Man Utd fan banned for 4 years for mocking Hillsborough tragedy

Good. Time to get tough on bad rubbish like this. Many of those 97 innocent victims were just children.

Hopefully this dropkick James White cops endless problems and grief in his personal life now his identity is out there - and loses job. If he has one.

I can say these are very isolated incidents with the majority of Man U fans supporting the tragic Hillsborough event.

This guy got what he deserved.

Since 1989, hundreds of Establishment figures, including Boris Johnson, claimed the Liverpool fans were at fault, blaming them for drunkness and causing the tragedy, not the real cause which everyone knows (and knew at the time) was criminal negligence by the police. All of those comments hurt Liverpool fans, and I would argue match-going fans in general, much more than some idiot in 2023's slogan on a football shirt. Those people should also be banned from football matches.

Police received a number of complaints about James White's shirt with the figure "97" and the words "Not Enough" on the back at the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium earlier this month

Trash.

I’d hate to see banter disappear from the game but this isn’t banter. It’s just trash.

Since 1989, hundreds of Establishment figures, including Boris Johnson, claimed the Liverpool fans were at fault, blaming them for drunkness and causing the tragedy, not the real cause which everyone knows (and knew at the time) was criminal negligence by the police. All of those comments hurt Liverpool fans, and I would argue match-going fans in general, much more than some idiot in 2023's slogan on a football shirt. Those people should also be banned from football matches

Yep.

Using and lying about this tragedy for political points is par for the course for the likes of Johnson. Murdoch has always been in the sewer.

Not surprised that this jackass has tattoos on his face...

Banned from attending soccer? How can this be enforced?

masterblaster

Banned from attending soccer? How can this be enforced?

By adding his photo to the many at the turnstile on entry. If he is caught in the ground again it comes with a more severe punishment.

When questioned, he initially claimed the shirt was a reference to his grandfather, who died aged 97 and "didn't have enough kids", the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Wow. That is some master-level bull-crap.

Good. Sounds like Man U is this guy's life. Perfect punishment. Just a shame it wasn't for life.

Sad that there is no freedom in the UK. Of course the shirt was distasteful but since when is the government the judge of taste?

You don't make fun of disasters like Hillsborough and Muchich while at football games. Nor can you shout racist hatred at black players. His shirt was more than distasteful. It was insulting to the families of the victims, some were only small children. No true Man U fan/supporter would do that.

Sad that there is no freedom in the UK

You concluded that strawman based on a man being banned from watching football for mocking dead people?

When someone close to you dies let's see how much freedom you want to give to dusgisting hatred like this.

Fair play to Man Utd for banning this scumbag from the club forever.

The sosser club can do as they choose, they are a private entity. But when men with guns seize his money for the dubious crime of being rude, that is scary. He was threatening noone, was not inciting violence, was not even using profanity. Just being a tool. Which, in a free country, should not be a crime.

But when men with guns seize his money for the dubious crime of being rude, that is scary.

Your second strawman in a row. What's the point of you if you are just going to argue in bad faith?