Just a reminder about Homophobic chanting tomorrow night

i know a lot of you only see as a bit of banter between two sets of supporters, but the more vile homophobic chanting is a criminal offence and if sung at a football match with be dealt with as a football related offence so will carry the threat of a banning order if found guilty.

Brighton supporters have had enough of it over the years and this season wrote to the football Association, and police forces for help. The FA subsequently have written to all the football clubs asking for supporters to refrain from this type of chanting. The police have also been made aware so just watch what you sing.

Don't shoot the messenger just thought you should be aware of the law! hate to see someone get a three year ban for Homophobic chanting!!!

Shut it gay boy.

We get called sheep shaggers all the time f*cking woopy doo f*cking benders

so sheep shaggers is fine?

We havent complained to the FA though and if we did i expect they would be doing the same.

If they chant sheep shaggers, they'll have homosexual chants towards them. If you dish it out you have to take it. (they'd know about taking it all too well mind. )

i thought them noncy poofders took it as banter and sing "your to ugly to be gay" ??

Whats football come to

i know a lot of you only see as a bit of banter between two sets of supporters, but the more vile homophobic chanting is a criminal offence and if sung at a football match with be dealt with as a football related offence so will carry the threat of a banning order if found guilty.

Brighton supporters have had enough of it over the years and this season wrote to the football Association, and police forces for help. The FA subsequently have written to all the football clubs asking for supporters to refrain from this type of chanting. The police have also been made aware so just watch what you sing.

Don't shoot the messenger just thought you should be aware of the law! hate to see someone get a three year ban for Homophobic chanting!!!

Not shooting the messenger Vince but if that is true then the game of football is well and truely over.

How any court in the land could sentence a chap for "homophobic chanting" without cracking up with laughter I do not know..

Whats football come to

on one hand your saying that, yet on other threads having a go at me for having a laugh about it, make your mind up

This is unbelievable. Last season they sang '1 nil to the poofters' and 'we're gay and we're beaten you' amoung lots of other gay songs, i sit in the family end next to the away end my kids found it funny.

i know a lot of you only see as a bit of banter between two sets of supporters, but the more vile homophobic chanting is a criminal offence and if sung at a football match with be dealt with as a football related offence so will carry the threat of a banning order if found guilty.

Brighton supporters have had enough of it over the years and this season wrote to the football Association, and police forces for help. The FA subsequently have written to all the football clubs asking for supporters to refrain from this type of chanting. The police have also been made aware so just watch what you sing.

Don't shoot the messenger just thought you should be aware of the law! hate to see someone get a three year ban for Homophobic chanting!!!

Well if I am unfortunate enough to drop my wallet in the car park outside the stadium, I for one will be kicking it to the nearest copper before picking it up!!

Thanks for the warning Vince. I must say I am very disappointed with Brighton. As said above, we get racially abused every game with sheepshagger chants which is just as bad as other forms of racist chanting in my opinion. The difference is we just brush it off as banter, but others unfortunately go over the top complaining about it. Abusive chanting is wrong to an extent, but there's no harm in a bit of banter and if some fans and players can't handle banter, they're in the wrong sport.

The crazy thing is that we've more than likely got as many gay supporters as them......... and they've got as many sheep shaggers as us.

Shirt lifters I seem to remember singing to them in the Amex and something about one of them taking it up the arse...

when did 'STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME' stop being relevant?

Maybe the scarf is health and safety bollocks too, to wrap us in wool as well just in case we trip over a step or something.

What a joke.

I might complain about the anti-english songs and get you all nicked

Faggots

This thread is funny as f**k.

i know a lot of you only see as a bit of banter between two sets of supporters, but the more vile homophobic chanting is a criminal offence and if sung at a football match with be dealt with as a football related offence so will carry the threat of a banning order if found guilty.

Brighton supporters have had enough of it over the years and this season wrote to the football Association, and police forces for help. The FA subsequently have written to all the football clubs asking for supporters to refrain from this type of chanting. The police have also been made aware so just watch what you sing.

Don't shoot the messenger just thought you should be aware of the law! hate to see someone get a three year ban for Homophobic chanting!!!

Once a bummer ,always a bummer. Brighton bum boys

Absolutely f*cking pathetic, It's banter between fans, not as if we are ribbing a player because he's gay. Google Brighton, It's advertised as a having a large gay scene, that's just loading the gun for rival cities.

