Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
During the first season at the new stadium I had several arguments with a group of morons sat behind me, two of who would frequently bellow racist abuse at opposition players. It got really bad about seven or eight games into the season when City were playing QPR or Palace (I forget which). On that occasion the abuse was even more disgusting than usual. I intended to contact the club about it, but in the event the stadium manager contacted me, said he'd received several complaints about the people behind me and asked me to identify the offenders (he sent me photos of them from the club's database). I did so, the two worst of them were immediately banned and two others received written warnings. They either moved seats or stopped going soon afterwards.
In the other thread Tuerto mentioned a game at Charlton during the Dave Jones era where I was involved in an altercation with the guys behind us who were continually racially abusing Charlton's Chinese midfielder. That was a really bad day. One of the clowns got very aggressive.
I honestly can't say I've heard racist chanting of any sort at a City game since the 90's, but I've heard plenty of racist comments aimed at players (Including some of our own), stewards, shop owners, etc, since then. Thankfully, such incidents have become more and more isolated, but they undoubtedly still happen from time to time.