28 Feb 2013

Millwall fan banned for racial abuse

10:59 am on 28 February 2013

A Millwall fan who shouted racist abuse at Leeds and Senegal striker El-Hadji Diouf has been banned from English football matches for five years and fined.

The 53-year-old was arrested after television broadcast footage appeared to show some of the London club's supporters abusing Diouf.

The delivery driver admitted in court that he had unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade and was fined $780.

Millwall have long had a reputation among rival English clubs for violent and racist fans, although Lions officials have tried hard to rid the club of their unwanted supporters.