“He has crossed the line before by throwing stuff at officials (usually chewing gum) and stewards looked embarrassed rather than do anything. So I guess that’s allowed his behaviour to escalate maybe in his brain. “About 28 minutes into the game, Semenyo goes to take a throw in. He’s not a player that goads the fans and seems like a decent lad – the sort of player that people want playing for their club. “For reasons I’ll never know, the fella near me in bay seven (I’m bay nine) decides to go over to him in his wheelchair and shout something at Semenyo. “Semenyo then asks him to repeat it and he repeated it and threw his chewing gum at him. “Then, two minutes later, the play is stopped. The fella next to me says he hopes he hasn’t said anything racist to Semenyo, but then I’m getting texts from people saying it’s about the fan in the wheelchair allegedly abusing Semenyo. “We missed the first goal because all of us were uncomfortable being around this guy, who’s now sat in silence, probably realising what he’s done and he’s soon to be in the s**t. “We didn’t want him near us and people (including myself) were calling him a racist pr**k. It was just uncomfortable to be around and we wanted him gone. The stewards didn’t have a clue what was going on either. “He was eventually removed from the ground at 21:01 by police, firstly saying he’d refuse to move and wouldn’t leave but then agreeing to leave then kicking off. “I’d gone to the toilet by this point but saw him kicking off near the exit. “I believe there is some kind of protocol where the police have to remove them and not stewards, and they have to get a sort of investigation going first. That’s why it took them 30 minutes to get him out of the ground.
I don't know who either side has signed, but I'm sure you'll be fine. Probably a draw and a point away first game.
Your first XI is a lot better than Villas... and even with Isak sulking, you have lots of goals in your squad...
Isn't the Semenyo incident just incredibly depressing? Feel really sorry for the lad - he looked quite distraught from some of the footage - different characters get affected in different ways; a more aggressive type might have just tipped the **** out of his wheelchair ... but the most impressive thing for me was that Semenyo even resisted any urge to taunt the **** after scoring ... incredibly dignified - respect.
