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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

Tottenham fans can be rejected from job working with Arsenal supporters, judge rules

Employers are legally entitled to turn down a candidate for a job if they support a rival football team to their company’s existing staff, a judge has ruled.

At a hearing in Croydon, south London, employment judge Daniel Wright suggested that an interviewer should be permitted to reject a job applicant who is an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan if the office was full of Arsenal supporters.

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