{"id":472848,"date":"2023-01-07T13:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=472848"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:14:33","slug":"soccer-fa-to-investigate-homophobic-chanting-at-man-utd-v-everton-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/soccer-fa-to-investigate-homophobic-chanting-at-man-utd-v-everton-game","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-FA to investigate homophobic chanting at Man Utd v Everton game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) -England&#8217;s Football Association (FA) will investigate alleged homophobic chanting during Everton&#8217;s 3-1 FA Cup third round loss at Manchester United on Friday. Some supporters were heard using homophobic language against Everton manager Frank Lampard, who previously played for and managed Chelsea, British media reports said. &#8220;We stand firmly against all forms of discrimination and we are striving to ensure our game is a safe environment for all, which truly embraces diversity and challenges hateful conduct both on and off the pitch,&#8221; an FA spokesperson said. In a statement to British media, United said, &#8220;homophobia, like all forms of discrimination, has no place in football. Manchester United is proud of our diverse fan base and the work we have done to reduce instances like we sadly heard today.&#8221; Everton added that homophobia does not have a place in &#8220;our stadiums, our clubs, our communities or our game&#8221;. &#8220;The club has a zero-tolerance policy on all forms of discrimination and welcomes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) -England&#8217;s Football Association (FA) will investigate alleged homophobic chanting during Everton&#8217;s 3-1 FA Cup third round loss at Manchester United on Friday. Some supporters were heard using homophobic language<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}