Daily Record

FA boss set to ban fans after chants shame

- CARL ASKEW sport@dailyrecor­d.co.uk

ENGLAND fans were branded “disrespect­ful” by FA chairman Greg Clarke after outrageous chanting in Germany.

Football Associatio­n chiefs are promising to review footage of the supporters and pledged to issue banning orders against those found guilty.

Clarke stepped away from the usual diplomatic line to issue a strong statement against a section of the English fans who sang about the Second World War and booed the German national anthem.

The chants in Dortmund came on the day London was hit by a terror attack.

Clarke said: “A section of the England support’s behaviour in Dortmund was inappropri­ate, disrespect­ful and disappoint­ing.

“The FA has consistent­ly urged supporters to show respect and not chant songs that could be regarded as insulting to others.

“Individual­s who engage in such behaviour do not represent the overwhelmi­ng majority of England fans nor the values and identity we should aspire to as a football nation.”

FIFA are likely to also investigat­e.

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