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dk-yid

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Keane. Would love to see him back with us. Probably wouldn't get a game but would love to see his intelligent forward play linking up with our current crop....
 

Rocksuperstar

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Keano to Sunderland is an odd one if it happens - it's the one position they already have a decent player in, and we can tell them from experience, wee Robbie plays his best football next to a bigger guy who can play him on. Whenever he took the pitch with JD it never really worked like it did with Berbatov. Like mentioned, this could point to them moving on JD to make a few bob, but surely they need to stick that money into some defenders pockets and woo a midfielder with an eye for a pass?
 

TheChosenOne

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I assume there is a River Island at Stratford Westfield .. That'd be a deal clincher for Keane to WHU.
 

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490#article-4152528

Yobs are caught on video chanting 'You're getting gassed in the morning' on tram ahead of Manchester City's match with Tottenham Hotspur - a club with traditional Jewish links
By James Dunn For Mailonline 15:38, 24 Jan 2017, updated 16:00, 24 Jan 2017

  • Chanting is heard on a tram in Manchester on the way to club's Etihad stadium
  • City fan Anthony Fallon was so shocked that he recorded it on a camera phone
  • One fan shouted 'F*** off you f****** y**s. F****** gas isn't good enough for ya'
  • Police are now investigating and tram company agreed to co-operate in probe
Shocking footage has revealed yobs singing vile anti-Semitic chants on a ram ahead of a game with Tottenham Hotspur, a club with traditionally Jewish links.

Fans were heard singing 'you're getting gassed in the morning' on a tram to Manchester City's Etihad stadium ahead of their clash with the north London club.

One man can be heard shouting: 'F*** off you f****** y**s. F****** gas isn't good enough for ya' at around 5.10pm, just before the game kicked off on Saturday.

Horrified City fan Anthony Fallon witnessed the incident while travelling on the Metrolink and was so shocked that he pulled his camera phone out to film the abuse.

Mr Fallon, a 50-year-old father, called the chants 'a throwback from the 1980s' and says he will send the footage to Greater Manchester Police to investigate.

He said: 'I'm not sure if there were Tottenham fans on the tram or if it was just City fans trying to cause a melee between themselves or a raucous atmosphere, but they started saying "come on you Spurs".

'The City fans next to me, two men in their 50s, then started chanting "You're getting gassed in the morning".

'It was making people very uncomfortable and there was a guy who obviously couldn't wait to get off the tram.'

The footage shows a group of older men chanting while one man can be heard telling Mr Fallon: 'Ey mate, don't be f****** filming everybody. I'm f****** camera shy me, do you know what I mean?

'You need permission to film in public. It's a fact so don't do it.'

Mr Fallon, from Whitefield, added: 'It was like being back in the 1980s. I went to a game in Leeds in 1983 where fans were throwing banana peels at a black player. This was like a throwback to the 1980s.

'I haven't heard anything like that, certainly not in the last decade. I was completely taken aback.

'They need to be identified. This was not just borderline racism, it was bile and hatred.'

A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson said: 'We're extremely disappointed to see this kind of mindless behaviour taking place on a tram.

'This vile and hateful language has no place on football terraces, public transport or anywhere else.

'We will gladly work with police to bring these individuals to justice so we strongly urge anyone with any information about the incident to come forward.'

Manchester City and Greater Manchester Police have been contacted for comment.

TOTTENHAM'S JEWISH ROOTS
Tottenham has always drawn support from the Jewish community of north London and the club’s fans still refer to themselves as the ‘Yid Army’.

There was a surge in the number of Jews in the area from 1880, when many fled Russia, and again in 1905 and 1906 when the persecution they suffered in the region intensified.

From that point onwards, the established Jewish community attracted more Jews from other parts of London and many of the area’s flourishing businesses were owned by Jews.

For many, football was a simple way to integrate into British society, and Tottenham Hotspur became a way of life for Jews in Britain.

Support for the team filtered down to second generation Jews, so there was outrage when in 1935, White Hart Lane was chosen as the ground for England’s match against Germany.

Fans vowed to stop the game and climbed on to the roof and pulled the Swastika flag down after the players did the Nazi salute on the pitch.

In the 1970s, football chants about gassing Jews became commonplace from opposing fans, but the Tottenham fans embraced anti-Semitic abuse, giving birth to the ‘Yid Army’ identity.

Thought the Jewish support base has been diluted, now thought to be around five per cent, the religion is now intertwined with the clubs’s identity.

Since 1989, three Jewish businessmen have been chairman of the club and, despite warnings from the Football Association, fans continue to chant ‘Yid Army’ on the terraces.
 

Tucker

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Vile behaviour from the city fans there. And even more cowardly behaviour from the scum bag who asked the guy to stop filming, claiming that you needed permission to film in public. What an absolute mug. Here's a link to a non Daily Mail report for those who'd like to see the video but don't want to give them the click through traffic. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ews/abuse-spurs-fans-manchester-tram-12499209

Honestly it's worth a watch because the guy sounds like a right scum bag, but also a special brand of stupid. And that's besides the Anti-Semitic stuff, he honestly sounds like the kind of person that comes up to you in the street and tells you he desperately needs a couple of quid for his bus ride home to see his dying nan, because he's lost his walle. But it's clear as day that in reality he's just going to the off license to buy some own brand special brew.
 

