{"id":782194,"date":"2026-09-25T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782194\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:30:13","slug":"chelsea-charged-by-fa-over-discriminatory-chanting-in-win-over-fulham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782194\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea charged by FA over discriminatory chanting in win over Fulham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> have been charged by the Football Association over alleged discriminatory behaviour by fans during their win at Fulham<\/a> at the start of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> wrote to supporters following the 3-2 victory at Craven Cottage<\/a> on 24 August, acknowledging receiving “multiple reports of sectarian chanting from a small portion” of fans.<\/p>\n

The Blues said they do not condone any discriminatory chants, and that fans found guilty would face “the strongest possible action”.<\/p>\n

A statement from an FA spokesperson read: “Chelsea<\/a> FC has been charged with breaching FA Rule E21 during the ninth minute of its Premier League fixture against Fulham<\/a> FC on 24 August. <\/p>\n

“It’s alleged that the club failed to ensure its spectators and\/or supporters did not behave in an improper, offensive, abusive or insulting way. <\/p>\n

“It’s further alleged that this behaviour was discriminatory in that it included a reference, whether express or implied, to religion or belief.”<\/p>\n

In 2021 Chelsea condemned the actions of a fan<\/a> who was seen on social media aiming sectarian abuse at Aston Villa<\/a>‘s Scottish international John McGinn.<\/p>\n

The Blues are 10th in the Premier League on seven points after the opening five games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have been charged by the Football Association over alleged discriminatory behaviour by fans during their win at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-782194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}