Britain - English soccer clubs seek to stamp out anti-Semitic, Islamophobic behavior

England Football Association (FA)

English soccer clubs could be docked points from their league campaigns as part of a new zero-tolerance policy against fans who engage in anti-Semitic or Islamophobic abuse, the England Football Association (FA) said.

At present, abusive fans face being banned, but this is done by individual clubs rather than the FA, which is keen to extend its powers to impose penalties.

At the meeting in London, the FA said that as well as docking points from clubs, it was also thinking about forcing them to play behind closed doors in extreme cases - a penalty sometimes enforced by other governing bodies abroad.

Source: www.taipeitimes.com

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