Chippenham Town chair: ' We don't want hooligans'

Chippenham Town beat Farnborough, but there was racist abuse shouted at a Chippenham player

A national league south football club chair has said they do not want "hooligans" watching after a second racist incident at one of their matches.

At the Chippenham Town versus Farnborough match on Tuesday, racist abuse was shouted at a black player.

It is believed the man was a Farnborough fan and he was removed from the ground, Hardenhuish Park.

Earlier in the season, a Taunton fan was thrown out for the same reason.

Chair of Chippenham Town Neil Blackmore explained that Tyreke Johnson was on the floor receiving some treatment, where Farnborough fans were behind him.

The referee, who heard the racist abuse, called the steward over, asked him to find the person responsible and "eject him from the ground".

The referee heard abuse being shouted at Chippenham player Tyreke Johnson

Mr Blackmore said he had a conversation with Farnborough, which had been trying to identify the ejected man.

He added that once they have the name, Chippenham would ban them from their ground as would Farnborough.

"We don't want you"

The chair has been insistent the club would not tolerate the behaviour: "There's just no room of any kind of hate in the world at all - but unfortunately there is.

"There certainly isn't a call for it in any sport. We don't want it in football. We don't want it in Chippenham Town."

Chippenham Chair Neil Blackmore said "don't come to football" if you want to shout abuse

"Be a football fan, that's what clubs want. I want fans to watch Chippenham Town, but I don't want hooligans.

"So if you want to be a hooligan or shout abuse, don't come to football. Don't come to any sport. We don't want you. Nobody does."

Farnborough have said in a statement that it was taking the incident extremely seriously and would not tolerate any abusive language, including discriminatory language.

Mr Blackmore has said that Chippenham Town was in "constant dialogue" with Wiltshire Police and its football liaison officer.

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