sport news Millwall CHARGED by FA after fans were filmed singing vile racist chant

Millwall have been charged by the FA after fans allegedly used racist language during their fourth-round FA Cup win against Everton.

Home supporters at the Den were filmed taunting away supporters with racist slurs during the clash - chanting they would 'rather be a P*** than a Scouse'.

An FA statement released on Thursday said: 'It is alleged the club failed to ensure its spectators conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refrained from using abusive and/or insulting words, which included a reference to race and/or ethnic origin during the Emirates FA Cup tie against Everton on 26 January 2019.'   

A Snapchat video from 26 January, that has since been removed from the user's account but was captured by Twitter user https://twitter.com/AnwarEllis/status/1089257202014216192, included the derogatory lyrics about Muslims. 

Other clips from the match show the same set of supporters, sat in the Dockers Stand, chanting 'your mum's a slag' and 'your dad's a nonce'. 

A video on Snapchat shows home fans using the racist slur 'P***' on Saturday evening

A video on Snapchat shows home fans using the racist slur 'P***' on Saturday evening

A video on Snapchat shows home fans using the racist slur 'P***' on Saturday evening

The circled area are the blocks of the ground Millwall closed in response to the Snapchat clips 

The circled area are the blocks of the ground Millwall closed in response to the Snapchat clips 

Millwall have since closed that area of the ground in The Dockers Stand, where the chanting was filmed.

Reacting to the clip, anti-discrimination group Kick It Out condemned it and called for action to be taken. 

In a statement, they said: 'The racist chanting heard from some Millwall supporters during yesterday's match is disgusting and typical of mass discriminatory chants that continue to go unpunished.'

Kick It Out added that it had spoken to the Football Association about the incident, and said the governing body is

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