{"id":72695,"date":"2025-09-19T03:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/72695\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:43:11","slug":"man-united-warn-supporters-against-offensive-chanting-ahead-of-chelsea-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/72695\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United warn supporters against offensive chanting ahead of Chelsea clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United merchandise for sale outside Old Trafford. Photo: Phil Noble\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Manchester United have warned supporters not to engage in offensive chanting ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A statement on the Red Devils’ website referenced the “rent boy” chant that has been directed at Chelsea by some opposing fans.<\/p>\n

“As we prepare to welcome Chelsea FC to Old Trafford this weekend, Manchester United would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to ensuring that Old Trafford remains a place where everyone feels safe, respected and valued,” read the statement.<\/p>\n

“We are aware of the use of the ‘rent boy’ chant that has been heard at fixtures involving Chelsea in recent years. We want to be absolutely clear: this chant is offensive, inappropriate and has no place at our stadium or within our game.<\/p>\n

“The Football Association and the Crown Prosecution Service have both confirmed that the chant is considered discriminatory and is classed as a hate crime.<\/p>\n

“As such, supporters who engage in this behaviour risk serious consequences, including ejection from the stadium, banning orders, and potential criminal charges.<\/p>\n

“Within the club’s Official Club Sanctioning Document, this behaviour is identified as a Level 4(c) Offence and carries a three-year suspension.”<\/p>\n

The article also linked to a statement from LGBTQ+ supporters’ group Rainbow Devils explaining the homophobic history of the chant.<\/p>\n

“We want to use education to hopefully avoid any of our fans being punished and to do our best to eradicate this outdated chant,” it read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United merchandise for sale outside Old Trafford. Photo: Phil Noble\/Reuters Manchester United have warned supporters not to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[2052,18,19,17,20,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-72695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}