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Originally Posted by soulsurfer3
Yeah we do and it’s brilliant (apart from the Glammy bit).
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Originally Posted by soulsurfer3
Yeah we do and it’s brilliant (apart from the Glammy bit).
Don’t want to say too much, but I’ve spoken to one and what they were accused of saying wasn’t racist unless you see English as a race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
Strange thing is that Reading fans were singing similar anti- Welsh songs and there was no action taken on them. So if this behaviour is racist then then
to only take action against the Welsh fans appears to be racist in itself as Reading ( and TVP) are clearly happy to condone anti- Welsh chants , but not anti- English ones ( not forgetting we are the minority here too )
Personally I’m not into it. I like England, lived there for 6 happy years, married an English girl and love her English family ,some of whom followed her to Wales and love it here..but the chants from either side really shouldn’t bother anyone that much that it requires an arrest.
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Originally Posted by surge
What about that fkg bridge naming shite
It really wasn’t that bad. And the arrests were only on one side, which indicates one rule for the home fans another for away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
Journo is clearly walking a bit of a tightrope. The atmosphere will get like the ice hockey soon. ‘Go Bluebirds’
2 further incidents involving Reading in the last few weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by soulsurfer3
https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news...obia-den-slur/
https://twitter.com/tomddumba/status...248005121?s=21
Maybe they were on edge after these 2 incidents ( both at away games) and felt they had to make a stand.
Unfortunately they made a massive balls up of it.
4 fans, including a 15 year old boy held for 8 hours and released at 1AM.
Racist accusations splashed across the worlds media ..
:getscoat::getscoat::getscoat::getscoat:And
Some woman from the chartered institute of management said today that discussing football VAR cricket etc by blokes should not be allowed in the workplace because it marginalises women who disproportionately cannot take part in these conversations
Oh ffs
What about when they all gabble about Love Island or Come Dancing or whatever it’s called
Do you take your coffee white ? Racist bstd reported
The world is disappearing up its own arse. I’m off. :wave:
What has happened here is a few morons with non jobs have drawn national attention to their lack of intelligence. I doubt anyone much gives a shit about their apology because nobody cares about the views of idiots. Im sure no reading fans or Cardiff fans give a ship, but whomever was behind this bullshit complaint needs a very hard, very public kick square in the bollocks and a p45. Ill happily bid for the opportunity to deliver the kick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
Have SWP begun an investigation into the racist anti Welsh chanting at the game ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
The BBC cut-out the 1st paragraph from the statement which reads:Quote:
Originally Posted by soulsurfer3
‘Following conversations over the past 48 hours with Reading Football Club, Thames Valley Police and South Wales Police, we have a clear picture of the facts pertaining to Saturday’s stadium announcement during our fourth round FA Cup tie at Madejski Stadium and the upsetting allegations made.’
Cheers , logical really as the demand from the club for an apology is strongly worded, no pussy footing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
Bet our lot will shit their pants at the thought of reading shouting nasty songs and them before the game Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by B. Oddie
Sexism is still an issue though I see.Quote:
Originally Posted by B. Oddie
It's not what I believe counts as racist but what the police, Crown Prosecution Service and courts determine. The links below I posted in another thread today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
A Welsh woman has been made to pay compensation for using a racist slur against an English woman after calling her "an English cow".
More: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...sh-insult.html
Man fined for racism after calling Welsh people 'sheep s******s - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...s-8594480.html
Councillor fined £750 for calling Welshman 'boyo' - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...o-8689295.html
Not going to read these now , but see my other post above regarding the one sided use of the rule if in fact the authorities there do think that anti- English is racist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
Are those Cardiff fans who dislike Swansea allowed to express that any longer....or is it a case of... you can have rivalries but you’ve got to be polite about it... Grangetown Blue will be in turmoil 🤣
The saga at the weekend was ludicrous but I hope this will not lead to even more anti English chants from our lot. Can’t we concentrate the support towards our team. Is it impossible for our loons to do this? The fans should not have been arrested but they need a serious look in the mirror for being such knobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
Reading issue statement
https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/202...its-supporters
Two isolated incidents of discriminatory abuse in the South Stand were reported to our Safety Officer in the Control Room during the first half of our FA Cup Fourth Round match against Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon.
