Pity Sharps didn't stay a while longer.

[Sluffy]

A football fan has been banned from matches for life and is being investigated by police after allegedly posting racist comments on Twitter.

Norwich City fan Luke O'Donoughoe, 22, had provoked outcry from fellow Twitter users, including media pundit and former Sheffield Wednesday and Crystal Palace striker Mark Bright, following a post on May 27.

His comment, which has now been deleted, was a response to the Canaries' signing of England under-21 striker James Vaughan from Everton.

The ban is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.

A spokesman for Norfolk Police said the matter had now been referred to officers who are investigating any possible offence.

A club spokesman said that after an investigation it had stopped the fan from coming to the Carrow Road ground for life.

David McNally, club chief executive, said no form of racism is tolerated. He added: "We have a zero tolerance approach to racism and those comments are not acceptable."

Kick It Out, a national campaign for equality and inclusion in football, said it applauded "the proactive stance taken by the club".

Mark Bright tweeted in support of the club's decision, writing: "Thank u very much Norwich City, just taken a call from them telling me @ODonoughoe is banned from the club."

Mr O'Donoughoe, who held a season ticket for nine years until 2007, declined to comment. Before his account was deleted from Twitter he offered his apologies to Vaughan and wrote: "I know that some of the stuff I have said is wrong ... there are comments I should have thought about before I posted them."


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fan-banned-over-twitter-racism-row-102914855.html

[azreal88]

Do we know what was said?

[Le God]

He said ***** was a **** ***** so make of that what you will.

[azreal88]

"Stalin was a good bloke"?

[DaveBWFC]

Mark Bright is a cúnt and deserves to be called whatever people feel like calling him. He didn't give a fúck about what people thought when he made comments about Tamir Cohen. Fúck him.

[DannyW]

I was looking at this yesterday cause Mark Bright was kicking up a fuss about it, as Dave says, that man is a fanny.

The original tweet was supposedly something about how he was proud that his team was made up mostly of white British players. He accepted afterwards that he'd worded it badly and apologised to Vaughan, who im guessing it was aimed at (i didnt see what was actually said as he'd deleted it soon after).

Why Mark Bright felt the need to get involved, i don't know. He just came across as the petty twat he obviously is, insisting other Norwich fans delete him and blocking any of them who tweeted @ him.

[azreal88]

So he made a point to a black british player about preferring the team being mostly white british players....fair enough, pretty racist then.  Surely there must have been more than just that said though for a ban to be imposed?

[Chris Rabz]

God I hate Twitter. And Mark Bright.

[bolton78]

like most people have already said bright is a 1st class cock,not ju8st for what he said about cohen,but some of the shite he comes out with in his column

[H. Pedersen]

This is a bit ridiculous.  Of course I don't agree with the sentiment but the punishment of Thought Crime in Europe is astonishing.  No wonder your island produced Orwell.

[azreal88]

No wonder your island produced Orwell.

You mean Orwell, the champion of freedom of thought and expression; who wrote commentaries on and satires of continental and soviet authoritarianism?  That Orwell?

[DaveBWFC]

I think he was on about the one who made that bestiality film Animal Farm. Great movie.

[azreal88]

I think he was on about the one who made that bestiality film Animal Farm. Great movie.

Oh right, my mistake.  Animal fcúk, rather than mind fcúk....gotcha.