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Re: Football Season 2011/12
http://www.sportinglife.com/football...medium=twitter
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A football fan has been handed a three-year stadium ban after hurling racist abuse at Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
Stephen Fitzwater was watching Chelsea take on Tottenham at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final on April 15 when he was heard making a racially offensive comment towards the player.
Other supporters took offence and reported him to a steward, and the 55-year-old from Hartland Road in Isleworth, west London, was arrested by Scotland Yard's football intelligence unit.
He admitted racially aggravated abuse at Hendon Magistrates' Court in north-west London on Monday and was given a three-year football banning order preventing him from attending any regulated football match in the UK or abroad, Scotland Yard said.
A Chelsea Football Club spokesman said: "Chelsea Football Club and the overwhelming majority of our fans abhor all forms of discrimination and believe they have no place in our club or our communities
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Excellent news and lets hope it sends a stern message out to those who abuse. 
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