{"id":651851,"date":"2026-05-05T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651851\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:53:10","slug":"antoine-semenyo-everton-fan-arrested-for-alleged-racist-abuse-towards-manchester-city-forward-in-premier-league-fixture-at-hill-dickinson-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651851\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Semenyo: Everton fan arrested for alleged racist abuse towards Manchester City forward in Premier League fixture at Hill Dickinson Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merseyside Police arrested an Everton<\/a> fan during his side’s match against Manchester City<\/a> for alleged racist abuse towards Antoine Semenyo.<\/p>\n

The supporter was apprehended at the Premier League fixture between the sides at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday, which finished 3-3.<\/p>\n

Police said a 71-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested “on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence” after “supporters and stewards reported that racist abuse was shouted by a fan”.<\/p>\n

“An investigation into the incident during the match remains ongoing and we continue to work closely with Everton<\/a> FC,” said a police statement.<\/p>\n

“He has now been bailed with conditions, which includes not to go within one mile of any designated sports stadium in a period of up to four hours before kick-off, during the match and up to four hours after the game has ended.”<\/p>\n

Everton<\/a> said in a statement that “behaviour of this nature will not be tolerated”.<\/p>\n

“Racism and discrimination in all forms are completely unacceptable. They have no place in our stadia, our sport or in society,” the club said.<\/p>\n

“The club will continue to work closely with the authorities to support their investigation and will take the strongest possible action in line with its zero-tolerance approach.”<\/p>\n

It is the second time Ghana international Semenyo, 26, has been the target of racist abuse this season.<\/p>\n

While playing for former club Bournemouth<\/a> in the opening Premier League match of this season, Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator during their 4-2 defeat at Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Semenyo subsequently said more should be done<\/a> to tackle racism in football, including possible prison sentences for those convicted of abuse.<\/p>\n

Manchester City<\/a> praised the “swift action” of Everton<\/a> and Merseyside Police.<\/p>\n

The club said England defender Marc Guehi, 25, also suffered online racist abuse following the match. <\/p>\n

“We are incredibly disappointed to hear that Marc Guehi was subject to a series of vile racist social media posts last night,” said a City statement.<\/p>\n

“We will continue to offer our full support to both Antoine and Marc and never accept discrimination of any kind in our game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Merseyside Police arrested an Everton fan during his side’s match against Manchester City for alleged racist abuse towards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-651851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}