The Football Association has expressed concern in a forcefully worded statement about the rise in frequency of offensive chanting about the Hillsborough disaster, calling the latest incidents “abhorrent” and condemning “these terrible chants”.
The FA considers chants about the disaster to be deeply inappropriate and offensive, but is prevented from sanctioning clubs over them because under its rules it has jurisdiction only to act on discriminatory chanting. But the governing body says it supports efforts to stamp out the behaviour.