As a result of a statement taken by the police that afternoon, it was deemed there was sufficient evidence to arrest four Cardiff City supporters for alleged racist chanting under the Football Spectators Act. To justify any arrest, there needs to be reasonable grounds.
The four individuals have all since been interviewed and released under investigation. These alleged incidents continue to be fully investigated by the Thames Valley Police and we will continue to assist the authorities with these investigations.
No further reports of discriminatory behaviour were received during the course of the tie.
As indicated on the day of the game, these incidents were isolated, restricted to a small number of individuals and affected only a minority of supporters attending the match. There was certainly no intention to tarnish the reputation of the travelling support on the day, Cardiff City Football Club nor its fanbase in general, who in the overwhelming majority behaved impeccably at the weekend.
We would like to apologise to all supporters of Cardiff City Football Club who played no part in any discriminatory abuse and feel that their character has been blemished unwarrantedly by the announcement which was made over the PA system at Madejski Stadium. Reading Football Club are liaising with the relevant football authorities to consider how football-wide protocol issued to us was implemented in this instance and we will review our procedure regarding public matchday announcements of this nature accordingly.
However, at both Reading Football Club and Cardiff City Football Club, we remain committed to ensuring that the matchday environment provides a positive experience for all.
Discrimination of any form is not ok and all supporters who visit Madejski Stadium are reminded that instances of discriminatory behaviour will not be tolerated.
No further comment can be made by Reading Football Club or Thames Valley Police at this stage so not to compromise the ongoing investigation.
Wonder how many reports they'll receive off us Friday 😂
Bloody Thomas valley police
If Prince Phillip had been there, he'd have been complaining about a lack of racism.Quote:
Originally Posted by soulsurfer3
On a separate note, my chance of appearing in the next honours' list has just got slimmer.
Margaret Thatcher has complained about the number of unemployed black people
She feels there aren't enough
Absolutely. You never see Reading fans have the same manly drink as me (Port & Lemon, G&T etc). :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
When the Wales on Sunday post "Fans in Racist Chant Storm" on its front page you imagine all sorts.
Reading FC's statement was well written, explained what happened and has said sorry to the 99.9% of us who didn't have a scooby what the tannoy message was played for. Apology accepted and move on.
My back is up with the media (especially the WoL) who have basically said we a bunch of racist thugs. Will we receive an apology from them?
That's what surprised me most. I didn't think the announcement would make any difference but WE were embarrassed into silence. Didn't think us big hard City fans would be affected but it's obviously all a front!Quote:
Originally Posted by Der Kaiser
It would be interesting to know if there is legal precedent regarding spectator behaviour at a football match between two nations where supporters of one nation have been prosecuted for chants directed against supporters of the other nation where those chants were based solely on nationality.
Quite right. Another one to add to the list. Jacks, Wurzels, Leeds, any of the top Prem clubs. Sure there are others I'm missing. We should have list printed on the back of our ST's..Quote:
Originally Posted by B. Oddie
I haven't read everything on this matter and never bother with WOL unless it's something that has been copied here, but didn't WOL remove the following sentence from the club statement:
We are also very disturbed and concerned with some of the subsequent press and media reporting on this matter.
I don't agree the Reading statement was well written. It dodges and blurs the core allegations again. There are 2 issues - one is whether Cardiff fans were racist/homophobic; the other is whether the stadium announcement tarred all away fans for the actions of a handful of wronguns (leaving aside what Reading fans were chanting without any censure or sanction). The Reading statement is OK on the second point but not the first. If the complaints/allegations were about one side of an anti-Welsh and anti-English exchange - however pathetic and puerile - that should not be described as it was, and as the media then reported. I understand Organ Morgan's explanation of the wording and scope of the Act, but if Ken Choo is right Reading have misrepresented what happened and have not retracted in their statement. The mud was thrown. The mud has stuck!Quote:
Originally Posted by Monster munch
DIFFERENT LEAGUE END OF.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Reading it'll dissipate quickly if handled well. Cast you mind back a few years when Wolves were enemy #1 & they banned us. Barely a murmur at recent meetings.
Margaret Thatcher has passed .Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Bless her
Shouldn’t this be in the past tense ?
So piping down because they are thick as pigshit. Well done, cretins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
I'm no fan of the tedious anti english stuff but this non story is a disgrace. I pity whomever decided to make it an issue, life must be a struggle for a mouthbreather like that.