British football team Tottenham Hotspur have been hit with a £75,000 over an incident last year where their fans were heard making an anti-LGBTQI+ chant.
The incident happened at a game against Manchester United last September. At the time the club said they would work with police to identify the people responsible for the “abhorrent homophobic chanting”.
The Football Association initially handed out a £150,000 fine, but it was reduced on appeal.
“It was alleged that Tottenham Hotspur failed to ensure its spectators and or supporters… conduct themselves in an orderly fashion and don’t use words or otherwise behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent, or insulting way with either an express or implied reference to sexual orientation around both the 49th and 79th minutes,” the FA said.
Despite copying the massive fine the club does have a history of being supportive of LGBTIQA+ people and rights.
The Proud Lilywhites, is the official LGBTIQA+ supports group for the club.
“We all love this game and we want to win matches and trophies, but we want to do it with style. Homophobic language, when unchallenged, can have real-life consequences: together, we must be the change we want to see.” the group said in reference to homophobic chants last November.
