Other offensive songs covered the abuse of Muslims, Asians, Africans and Sikhs - and even the pre-match minute's silence was marred by "hissing gas noises, and racist comments".
Barnet's stewards were either unable or unwilling to eject these people, and no police were called. The man goes onto suggest that chanting was heard sporadically last season (not sure if this was home or away - I remember an incident at stamford bridge, where this black dreadlock gooner sitting beside me - often on Sky's cameras, went AWOL from his seat to confront some fellow supporters further back for alleged racist chanting at half time); a worrying sign.
The writer also pointed out a chant about Eboue, which Im sure some of you are away of, likening him to the colour of burnt toast. This chant was the one that made me think for a while. I am guilty of the odd **** chant at the end of 'We hate Tottenham', but have made a conservative effort to remove the word from any chants I partake in - another more important point here is that spudz fans collectively use the term to refer to themselves, with pride, although I'm sure our use of the phrase is without doubt racist, although we are highlighting spudz fans rather than Jews. We most certainly have many Jewish supporters, and as David Dein was a Jew, the use of the word can certainly be misinterpreted by some.
Going back to Eboue, if I was a player for Arsenal, one of the most produest moments would be to here the crowd chant my name, and even having a song just for me. However, if I was black, or more precisely Eboue, and heard that particular song, I would be;
a). deeply upset and hurt, or/and
b). extremely angered and pissed off.
Im sure this group of youths were in the minority, but it certainly shows we are a long way from kicking racism out of football when a minority are shitting on our own doorstep.