THFCjosh

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The number of times this happens astounds me. Some things shouldn't be mocked death of around 60 million people (not only Jewish people) is one of those things. I'm not sure whether these scum are plain stupid or just ignorant. People say it's our fault and bring it on ourselves for calling ourselves 'yids.' Even if we didn't call ourselves 'yids' the same anti semitic crap would still be sung. As a Jew and a Spurs fan it fills me with pride to go to place where anti Semitism and racism (I hope) is extinct.
 

TottenhamLegend

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Vile behaviour from the city fans there. And even more cowardly behaviour from the scum bag who asked the guy to stop filming, claiming that you needed permission to film in public. What an absolute mug. Here's a link to a non Daily Mail report for those who'd like to see the video but don't want to give them the click through traffic. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ews/abuse-spurs-fans-manchester-tram-12499209

Honestly it's worth a watch because the guy sounds like a right scum bag, but also a special brand of stupid. And that's besides the Anti-Semitic stuff, he honestly sounds like the kind of person that comes up to you in the street and tells you he desperately needs a couple of quid for his bus ride home to see his dying nan, because he's lost his walle. But it's clear as day that in reality he's just going to the off license to buy some own brand special brew.
This clip is actually from the tram I was in on Saturday, with, as it happens, a Jewish mate.

Glad someone got that on film and it's made it into the news. One guy in particular was leading it, and on the Daily Mail website the video isn't blurred so his face is out there for all to see. Also glad the video seems to stop without seeing anyone's reaction to the singing, because naturally there were some very unhappy Spurs (and City) fans.
 

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490#article-4152528

Yobs are caught on video chanting 'You're getting gassed in the morning' on tram ahead of Manchester City's match with Tottenham Hotspur - a club with traditional Jewish links
By James Dunn For Mailonline 15:38, 24 Jan 2017, updated 16:00, 24 Jan 2017

  • Chanting is heard on a tram in Manchester on the way to club's Etihad stadium
  • City fan Anthony Fallon was so shocked that he recorded it on a camera phone
  • One fan shouted 'F*** off you f****** y**s. F****** gas isn't good enough for ya'
  • Police are now investigating and tram company agreed to co-operate in probe
Shocking footage has revealed yobs singing vile anti-Semitic chants on a ram ahead of a game with Tottenham Hotspur, a club with traditionally Jewish links.

Fans were heard singing 'you're getting gassed in the morning' on a tram to Manchester City's Etihad stadium ahead of their clash with the north London club.

One man can be heard shouting: 'F*** off you f****** y**s. F****** gas isn't good enough for ya' at around 5.10pm, just before the game kicked off on Saturday.

Horrified City fan Anthony Fallon witnessed the incident while travelling on the Metrolink and was so shocked that he pulled his camera phone out to film the abuse.

Mr Fallon, a 50-year-old father, called the chants 'a throwback from the 1980s' and says he will send the footage to Greater Manchester Police to investigate.

He said: 'I'm not sure if there were Tottenham fans on the tram or if it was just City fans trying to cause a melee between themselves or a raucous atmosphere, but they started saying "come on you Spurs".

'The City fans next to me, two men in their 50s, then started chanting "You're getting gassed in the morning".

'It was making people very uncomfortable and there was a guy who obviously couldn't wait to get off the tram.'

The footage shows a group of older men chanting while one man can be heard telling Mr Fallon: 'Ey mate, don't be f****** filming everybody. I'm f****** camera shy me, do you know what I mean?

'You need permission to film in public. It's a fact so don't do it.'

Mr Fallon, from Whitefield, added: 'It was like being back in the 1980s. I went to a game in Leeds in 1983 where fans were throwing banana peels at a black player. This was like a throwback to the 1980s.

'I haven't heard anything like that, certainly not in the last decade. I was completely taken aback.

'They need to be identified. This was not just borderline racism, it was bile and hatred.'

A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson said: 'We're extremely disappointed to see this kind of mindless behaviour taking place on a tram.

'This vile and hateful language has no place on football terraces, public transport or anywhere else.

'We will gladly work with police to bring these individuals to justice so we strongly urge anyone with any information about the incident to come forward.'

Manchester City and Greater Manchester Police have been contacted for comment.

TOTTENHAM'S JEWISH ROOTS
Tottenham has always drawn support from the Jewish community of north London and the club’s fans still refer to themselves as the ‘Yid Army’.

There was a surge in the number of Jews in the area from 1880, when many fled Russia, and again in 1905 and 1906 when the persecution they suffered in the region intensified.

From that point onwards, the established Jewish community attracted more Jews from other parts of London and many of the area’s flourishing businesses were owned by Jews.

For many, football was a simple way to integrate into British society, and Tottenham Hotspur became a way of life for Jews in Britain.

Support for the team filtered down to second generation Jews, so there was outrage when in 1935, White Hart Lane was chosen as the ground for England’s match against Germany.

Fans vowed to stop the game and climbed on to the roof and pulled the Swastika flag down after the players did the Nazi salute on the pitch.

In the 1970s, football chants about gassing Jews became commonplace from opposing fans, but the Tottenham fans embraced anti-Semitic abuse, giving birth to the ‘Yid Army’ identity.

Thought the Jewish support base has been diluted, now thought to be around five per cent, the religion is now intertwined with the clubs’s identity.

Since 1989, three Jewish businessmen have been chairman of the club and, despite warnings from the Football Association, fans continue to chant ‘Yid Army’ on the terraces.
Slightly hypocritical of the Mail to be condemning someone's anti-Semitism given their history, but the writer was very thoughtful in his inclusion of the second half of the article, allowing people to understand why the thing I love most is being a Yid (even though, ethnically, I'm not).
 
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