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Twitter racism gets Norwich City football fan banned | Twitter racism gets Norwich City football fan banned |
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Norwich City Football Club has banned a fan from Carrow Road after they posted a racist remark on the internet. | Norwich City Football Club has banned a fan from Carrow Road after they posted a racist remark on the internet. |
The club followed up reports that comments were made about the Canaries new signing James Vaughan, from Everton, on the social networking website Twitter on 27 May. | |
After an investigation the club stopped the fan from coming to the ground for life. The post has been removed. | |
David McNally, club chief executive, said no form of racism is tolerated. | David McNally, club chief executive, said no form of racism is tolerated. |
He said: "It's a shame as we are a family club. | He said: "It's a shame as we are a family club. |
"We were made aware of an alleged racist comment via Twitter and we had to investigate. | "We were made aware of an alleged racist comment via Twitter and we had to investigate. |
"We have a zero tolerance approach to racism and those comments are not acceptable. | "We have a zero tolerance approach to racism and those comments are not acceptable. |
"Being inclusive is part of the club's DNA, we are open to all and we just won't allow discrimination of any kind." | "Being inclusive is part of the club's DNA, we are open to all and we just won't allow discrimination of any kind." |
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