{"id":87455,"date":"2023-11-06T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87455"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:00:31","slug":"luton-to-escape-fa-punishment-for-sick-chants-against-liverpool-blasted-by-jamie-carragher-as-talks-held-with-police-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/luton-to-escape-fa-punishment-for-sick-chants-against-liverpool-blasted-by-jamie-carragher-as-talks-held-with-police-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Luton to escape FA punishment for sick chants against Liverpool blasted by Jamie Carragher as talks held with police | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE FA will not sanction Luton over the \u201ctragedy chanting\u201d that marred the Hatters\u2019 1-1 draw with Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher condemned the home fans who chanted \u201calways the victims\u201d during the game – a reference to the Hillsborough disaster.<\/p>\n
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But while the FA and Premier League united in a pre-season drive to root out offensive chants, that did not include punishing clubs for the behaviour of their fans.<\/p>\n
While Wembley accepts the chants are offensive and do not want them to continue, they are not deemed \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d in law – and so cannot bring FA action.<\/p>\n
The onus is on Luton to identify and – if they see fit – ban the perpetrators, while working alongside local police to determine if a criminal act has taken place.<\/p>\n
Such action would be welcomed by the FA but they are powerless to act by taking any disciplinary action.<\/p>\n