FA Cup - Chelsea and QPR urge FA Cup calm
Chelsea and QPR have issued a joint statement urging calm and tolerance at Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie.
The move comes amid concerns about crowd trouble, in the wake of Chelsea captain John Terry's criminal charge for a racially aggravated public order offence over comments he is accused of making to QPR defender Anton Ferdinand on October 23.
It has been reported that Ferdinand is considering snubbing Terry's pre-match handshake.
Meanwhile, there are fears of a repeat of offensive chants about Ferdinand made by a section of Chelsea fans in a Champions League match last November.
The statement, issued by Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and QPR owner Tony Fernandes, read:
"We have discussed the issues surrounding this weekend's FA Cup fourth round tie at Loftus Road and we are both in total agreement that abuse and discrimination has no place in football or society.
"Both Clubs enjoy fantastic support. However, we would remind fans that while we want to hear their passion, it's a fact that hatred and abuse is not what being a fan of QPR or Chelsea is about.
"The Clubs will work together with the police to ensure that anyone using discriminatory or inflammatory language is identified and that the strongest possible action is taken against them.
"We would urge fans witnessing any form of abuse to report it to a matchday steward or text confidentially on 07557435421.
"Let's make Saturday's match a celebration of football.
"A local derby is always a special occasion and this weekend's FA Cup tie is a unique opportunity to show the world that hatred has no place in our game, our Clubs, or our communities."


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Mark Hughes should leave Anton out of the team. Anton should not shake his hand until he accepts responsibility and publicly apologises. Let the court decide... I think we all know John Terry has it coming.
Jack C you are a piece of ragtag! terry was racist and they pull the youtube video. You have very short memories, what you can say is that he can argue his way out of it by saying he way saying some other word.
What is FA waiting for to decide on the issue Terry Ferdinand. It has been a long time, longer than Suarez case. This is sign that Ferdinand did lie and Terry is not a racist. In fact in all this FA wanted just to save face by bringing things up to cover their butts in failed bids. Just remember FA accused Officers of FIFA a move that could be called racism and continuous waste of taxpayer money. Justice delay is justice denied.
I Just wanna say thank Eurosport Website & Administration, This is Humanity, this is what is called Freedom of Speech & thoughts without insulting others
Respect Respect Respect, My Best Regards to all the people in United Kingdom
will torres ever score again .
Dear Eurosport fans: on behalf of all the muslims, I wanna thank our friend Helen comment no. 26 on her description, she described 1.5 billion muslims as a rasict movement against white people :)
Really thanks
Ali , Muslim, Caucasian, white skin color thats if it makes difference to you
Arsenal Fan
It's a good job Ashely Cole is considered to be black otherwise he would be called a racist for supporting Terry as a witness as would Desailly for being a character witness. I'm not sure Mourinho or Ancellotti will escape the same accusation from some of the...... I want to be in the most persecuted group.
Terry should try to shake Ferdinands hand as it will show him to be up front and prepared to apologize for any misunderstanding. Ferdinand refusing to shake hands will show him to be a petty individual who wasn't even prepared to speak to Terry face to face after the match, instead he ran to the police to waste tax payer's money on a non issue and helped some of his own race turn this into a political football. Luckily, most black footballers saw the stupidity of the whole thing and identified Terry as not being a racist. The Ferdinand's may have another deeper issue at heart such as a captaincy and it's loss to Terry. Who knows, it's only speculation but Ferdinand won't come out of this in a good light as for those in his team trying to gain some limelight....you'll have plenty of it if you get relegated because you don't have much chance of anything else.
ooooh I think we touched a nerve .......Marc aka Idi Amin has left the house ................
honestly- these forums are insane. I'll go bang my head on a different brick wall. I'll wish you all the best of luck with your warped perception of reality and bid you goodnight. A final thought for you though Gareth- are we really comparing the material of comedians to the mantra of the Klu Klux Klan and Combat 18? Gary- I'm not talking about governments either- I'm talking about weirdos like John Terry and you.
Marc I've never heard so much nonsense .You are either black or intellectually lacking - most probably both- The vast majority of the worlds white nations are the most racially tolerant on earth ,welcoming people of all colours cultures and religions and bending over backwards to facilitate their settlement the same alas can not be said for the majority of black and especially Muslim nations. Daves comments are factually correct unlike your distorted views
Question to Mark - name me a white comedian thats performing on mainstream tv that makes jokes about black people...then name a black comedian that performs on mainstream tv that makes jokes about white people.....its all discrimination........................
Well said Helen. @ Marc ,pull your head out of your AR*E and come back into reality.Nowadays the blacks are more racist than whites.
Dave- your 'facts' are specific incidents you choose, in your deluded sense of reality, to highlight to lend weight to your world view. At no point did I choose to quote statistics or figures, I'm saying that, generally speaking, the most racist people in the word are whites and have been so throughout history. I'm not talking about the North of England, or the last two years, or in downtown Montevideo. For this 'argument', that is too specific to be considered sufficient data. I'm speaking generally, so take your 'facts' and have a little think about how conclusive they actually are.
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Helen, that is disgusting and beyond outrageous. And I hope those thumbs up are your own or there some very disturbed people out there just like you.
marc, comment 25, here are some facts for you, in the north of England the most racial attacks have been on white people and in certain cities in this country you are more likely to be racially abused if you are a white male, go and find more stats., obviously you are on line, you might be a bit surprised. A quick true story for you, a black freind of mine was racially abused by blacks because he had white mates.
simple solution dont play cry babbie ferd the nerd,, sorted
Hope Terry goes down and gets another one ripped while inside ... bit like Barton.
Think they're hard nuts.
Irenegowing- you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Are you saying that Balotelli is a racist and stamped on Scotty Parker because he was white? That's just horseshit, isn't it? Balotelli is a prat, not a racist. This assertion that white people suffer the same amount of racism as black people is complete bollocks. The majority of racism in the world perpetrated by whites. Name as many black (or other non-white) racist movements as you can. Then name the white ones.
Simple solution...don't play racist Terry.Problem solved.
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