[Football] Wolves fined £100k for Homophobic Chanting

[Seagull]

Wolves fined £100,000 for fans' homophobic chants

Wolverhampton Wanderers are fined £100,000 by the FA for homophobic chanting by their fans in a game against Chelsea in April.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not absolutely certain what the chant was but a quick search brings up a phrase including Chelsea, rent and boys.
This is judged to breach FA Discrimination rules.
“Acts of discrimination are offensive, abusive and harm the dignity of the individuals that are subjected to them. Discrimination can affect an individual’s mental health and sense of well-being, and also harm others around them. Discrimination does not just affect the recipient of the abuse and ultimately it has a significant negative impact on spectators, viewers, other participants, the integrity of football, and the public’s perception of the game as a whole.”
You could see that many football chants could fall foul of this. Thoughts?

 

[Gazwag]

Really annoys me that we've had it for decades and f.a. is done yet the moment a few Chelsea boys get upset all hell breaks loose

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

West Ham take note

 

[Acker79]

Probably paid with taxpayer money.

 

[Eeyore]

Probably paid with taxpayer money.

That's incorrect. There has been no cash advanced to them. When I looked into it seems like some kind of loan underpinning guarantee. They haven't been given any money.

 

[Acker79]

That's incorrect. There has been no cash advanced to them. When I looked into it seems like some kind of loan underpinning guarantee. They haven't been given any money.

Thanks. I'm sure earlier reports suggested it was going to help their cash flow, but to be honest, I was just trying to come up with a link to post it in this thread because I hadn't seen it brought up anywhere else and didn't want to start a new thread over it.

 

[Eeyore]

Thanks. I'm sure earlier reports suggested it was going to help their cash flow, but to be honest, I was just trying to come up with a link to post it in this thread because I hadn't seen it brought up anywhere else and didn't want to start a new thread over it.

I got the info here:

Export Development Guarantee

Find out about our Export Development Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.

www.gov.uk

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Wolves fined £100,000 for fans' homophobic chants

Wolverhampton Wanderers are fined £100,000 by the FA for homophobic chanting by their fans in a game against Chelsea in April.

www.bbc.co.uk

Thoughts?

Thoughts, it's a very late and small step in the right direction.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Wolves fans were well out of order. Rent boys are people who allow themselves to be buggered by foreign cocks in exchange for money. Chelsea fans have never got a penny from Boehly.

 

[Horses Arse]

Homophobic vulvas are unacceptable.

 

[Flagship]

You can stick you hundred thousand up your arse,
You can stick you hundred thousand up your arse,
You can stick your hundred thousand,
Stick your hundred thousand,
You can stick your hundred thousand up your arse.

There's a song for everything on here.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Really annoys me that we've had it for decades and f.a. is done yet the moment a few Chelsea boys get upset all hell breaks loose

I think seeing the look, and fear, on the faces of Wolves fans as we retorted ‘Come over here and take it up the arse!’ was much more fun than gloating over a sanction from the F:A.. This happened pre 2006, and comes from the era when ‘You’re too ugly to be gay’ was just soooo much fun to shoot opposition fans down with.

Who remembers Stoke away, last game of the season promotion party with 5000 Albion fans in fancy dress? The first BIG chant from us pre kick off was ‘We’re from a town full of homosexuals’, not one homophobic chant was heard for the rest of the day. Silly laws are much less fun.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Were they told to pack it in?

 

[Bozza]

Chelsea always have to try and get one over on us, don't they?

 

[Russconha]

Homophobic howling from the Wolves.

 

[cunning fergus]

Thoughts, it's a very late and small step in the right direction.

Thoughts, it's a very late and small step in the right direction.

I think you mean small a goose step towards more authoritarian censorship. Wunderbar.