Tag: chants

Hull City fined £30k by FA & bans issued over discriminatory chants
11 September 2026 Off

Hull City fined £30k by FA & bans issued over discriminatory chants

By Total Football News

Hull City have been fined £30,000 over discriminatory chanting during their 4-0 FA Cup defeat by Chelsea in February.

The club is now urging supporters not to engage in the same chant when they face the Blues in the Premier League on Saturday.

And it revealed three supporters had been banned for “a minimum of three years” following February’s game at the MKM Stadium.

Three people were arrested for allegedly

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Millwall fined £15,000 for homophobic chants at Crystal Palace in FA Cup
30 June 2025 Off

Millwall fined £15,000 for homophobic chants at Crystal Palace in FA Cup

By Total Football News

Millwall said in a statement that, through its action plan, the club will “continue to do all it can to proactively tackle discriminatory abuse”.

“The club reaffirms its zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of discrimination – such behaviour has no place in society and is entirely at odds with the values Millwall stands for,” the statement said.

The Lions were charged in April by the FA for chants

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Millwall charged by FA for homophobic Ben Chilwell chants at Crystal Palace
10 April 2025 Off

Millwall charged by FA for homophobic Ben Chilwell chants at Crystal Palace

By Total Football News

“The chant in question is condemned by Millwall Football Club and once again it strongly emphasises its zero-tolerance policy against discrimination of all kinds,” Millwall said in a statement.

“The club remains committed to working tirelessly to eradicate homophobic chanting, and any other form of discriminatory abuse, from the sport.”

The FA said the chants in question happened in the fifth and 20th minutes of the match.

Millwall

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Phil Foden chants: Why Manchester United won’t be charged
7 April 2025 Off

Phil Foden chants: Why Manchester United won’t be charged

By Total Football News

United declined to comment publicly on the chants but have privately acknowledged they are unacceptable.

“Clubs have the power to act,” said Varney. “Whether through bans, fines or education, action can and should be taken.

“Without it, the lack of accountability continues to damage trust.

“Our recent research found that 85% of women who had experienced or witnessed sexism in a football setting didn’t report it because they didn’t think

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Leeds United: ‘Promise of action over tragedy chants must be kept’
12 February 2025 Off

Leeds United: ‘Promise of action over tragedy chants must be kept’

By Total Football News

It will be 25 years this April since Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight went to the UEFA Cup semi-final first leg in Istanbul and never came home.

Like all footballing tragedies, it was a loss that transcended rivalries.

Tributes poured in from supporters’ groups from across the globe and there was a terrible feeling of loss and anger that reverberated around Elland Road in the days and months after.

Those

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Preston: Club fined for offensive chants in Chelsea and Huddersfield games
11 June 2024 Off

Preston: Club fined for offensive chants in Chelsea and Huddersfield games

By Total Football News

Preston North End have been fined a total of £40,000 for two incidents of offensive supporter chants at away games during the 2023-24 season.

The club were charged with crowd control misconduct by the Football Association over a chant in their Championship fixture at Huddersfield Town in December and another in their FA Cup tie at Chelsea in January.

They admitted both charges, which related to failing to ensure their

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