FA Cup - Chelsea and QPR urge FA Cup calm

Wed, 25 Jan 13:07:00 2012

Chelsea and QPR have issued a joint statement urging calm and tolerance at Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie.

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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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  1. 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.

    From Jamie, on Sat 28 Jan 16:44
  2. 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.

    From super_slo_mo, on Sat 28 Jan 5:09
  3. 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.

    From Jack C, on Sat 28 Jan 2:07
  4. 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

    From Tt, on Fri 27 Jan 1:21
  5. will torres ever score again .

    From ALAN, on Thu 26 Jan 18:21
  6. 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

    From Tt, on Thu 26 Jan 9:32
  7. 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.

    From truebluechas, on Thu 26 Jan 6:44
  8. ooooh I think we touched a nerve .......Marc aka ­ Idi Amin has left the house ................

    From gary, on Thu 26 Jan 5:12
  9. 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.

    From marc, on Thu 26 Jan 4:59
  10. 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

    From gary, on Thu 26 Jan 4:52
  11. 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........................

    From garethw56, on Thu 26 Jan 4:42
  12. 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.

    From Robert Berry, on Thu 26 Jan 4:41
  13. 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.

    From marc, on Thu 26 Jan 4:00
  14. hey!! thats my mobile number

    From luke, on Thu 26 Jan 3:33
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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.

    From marc, on Thu 26 Jan 3:17
  16. 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.

    From Dave, on Thu 26 Jan 3:14
  17. simple solution dont play cry babbie ferd the nerd,,­ sorted

    From les h, on Thu 26 Jan 3:03
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    Hope Terry goes down and gets another one ripped while­ inside ... bit like Barton.
    Think they're­ hard nuts.

    From RICHARD, on Thu 26 Jan 2:50
  19. 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.

    From marc, on Thu 26 Jan 2:48
  20. Simple solution...don't play racist Terry.Problem­ solved.

    From RICHARD, on Thu 26 Jan 2:46
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