So Joeramadi you blame these stupid comments on­ stress!!!! That is ludicrous. At least kht20 has a­ valid point and hasn't stooped to the 'My Dad­ is bigger than your Dad' mentality of most of the­ users on these article comments. As for you insulting­ him, you disgust me, you should respect him as he has­ probably been around a lot longer than you. I can see­ why you condone these idiots becuase you would probably­ be in there with them given the chance. It's people­ like you and the morons who shouted at Mide that give­ the game a bad name! Grow up!!

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A spokesman for Newcastle added: "The club does­ not condone any sort of offensive chanting." Naa­ we leave it to the players to be offensive. Have you­ seen some of Newcastle's performances lately?
Oh­ noes I've turned into a Geordieophile

joeramadi No 5 .... my point is as I am not ginger, fat­ and nor do I wear glasses, nor am I black so I HAVE NOT­ been picked on because of difference. I was saying I­ don't know therefore what it is like, but I imagine­ it is very hurtful. Why is it OK to pick on a­ footballer on the opposing side because he is Islamic.­ It IS Newcastle Utd's fault because they sold the­ tickets to their supporters. What a joke 'boosting­ lesser clubs coffers', if that is the standard of­ support then stay away please and fester in your own­ cesspit every home game.

Of all the offensive things I've ever heard shouted­ at football matches, those directed at Mido can hardly­ warrant banning an entire group of supporters. Do that­ and you'll soon find no supporters at any football­ ground because any away supporter will tell you of far­ more offensive chants directed towards individuals,­ groups and races. The real issue here is that someone­ is able to pick out a certain chant and make a big deal­ out of it simply because it is deemed islamaphobic.­ This story stems from a reporter who is a recognised­ Sunderland fan, that reporter highlighted it at the­ Middlesborough match last year and surprise, surprise­ has raised it again in the weekend press. Do you think­ this reporter really cares about what is chanted at­ football matches or is there another agenda? You­ can't pick and choose who to punish, it has to be a­ universal rule and that would kill football long before­ it stopped offensive chanting.

Because racism in all forms is infesting football. And­ the poster was comparing the chanting from fans to the­ outbursts of a manager.

A valid comparison in my­ opinion, why should someone in the game be allowed to­ get away with comments that a fan is rightly condemned­ for ?

Why is it when there is a story about football clubs on­ these pages that there has to be a reference to­ Manchester United. I wish you lot would grow up and­ just keep to the thread that has been posted!!!!!!

Why is it when there is a story about football clubs on­ these pages that there has to be a reference to­ Manchester United. I wish you lot would grow up!!!!!!!

my god, come on KHT20, so what you are saying is that­ as a ginger - fat - four eyed - bloke no one has picked­ on you, i think you should add 'deaf' to your­ description too. It is human nature to pick on any­ difference in an opponent in a strssfull moment, and­ normally it is the most obvious difference that is used­ first. You also think NUFC should be banned because­ they were purportedly their supporters? What could­ they have done to prevent it - nothing at all - if­ anyone could have done something it is Middlesboro, so­ ban them instead. Newcastle have the largest away­ support and boost the lesser clubs coffers, so i dont­ think they would agree with you either. I am supprised­ someone like you would be interested in football, i­ thought you would be too busy taking train numbers on­ york station or hugging trees all weekend.

While I support the condemnation of these idiots. Why­ is there never a protest about the neanderthals of­ Manchester when they verbally abuse Arsene Wenger? The­ FA should investigate all verbal abuse not just racial­ ones

pathetic biggots they should be banned from­ football.but newcastle dont deserve to be punished­ because of a few prats!!!!!

In my 60 years I have never been the subject of abuse­ because: I wore glasses, was fat, had ginger hair , of­ my religion, of my colour or anything else for that­ matter, so I have no idea what it feels like to picked­ on, singled out or bullied for any reason. I was at the­ Boro match on Saturday and it was a better match than­ the newspapers are saying perhaps because of the­ opposition being who they are. The 'singing'­ from both sides was on the whole reasonably good­ natured even if the launguage was a little ripe and­ aimed at the opposing fans. Reference was made for­ instance to Newcastle not winning any silverwear for a­ few decades. Former Boro player Viduka was the subject­ of some hardcore banter about being overweight and fond­ of a large paypacket, which no doubt he expected.­ However the boorish chants from the Newcastle following­ which greeted Mido were disgusting and quite sick given­ what has gone on in Mumbai last week. To target anyone­ including player because of his race is indefensible­ and I disagree with Southgate when he says Newcastle­ United should not be given a punishment for the­ bahavious of their so called supporters. Football­ doesn't need this sort of behaviour and doesn't­ need fans like these either. Newcastle United should­ be banned from bringing fans to another ground for the­ remainder of the season.