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Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner has promised a lifetime ban for the home fan who racially abused Blues winger Juninho Bacuna in Tuesday’s 4-1 Championship win over Huddersfield.
The abuse was reported to match officials both by Netherlands-born Curacao international Bacuna and his Huddersfield opponent Tom Edwards. The game was then stopped by match referee Sam Allison.
“It is disheartening to hear such behaviour exists,” said Wagner. “Especially in the family section of our home ground.
“Juninho Bacuna bravely reported that he was subjected to racial abuse by an individual in Arthur’s Area at St Andrew’s.
“Huddersfield player Tom Edwards confirmed that he also heard the racial slur directed at Juninho.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Juninho and Tom for promptly bringing this matter to the attention of the officials. It takes courage to speak up against such unacceptable behaviour.
“At the same time, I want to make it clear that we condemn any individual who believes that making racially motivated comments is acceptable. “We are fully committed to working with West Midlands Police to ensure that the individual responsible is brought to justice.
“We will enforce a lifetime ban on this individual, preventing them from attending any future games.
“We have a zero-tolerance policy in place. Anyone engaging in such behaviour will not be welcome at St Andrew’s. We will not allow the actions of a single individual to tarnish the reputation of our great club.”
BBC
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