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ninestein wrote:I reckon he's the messiah who could save our season.

MCB wrote:Fined because their fans are sexist pigs.

https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2019/j ... wA2qPXQJYk

kingpinfid wrote:

MCB wrote:Fined because their fans are sexist pigs.

https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2019/j ... wA2qPXQJYk

When you consider the amount of abuse towards male officials that goes unpunished on a weekly basis, it's rather odd that the FA are suddenly jumping on this and handing out a fine. Would they have acted if the victim wasn't female? I very much doubt it.

Double standards.

kingpinfid wrote:

MCB wrote:Fined because their fans are sexist pigs.

https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2019/j ... wA2qPXQJYk

When you consider the amount of abuse towards male officials that goes unpunished on a weekly basis, it's rather odd that the FA are suddenly jumping on this and handing out a fine. Would they have acted if the victim wasn't female? I very much doubt it.

Double standards.

8. There is no dispute that what happened at the match on 9 March 2019 (supported by
video evidence) was:
(1) The designated fourth official was Ms Lisa Rashid.
(2) Around the 18th minute of the game, one of the (male) assistant referees was
unable to continue and Ms Rashid had to take his place.
(3) As Ms Rashid was preparing to come on the pitch, a group of around 75 to 100
standing spectators on that side of the ground started offensive chanting.
(4) Those spectators were home supporters. Bury FC fans were placed in the South
Stand, well away from the offending section of the crowd.
(5) The offensive chanting continued for some 7 or 8 minutes overall and included
specific chants:
“We’d shag the lino” (as Ms Rashid put on her communication system in
preparation to take over as Assistant Referee)
“Get your tits out for the lads” (as Ms Rashid ran across the pitch to take
up her position)
“If you’d all shag the lino clap your hands” (after Ms Rashid had taken up
her position on the East side and play had restarted)

becbee wrote:I'd say that the match should have been briefly stopped and those making the chants should have been escorted out by the stewards. That way it wouldn't have had chance to continue for 7-8 minutes.
Presumably had these Nethanderals commented on her ethnicity they'd have been immediately ejected but sexism wasn't treated with the same degree of importance? Yet both are unacceptable prejudice.
Although we are talking about Stevenage, the club where the stewards told the female Grimsby supporters to show them their bras and wanted to check the underwiring. Does anybody know what the outcome of that was?

becbee wrote:I'd say that the match should have been briefly stopped and those making the chants should have been escorted out by the stewards. That way it wouldn't have had chance to continue for 7-8 minutes.
Presumably had these Nethanderals commented on her ethnicity they'd have been immediately ejected but sexism wasn't treated with the same degree of importance? Yet both are unacceptable prejudice.
Although we are talking about Stevenage, the club where the stewards told the female Grimsby supporters to show them their bras and wanted to check the underwiring. Does anybody know what the outcome of that was?