Gillingham fan is ‘arrested and given a ban’ after racist gesture
- Club’s director of operations shared that the membership had acted swiftly on matchday
- Gillingham acquired a £12,500 wonderful for racist and sexist chanting in September
- Newport County received the League Two conflict thanks to 2 Bogle penalties
A Gillingham fan who appeared to make a racist gesture throughout the membership’s tie towards Newport County is assumed to have been arrested and issued with a ban.
The supporter was pictured throughout the conflict imitating a monkey after Newport’s Omar Bogle scored from the penalty spot throughout the away facet’s 2-0 League Two win at Priestfield.
Bogle celebrated the objective in entrance of the house facet, and the participant’s team-mates had been seen surrounding him and seeming to castigate the supporter after he made the racist gesture.
Gillingham’s director of operations Joe Comper took to X (previously Twitter) because the picture of the fan circulated, writing: ‘Disgusting from one particular person within the Rainham End. Arrested, and a lifetime ban from Priestfield issued.
‘Can’t thank the big variety of followers from across the stadium who’re clearly as enraged as us. We actually respect your assist.’
A fan was pictured on Sky Sports making a racist gesture after Newport’s Omar Bogle scored from the spot at Priestfield
The match’s referee Tom Reeves was seen discussing the incidient with Bogle and his captain Ryan Delaney, earlier than making for the touchline to talk to managers Keith Millen and Graham Coughlan.
In September, the Kent membership acquired a £12,500 wonderful from the FA following an investigation to racist and sexist chanting by the membership’s supporters.
Gillingham had been charged with three counts of misconduct, with the primary coming throughout a tie towards Colchester December 2022, the second late that match towards Sutton, and the third throughout a gathering with AFC Wimbledon in February 2023.
The FA mentioned: ‘The racist abuse hurled and chanted throughout the Colchester match was vile. The sexist abuse levelled on the feminine physiotherapist throughout the Sutton match is as dangerous because the fee has seen, and the chanting that occurred at that match was repeated throughout the Wimbledon match.
The membership’s director of operations said that Gillingham had acted swiftly towards the fan
‘No lower than eight weeks separated the Sutton and Wimbledon matches and but the fee noticed no indicators of particular motion having been taken by the membership.’
Sharing a press release within the wake of receiving the wonderful, the membership mentioned: ‘Chanting of this nature is unacceptable.
‘Furthermore, there isn’t a place for any method of discriminatory, offensive, or abusive behaviour or language of any type inside our floor.’
The membership can even be placing collectively an motion plan to make sure that related behaviour will not be repeated at future fixtures.
