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9 banned for racist chanting at Blackpool

Following the news that the West Lancashire derby was marred by racist and homophobic chanting, Blackpool Football Club have announced that 9 fans have been banned following an investigation. The nine fans have been banned for at least 12 months following a review of CCTV footage from the game on Saturday. The fans were from the home section, it’s not clear if they were the two that were arrested on Saturday.

The club condemned the actions of the nine and that the club are committed to stamping out such behavior.

Club secretary Matt Williams was quoted as saying, “We’re not going to tolerate any kind of chanting - either homophobic or racist. We pride ourselves at Bloomfield Road being a family environment for people to come and enjoy football.

 

“We’re fully behind the Let’s Kick Racism out of Football campaign and our manager Simon Grayson is a patron of the Show Racism the Red Card scheme.

 

“We don’t want it, there is no place in society for it - let alone at a football match.”

It’s good to see that the club have acted quickly on this but why so far have only the home fans have received banning orders, what about those away fans who were chanting homophobic songs at the home fans? Does Bloomfield Road only have one CCTV camera?

Also is 12 month ban long enough? Wining is Everything doesn’t think so. What do you think? Comment below.

Seasiders investigate rascist chants

Championship side Blackpool are investigating claims of racist chanting following last weekends derby match with Preston North End.

Club officials are examining CCTV footage of a small minority of fans (namely in the North Kop) and have stated that anybody found guilty on racism would be banned from Bloomfield Road for life.

A number of fans reported offensive chants during the match and Winning is Everything caught up with Blackpool fan Dominic Smith after the match –

“It started off as general banter really, but it got a bit out of hand towards the end of the game…Every away team tells us what we can do with the tower, its nothing new but to respond with “We would rather have a tower than a mosque” was pushing the boundaries a little far”.

Smith continues “ It was embarrassing to be there really, some of the chants were really bad and I am surprised the police or stewards did not step in really. I saw a steward just bow his head when some idiot resorted to chanting “You’re just a town full of P*k*s” at the away fans – why did nobody do anything about them? – there was not exactly thousand of fans joining in – just a very small minority”

Winning is Everything understand that a small number of Preston fans retaliated with homophobic chants with the situation causing no end of problems for the Sky Sports reporter who continually resisted giving his update due to the nature of chants behind him.

Blackpool secretary Matt Williams told the BBC

“We don’t want racist chanting. The days of racist abuse on the football terraces are long gone and we fully back the Lets Kick Racism out of Football campaign”

Winning is Everything condemns these mindless idiots for tarnishing the derby match. Racism has no place in our society and that includes at football matches. It is sad that healthy local rivalry is still being infiltrated with racist bigotry – lets hope that the Seasiders catch these morons and make sure they never enter a football ground again.

Have your say – leave us a comment!

Blackpool 0 - 0 Preston - All square in the West Lancashire Derby

The much awaiting Blackpool V Preston derby took place this morning at Bloomfield Road, the game ended 0-0 so none of the fans were able to command the bragging rights in West Lancashire for Monday morning. However it was the home side were the better side and Preston keeper Andy Lonergan kept the scored at 0-0 making saves in the first and second half.

Blackpool were looking for a double over their closeted rivals rivals after beating Preston at Deepdale 1-0 back in December. A packed Bloomfield Road witnessed a first half where the home side should have taken the lead, a bouncing ball was hit on the volley by Gary Taylor-Fletcher from 20-yards but Lonergan was equal to it tipping the ball over the bar. Next Claus Jorgensen pilldrived a shot just wide as the away defense started to look shakey, Youl Mawene in particular looked under pressure.

Mawene was booked for bringing down Burgess while he was making headway to the goal, but for a fellow defender Mawene would have been sent off, Stephen Crainey fired just over from the freekick. Preston best chance of the half was also from a free kick, Ian Evatt was booked for what seemed a 50-50 challenge with Chris Brown. Darren Carter took the free kick from the edge of the area but his effort was fired straight at Blackpool keeper Paul Rachubka.

In the second half the trend continued with Micheal Flynn and Stephen McPhee having good opportunities. As the game went on it was Blackpool who pushed forward at every opportunity with every throw in and free kick seeing the centre backs Evatt and Gorkss being pushed forward while Preston seemed to sit back and be content with the point.

The point sees both sides step closed to securing their status in the Championship.

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