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Brighton in FA plea over homophobic chant

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It seems they are bothered then.

Fans of Brighton and Hove Albion have called for more action to address homophobic chanting in football grounds.

Some supporters said the FA was doing little to stop abuse, which is aimed at Albion fans because of the city's connections to the gay community.

Homophobic and racist chants are outlawed by ground regulations.

Funke Awoderu, the FA's equality manager, said everyone needed to take responsibility for stopping abuse.

John Hewitt, chairman of the Albion's supporters club, said the problem is especially bad at away games.

"We get it everywhere we go," he said.

"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.

"The FA is is not doing enough."

'Unacceptable chants'Raj Chandarana, from the Football Supporters Federation, said: "It isn't about trying to clamp down on things in a forceful way, which is quite difficult to do.

"It's about education - making people aware that homophobic chants are unacceptable."

Ms Awoderu said it was explicit in the regulations that homophobic abuse is a punishable offence.

"Match day stewards and all the security and intelligence that's available to clubs, is such, that people also have a responsibility," she said.

"It can't always be the FA that needs to have these sanctions, we all need to have the responsibility."

Not sure how you determine the difference between 'acceptable banter' and 'offensively unacceptable'

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Sit down, quietly, in the corner, dont speak, dont say anything, just sit there and enjoy yourself. You at the football now.

Wonder how long its actually going to be before we have people in pubs monitoring what jokes people are telling?

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Like these "right on " Pc fans go for a walk at night in the Parks in Brighton of visit a public convenience with their children. By their stupid reaction they just draw more attention to the gut feeling among the normal populous of Brighton that they have been overtaken by the deviants. I will make no apology for my last statement and stand by it . They feel ashamed at what has happened to their home town and are angry at the association of Brighton with Homosexuality and do not know how to deal with it ..

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Like these "right on " Pc fans go for a walk at night in the Parks in Brighton of visit a public convenience with their children. By their stupid reaction they just draw more attention to the gut feeling among the normal populous of Brighton that they have been overtaken by the deviants. I will make no apology for my last statement and stand by it . They feel ashamed at what has happened to their home town and are angry at the association of Brighton with Homosexuality and do not know how to deal with it ..

lol

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