Chelsea has banned a season ticket holder indefinitely for alleged racist abuse of Spurs participant Son Heung-min.
The fan is alleged to have directed abuse on the South Korean ahead through the Blues’ 2-2 residence draw with Tottenham in final Sunday’s Premier League London derby.
Chelsea has concluded its investigation by banning the season ticket holder.
“Following our statement this week on racist abuse at the Tottenham game last Sunday, Chelsea Football Club can confirm that it has identified and banned a season ticket holder indefinitely,” learn a membership assertion.
The membership has beforehand handed out life bans to supporters discovered responsible of racial abuse at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues took their newest initiative within the long-running No To Hate marketing campaign earlier than the match with Tottenham, taking steps to make it simpler for spectators to report alleged abuse.
The again of each seat at Stamford Bridge now has directions on the way to report incidents of abuse by textual content or by barcode on a smartphone.
Chelsea believes figuring out a particular seat from which incidents both occur or are reported will assist enhance the possibilities of people being caught.
“Chelsea Football Club finds any form of discriminatory behaviour totally abhorrent. It has no place at Chelsea or in any of our communities,” the membership stated earlier this week.
“Chelsea FC has consistently made its zero tolerance position on discriminatory behaviour very clear, yet there are still idiots like this that attach themselves to this club as so-called ‘fans’, which shames Chelsea FC, our coaches, players, staff and our true supporters.”
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