A West Ham flag bearer has been banned for the remainder of the season after displaying an anti board slogan on his t-shirt.
The season ticket holder received a letter from the club and the London Stadium saying he breached ground regulations by displaying provocative messaging that was deliberately designed to the incite the crowd. His t-shirt included a slogan under his jacket saying ‘GSB OUT’
The supporter has been informed that he has banned from all West Ham home and away games and the ban would be seasonal.
The letter dates 31st December told the fan that he had 28 days if he planned to appeal. Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters Association took to social media this afternoon to say: “A “seasonal ban” for wearing a “provocative” t-shirt to “deliberately incite the crowd”. Incite the crowd into what, I wonder? Having honestly held beliefs against the club ownership and how it’s been run?”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5493692/gallery-painting-ban-on-naked-breasts-is-a-femme-fatale-mistake/
Thanks
Guess who wrote this in one of her Sun columns – “A world in which it feels normal to have our media censored and books and magazines banned, just in case someone, anyone, was offended?
What kind of world would that be? Not one I want to live in”.?
Can you give me the link please
Pathetic reaction, but I expected no less.
They are well and truly rattled.
Both classless and clueless.
Ridiculous
What’s ridiculous, my comment, or the ban?
How can he be banned from away games ?
So he didn’t think it was a risk when he decided to do it? If not, why conceal it under a zipped jacket? Might make a good headline and give The Guardian something to write about, but what did he expect?
If everyone turned up with. Similar protest they would ban everyone have An empty stadium!
Lucky man there’s 50000 more of us that wish we could get that!!
Disgusting. Who do they think they are? They may own the club but without the fans and its history they wouldn’t own a shred of it. I was impartial until recently but all this press stuff had led to me to hate their guts. Get them out.
I thought we lived in a democracy with the fundamental right to peacefully protest…….this obviously does not apply in GSB’s London Stadium……..Shame on them
Peter
You mean good that he’s banned or good the article has come to light.
It’s one of the main items in the Guardian btw.
Just getting a bit fed up with all the protests from this small minority of disgruntled fans , when I see 25’000 outside the ground waving banners then I will take notice, instead of the few hundred that I saw at the Everton game .Just support the team.
It’s like North Korea. An absurd over reaction and another public relations own goal. Who the hell advises GSB on PR?
Good 👍