Half Rice Half Chips Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 UK police are to examine video footage in a bid to identify Chelsea football fans who appeared to stop a black man from boarding a Paris train. The amateur video shows a man being repeatedly pushed from the train while a group chants, "we're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it". Scotland Yard said it was taking the incident "very seriously". Chelsea condemned the incident and issued an appeal for witnesses, saying any fans involved faced a ban. The incident was filmed by a British man ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League match, which the London club drew 1-1 with Paris St Germain. The Metropolitan Police said it would help French authorities investigate and would support them in any action they chose to take. "We will examine the footage with a view to seeing if we can apply for football banning orders, preventing people from travelling for future matches," a spokesman said. The footage was obtained by the Guardian, which reported that the incident had happened at Richelieu-Drouot station in the centre of the French capital on Tuesday evening. British expatriate Paul Nolan, who filmed the incident on his phone, told the BBC it had been an "ugly scene" and "very aggressive". In a statement, Chelsea condemned the behaviour as "abhorrent" and said the fans' actions had "no place in football or society". The Premier League leaders vowed to support any criminal action and appealed for witnesses to contact the club. "Should evidence point to the involvement of Chelsea season ticket holders or members of the club, we will take the strongest possible action against them," the statement said. This could include banning them from future matches, it added. Prime Minister David Cameron told LBC Radio the footage looked "extremely disturbing and very worrying". "It's obviously potentially a criminal offence and so I'm sure the French police will be looking at it very seriously." The abuse has drawn widespread condemnation from the world of football. Uefa, which runs the Champions League, said it was "appalled" by the incident but it would not be investigating. "As it occurred away from the stadium, it is outside Uefa's remit to act," it said in a statement. English football's governing body, the Football Association, said it "fully supports Chelsea's position in seeking to ban any of the club's season-ticket holders or members who face criminal action in relation to these abhorrent scenes". Sepp Blatter, president of world football's governing body Fifa, tweeted that there was "no place for racism in football". Lord Ouseley, chairman of Kick It Out, which campaigns against racism in football, said the fact the incident involved an assault on the man was "even more shocking". http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-31520745 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy85 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Basically The Rangers of England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Rangers fans really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Time for them to blame Rangers fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Joseph Stalin Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 It was probably those pesky Chelsea fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Rangers fans really f**k beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_Glasgow Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Is this the sort of stuff that worries David Cameron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Theyre not so racist when the foreigners are winning on the park.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Is this the sort of stuff that worries David Cameron?Think he's generally more worried about young unemployed people not picking litter for £1.91 per hour and humans having rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Already discussing this on the CL thread lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete's Frontier Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Three years in jail for each of them according to the oh so offended beeb for keeping the boy off the train. I hate Chelsea almost as much as Sevco but come on. A tad ott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placidcasual Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The Blues Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Three years in jail for each of them according to the oh so offended beeb for keeping the boy off the train. I hate Chelsea almost as much as Sevco but come on. A tad ott. Here ill push a black guy off of a train in Alloa the morra chanting about how im so racist considering its no that bad. Scumbags and the fact they are foreigners in France theres quite a bit irony in their statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WullieBroonIsGod Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm sure they were quite happy when Drogba won them the champions league c***s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm sure they were quite happy when Drogba won them the champions league c***s What suits them at the time. Dickheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Itchy oxters maybe? Checking his glands IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Itchy oxters maybe? I remember him well, cost 5 million played two games and did his cruciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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