What a queer thread So Brighton fans have complained !! what a bunch of pussys not though they have seen one LOL

politically correct football chants is not the way forward... " your footballing ability is not to a high enough standard and you are aware of this...."


The referee's a man who enjoys self pleasure....


When your team was ahead you began to rejoice in song, alas now that we have equalised, you have stopped.

if it comes to the above i will stop going all together...



we get called sheep shaggers at every game, whats the difference?? what will we sing next, 1 nil to the sheep appreciation society??

I don't think "but they call us ..." is a very good defence. Any homophobic or racist chanting should be ruled out. End of. There are tons of chants that you hear on a regular basis at football matches which aren't unnecessarily offensive, so it's not like there's nothing else to sing.

politically correct football chants is not the way forward... " your footballing ability is not to a high enough standard and you are aware of this...."


The referee's a man who enjoys self pleasure....


When your team was ahead you began to rejoice in song, alas now that we have equalised, you have stopped.

if it comes to the above i will stop going all together...



we get called sheep shaggers at every game, whats the difference?? what will we sing next, 1 nil to the sheep appreciation society??

Ha ha quality post made my night But yeah i know what you mean.

Those Brighton fans are quite touchy.



Just like those gays.

i'm sure its annoying for them to have to put up with that sort of chanting, but we have to put up with anti welsh chanting, so if a catchy chant starts up then i'll be joining in

taken from a local brighton paper...


Brighton supporters want the Football Association to stamp out racism, but is it possible to eradicate something that is so commonplace in football?

The chants usually start within the first few minutes. In fact, if you are a Brighton fan regularly watching games, you can near enough set your watch by them.

Ranging from predictably ignorant “Does your boyfriend know you’re here,” through the ‘classic’ “We can see you holding hands,” all the way to the more offensive “Stand up ‘cos you can’t sit down,” or “We can see you sucking cock,” Albion fans have heard them all. And, more often than not, we have heard them all squashed into the 90 minutes it takes to complete a game of football.

The same chorus lines are repeated across the length and breadth of the football league. Rest assured, if Albion are there, so are the homophobic taunts.

Seagulls fans have developed their own unique way of brushing off the insults.

Nowadays the chants of “You’re too ugly to be gay,” or “We’re gay, and we’re beating you,” are the common response to the near Neanderthalic sing-song from rival fans.
Mostly, the limp-wristed waving and general homophobia directed at Brighton fans are met with little more than a witty retort and a disapproving shake of the head.

But this week there seems to have been a sea-change in the way some Seagulls are tackling the abuse.

A host of Brighton fans decided to report fans of West Ham United direct to the FA after the usual array of songs were sent flying at the Albion faithful during the two teams’ recent televised face-off.

And one prominent Albionite believes it is high time the authorities started doing more to stamp out what many consider the last bastion of widespread bigotism still tolerated on the terraces.

John Hewitt, chairman of the Albion supports club told the BBC, “We get it everywhere we go.

“The ground regulations say you cannot use homophobic behaviour. There’s a certain amount of banter between fans, but when it crosses that line and becomes offensive it’s not acceptable.

Surprisingly though, a number of Brighton fans commenting on the decision by their fellow Seagulls to report every incident of homophobia have dismissed the more tame offerings as ‘banter’ and something people should, essentially, not get their knickers in a twist over

I love Blackwoods PC posts.

FFS. Where will it all end? I wonder if Malky will have to change his fistpump as it maybe seen as a homophobic insult or even a chat-up line? I also understand that to alleviate any possible offence to Brighton, that the foot-long hot dogs are now also off the menu and that the Away End is to be renamed the Sea Of Peaceful Tranquility for All Sentient Beings (Including Arse-Bandits).

Bugger me.

:lol: I love Blackwoods PC posts.

FFS. Where will it all end? I wonder if Malky will have to change his fistpump as it maybe seen as a homophobic insult or even a chat-up line? I also understand that to alleviate any possible offence to Brighton, that the foot-long hot dogs are now also off the menu and that the Away End is to be renamed the Sea Of Peaceful Tranquility for All Sentient Beings (Including Arse-Bandits).

Bugger me.

it is all rather a bit pathetic...

ffs.

maybe they should start watching rugby and start singing hymns together!!