
Manchester United 'receive whopping £3.8BN takeover bid' from

Nicolas Otamendi and Sergio Aguero with the Premier League title in 2018

Peter Crouch has revealed his new baby boy to the world - and joked about naming him after a Liverpool Champions League hero.. The former Reds striker was watching on like the rest of us as Jurgen Klopp's men beat Tottenham 2-0 to lift their sixth European Cup on Saturday.
Peter Crouch reveals wife Abbey Clancy has given birth to a

Walcott scored three of his eight international goals in that game

Oldham have appointed former caretaker manager Pete Wild as head coach for the rest of the season as they move on from Paul Scholes.. Scholes quit the League Two club last week just 31 days into
Oldham appoint head coach until the end of the season

Adrian played just five times under West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini

Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace: Hornets Twitter account trolls Palace after 'Groundhog Day' in FA Cup win It is the third time Javi Gracia's side have beaten Roy Hodgson's side by the same
Watford vs Crystal Palace, FA Cup: Andre Gray the hero as

Lukaku scored two goals for the third straight game

Chelsea vs Man United: What time is kick-off? The FA Cup fifth-round tie will take place on Monday, February 18 and kick-off at Stamford Bridge is set for the slightly unusual time of 7:30pm. Despite their recent woes, Chelsea have won their last five home games on the spin in all competitions.
News list for unusual kick-off time tv channel and live

James Tarkowski

Vincent Kompany named John Hartson as the toughest striker he has ever faced in a Q&A session with fans. The Manchester City captain was posed with a series of questions from fans by sports
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany names Celtic legend

Tammy Abraham was Villa’s matchwinner from the penalty spot

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas admits that France international and Liverpool target Nabil Fekir is also on the radar of Real Madrid. Get the latest transfer news, match previews and news

Watford boss Javi Gracia

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his side 'very capable' of beating any team in the world ahead of PSG clash. "I think the squad is very capable of winning against any
PSG vs Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says side can

Marko Arnautovic has struggled for form since January

The Blues have been linked with several players but they have no intention of repeating the kind of big spend. Guardiola has revealed that he will make only two new signings this summer. First of all, Guardiola's side … Continue reading "Manchester City transfer strategy outlined as Pep Guardiola seeks just TWO new players"
NewsNow: Manchester City Transfer News news | Breaking News

10. Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park in 1992

ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE apologised after being sent off for a wild elbow in Arsenal's 1-0 defeat at BATE Borisov. The Frenchman, 27, grew frustrated after seeing a goal disallowed and deservedly saw
Bate Borisov 1-0 Arsenal: Gunners suffer defeat in Belarus

Silva could be heading to Qatar

A football chant or terrace chant is a song or chant sung at association football matches. They can be historic, dating back to the formation of the club, adaptations of popular songs, plagiarised, a mock of the originals, spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch.
In Champions League final, Liverpool fans chant for Mohamed

Sala left Nantes after three-and-a-half years last week

A man was knocked out after a brawl between Burnley and Cardiff fans. The sickening footage shows a group of people throwing punches on the street as fans tried to avoid the melee. One man, who is believed to be a Burnley fan, could be seen falling to the floor after being attacked by two people.
Burnley and Cardiff City fans involved in shocking fight

Liverpool legend Roger Hunt scores his team’s first goal during the European Cup semi-final, first leg against Inter Milan at Anfield in 1965. They won the match 3-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo put on a superb captain's performance after firing Portugal into the Nations League final with a hat-trick against Switzerland. The 34-year-old Portugal captain handed his side

Post a Comment

0 Comments