Hearts vowed to ban any fan found guilty of racism from their Tynecastle ground indefinitely following reports Morelos was the target for abuse after scoring during Sunday’s match.
Northampton said the allegations from Saturday’s game with Salford at Sixfields concerned “the chanting of words that are offensive and discriminatory towards the traveller community”. The FA said its investigation into the incident was ongoing.Ī club statement following Saturday's game with : Metropolitan Police officers are leading the investigation with the help of Avon and Somerset Police. The pair have been held in custody at a Somerset police station.
The Metropolitan Police said the men – aged 23 and 26 – had been arrested in Chard and Yeovil on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault. Yeovil said the game would kick off at 7.45pm.Īrrests were made this morning following reports of racist comments at an FA cup match between Haringey Borough FC and Yeovil Town Įarlier on Monday two men were arrested in connection with the abuse during the first game. The FA said that the match would be replayed on October 29 at Haringey, with November 5 the potential replay date in the event of a draw. Haringey said on Twitter that the game had been abandoned following racist abuse and their defender Coby Rowe wrote on his account that he had been a victim.Īs well as Rowe receiving racist abuse from the crowd, Haringey goalkeeper Douglas Pajetat was spat on and had a bottle thrown at him, Borough chairman Aki Achillea has said.
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