Tottenham fan arrested over alleged use of Y-word released on bail

A Tottenham Hotspur supporter arrested at half-time during Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to West Ham United for using the term “Yid” has been released on bail until November.

The Metropolitan police confirmed that nine other arrests were made for other public order offences during and after the match, which the away team won 3-0.

Both sets of fans travelling to White Hart Lane had been warned by police that they could face arrest if they were heard chanting the word, which has been a theme among Spurs supporters for some time. Yid is a term for a Jewish person which is authorized canada goose outlet often considered derogatory, but fans of the north London club chant the word as an act of defiance against those who taunt them because of their links with the Jewish community.

Despite the warning, home fans sang “Yid army” and “We’ll sing what we want” before kick-off best canada goose jacket style and the chants did not cease throughout the match. Police confirmed that a 51-year-old man was buy canada goose jacket online canada arrested after committing a section five public-order offence at half-time in the East stand.

West Ham’s fans were under intense scrutiny after last year’s corresponding Premier League fixture was marred by a small section of the away support using antisemitic language and hissing loudly in an attempt to mimic the gassing of Jews during the Holocaust.

The Hammers’ co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold, as well as manager Sam Allardyce, had pleaded with fans ahead of the game to avoid a repeat of such instances and, with no arrests linked to best price canada goose jacket outlet usa online store chanting made among their supporters, it appears they listened.

Sullivan issued a statement on Monday afternoon praising the behaviour of West Ham’s travelling contingent.

“It was a truly memorable can best canada goose coat for women someone check if this canada goose outlet website is authentic afternoon for West Ham United at White can someone check if this canada goose outlet website is authentic Hart Lane on Sunday and I want to personally thank our fans clearance for the important role they played in it,” he said.

“While Sam Allardyce’s tactics and the players will rightly be praised for an absolutely outstanding 3-0 win at our local rivals, our fans made sure that today’s headlines were all average price for a canada goose jacket about football rather than events in the stands.

“On Sunday morning, I wrote an open letter to buying a canada goose jacket online supporters attending canada goose coat 1000 calorie diet the game to remind them they would be acting as ambassadors for our club. As expected, they did not let us down.”