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Millwall and Racism - Again!

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1Millwall and Racism - Again! Empty Millwall and Racism - Again! Mon Feb 11 2013, 21:27

Sluffy

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A three-month investigation by Sky Sports News culminated in the broadcast of a special report tonight that identified five individuals shouting abuse at home matches.



Taken from Millwall's official site -

Millwall 'deeply shocked and appalled'

Everyone at Millwall Football Club is deeply shocked and appalled by the footage shown on Sky Sports News Special Report on Monday evening.

As a club Millwall has been at the forefront of the battle to eradicate racism from football, being the first in the country to introduce an Anti-Racism Trust, and in spite of the incidents shown in this programme, tremendous strides have been made.

However, it’s a sad fact that a small minority of people in society still hold racist views and some individuals bring them into football stadiums throughout the country.

We firmly believe that football itself is not the problem, but rather football is committed to being part of the solution.

At Millwall we operate a zero tolerance policy in which we target, arrest and ban any fan identified displaying racist or abusive behaviour.

In relation to the Leeds United match featured in the Sky programme, we became aware of allegations made initially via Twitter which were picked up elsewhere within minutes of the match ending.

We immediately launched an investigation but there were no reports from officials, police, stewards or media at the ground, including Sky TV who broadcast the game live, to substantiate the allegations at the time.

We spoke in person to the Leeds United player in question and asked him if he was aware of being subjected to any racial abuse.

He told us this had not been the case and, on that basis, we therefore had nothing to substantiate allegations of racial abuse and thus refuted them.

Now that this new evidence has come to light, Millwall FC has requested that Sky make all footage available to the Police, which they have agreed to do.

We will assist in identifying the individuals concerned with a view to the strongest possible action being taken.

http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-11th-feb-651638.aspx

2Millwall and Racism - Again! Empty Re: Millwall and Racism - Again! Tue Feb 12 2013, 14:03

Sgt. Bash

Sgt. Bash
Andy Walker
Andy Walker

Sky Sports will be lying, just like Marvin was. Millwall fans could never be racist! Rolling Eyes

3Millwall and Racism - Again! Empty Re: Millwall and Racism - Again! Tue Feb 12 2013, 14:23

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

To be fair, if Sky Sports sat in the home end of every club in the land I'd be surprised if they didn't find 5 people chanting racist shite in every single one.

4Millwall and Racism - Again! Empty Re: Millwall and Racism - Again! Tue Feb 12 2013, 15:00

aaron_bwfc

aaron_bwfc
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Natasha Whittam wrote:To be fair, if Sky Sports sat in the home end of every club in the land I'd be surprised if they didn't find 5 people chanting racist shite in every single one.

Too true, i've seen it at the reebok when I was younger.

It's not just Millwall fans who have racist fans.

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