Spurs fans persist with 'Yid' chant

Spurs fans persist with 'Yid' chant

8:50pm Sunday 6th October 2013 in National News Press Association 2013

Thousands of Tottenham Hotspur fans have defied police warnings not to use the word ''Yid'' in chants.

The Spurs faithful chanted "We'll sing what we want" and "Yid Army" at the game against West Ham United at White Hart Lane, north London.

One Tottenham fan was arrested after t he Metropolitan Police pledged they would be "on the look out" for football supporters who used the word and Chief Superintendent Mick Johnson, the match commander, insisted that "racism and offensive language have no place in football".

Officers spoke about the issue with fans on their way into the stadium.

The club has a strong Jewish following and its fans have been on the receiving end of anti-Semitic abuse from opposition supporters for many years.

In an act of defiance, some started using the word ''Yid'' themselves.

At the game home fans hailed their own star players by shouting ''Yiddo'' at them. ''Jermain Defoe, he's a Yiddo'' was often heard throughout the match.

On one occasion when Spurs fans sang ''Yids'', West Ham supporters responded with loud shouts of ''Racists! Racists!''

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Spurs fans persist with 'Yid' chant

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