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Chelsea to ban antisemitic football chants

October 7, 2009 09:21
Chelsea have pledged to ban fans who sing antisemitic chants after videos appeared on YouTube

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

Chelsea FC have pledged to find and ban supporters filmed singing antisemitic songs about rivals Tottenham at a match last month.

Clips of fans chanting in a concourse at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium were posted on YouTube, leading Spurs to complain to the west London club.

They can be heard singing "Spurs are on their way to Auschwitz" while beer bottles are thrown around.

Chelsea, owned by Roman Abramovich, said they had passed the clips to police who are now investigating.