No formal complaint to be made to policeMatt Wright reports
Following reports of the racial abuse of Charlton players during Saturday’s match against Millwall, and subsequent consultation between the club officials, the police and players concerned, it has been decided that no formal complaint will be made to the police. Charlton are satisfied that Millwall are taking the issue of racism by supporters very seriously.
..............as someone who had the dis-pleasure of sitting with a bunch of racist, Millwall thugs in the Barry Kitchener Stand on Saturday, where the stewards/officials did less than nothing about monkey chanting for 90 minutes, the suggestion that 'Millwall are taking the issue of racism by supporters very seriously' is nothing more than laughable. Are we back in the 1980's?
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I'm not clear if they mean that MFC take racism in general seriously or they are taken these particular incidents seriously.
My fear is that by not complaining to the police formally this will be read by some as meaning the reports from Haynes and Frimpong were false or that they "played the race card"(sic).
Would be good to hear from Millwall FC on this.
Mildrew 66 if you are that bothered report it, problem with these sort of threads are it just stirs up more problems with which is already a very heated derby.
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Charlton's Danny Haynes and Emmanuel Frimpong have decided not to make an official complaint about the racial abuse they claimed to have suffered at Millwall on Saturday.
Both Addicks players took to Twitter to claim they were abused by Millwall supporters following the goalless draw at The Den.
There is a difference between the ones who are basically showing you where you sit and those who deal with asb. Why someone on, probably, very low money should be expected to front up to people doing this is a mystery to me. I suspect they are to report it to the 'special' stewards who then deal with it, or not.
Not quite the same league as racism but a couple of years ago in the West Upper away fans were in the hospitality seats (I think Gillingham), when they scored these fans were over celebrating and complaints were made to the stewards who had been told by the security room not to take any action, even when it happened again and Upper West fans were foaming at the mouth with rage .
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The players concerned have made it clear that they do not wish to make a formal complaint to police, and in the absence of any corroborative evidence of racism we consider this matter closed.
Whilst, as a club, we are disappointed that once again players have sought to make assertions via social media networks rather than draw any concerns to our attention through the appropriate channels immediately, we are grateful to Charlton for their co-operation in dealing with this matter.
We are committed to continuing to work alongside organisations including Kick-It-Out and Show Racism the Red Card towards the eradication of racism in all its forms from football. This commitment has the full support of the vast majority of Millwall supporters.
In this regard, it is clearly necessary to re-state that there are codes of practice agreed by the FA, the Football League, the PFA and all clubs in respect to the proper procedures to be followed by any player who feels he is being subjected to unacceptable levels of abuse within a football ground.
These involve bringing the matter to the attention of the home club immediately, if necessary via a member of his own club staff or the fourth official, in order that action can be taken instantly.
It is in everyone’s interest to weed out individuals who may still wish to vent racist views within football grounds, but all concerned need to take their share of responsibility to ensure that this happens.
If the players were racially abused then a complaint should have been made. Even if it was not possible (following the complaint) to take further action in this instance, it could potentially assist if abuse reoccurs in the future.
Alternatively, if the players could not be certain that they were racially abused, why did they say they were.
Perhaps you "re tweet" and add your views, perhaps you go down some channel with CAFC or the authorities, or as you have already done, bring it up on here.
MFC are taking no action or putting any measures in place for their next home game but they say they take racism "seriously"?
Same old millwall. Always the victims, its never their fault.
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Are they more disappointed about this than the fact of the abuse itself do you think? Perhaps they should be a bit more proactive about something they know is a problem instead of waiting for complaints through the correct channels.
Appreciate they have a tough job down there, but they just look stupid moaning about the abused players.