These idiots are fining us because some fans sang that Manchester is full of shit. Aside from the absurdity of ignoring the Hillsborough chants, and Munich ones. do they actually think anyone's going to take them seriously after this? You can wave a damn swastika in eastern european matches and you get away with it, you can chant racist insults routinely in Russian grounds and again no official appears to hear it, but suggest Manchester might be the shit hole that it is - oh god!
Liverpool have received details from Uefa regarding a charge of illicit chanting during the recent Europa League tie with Manchester United and it has emerged there are no allegations of references to football’s worst tragedies.
Both Liverpool and United’s supporters were widely condemned when chants mocking the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy and 1958 Munich air disaster were heard both during the recent fixtures and around the stadiums at Old Trafford and Anfield.
Only Liverpool were charged with any specific offence regarding the songs emanating from their fans – which relate to the second leg of the tie - but the nature of those allegations have now been revealed to be less insidious than initially believed.
The charge sheet references a specific Liverpool fans’ chant that ‘Manchester is full of s***’ and no other singing. UEFA have thus far made no observations regarding the more offensive songs aired during both games.
While the first leg at Anfield prompted no reports from the Uefa delegate in attendance, the Belgian representative at Old Trafford, Jean Paul Mievis, was suitably offended by the language used by the visiting fans to consider it fell under the boundaries of ‘illicit’.
Uefa’s investigation might be considered draconian given these details raising questions as to the ambiguous boundaries set for the term ‘illicit’. Earlier in the season Manchester City fans had to answer similar charges for having the audacity to jeer the Champions League anthem.
Liverpool have received details from Uefa regarding a charge of illicit chanting during the recent Europa League tie with Manchester United and it has emerged there are no allegations of references to football’s worst tragedies.
Both Liverpool and United’s supporters were widely condemned when chants mocking the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy and 1958 Munich air disaster were heard both during the recent fixtures and around the stadiums at Old Trafford and Anfield.
Only Liverpool were charged with any specific offence regarding the songs emanating from their fans – which relate to the second leg of the tie - but the nature of those allegations have now been revealed to be less insidious than initially believed.
The charge sheet references a specific Liverpool fans’ chant that ‘Manchester is full of s***’ and no other singing. UEFA have thus far made no observations regarding the more offensive songs aired during both games.
While the first leg at Anfield prompted no reports from the Uefa delegate in attendance, the Belgian representative at Old Trafford, Jean Paul Mievis, was suitably offended by the language used by the visiting fans to consider it fell under the boundaries of ‘illicit’.
Uefa’s investigation might be considered draconian given these details raising questions as to the ambiguous boundaries set for the term ‘illicit’. Earlier in the season Manchester City fans had to answer similar charges for having the audacity to jeer the Champions League anthem.
