Football

To deal with an issue that has emerged since Saturday's match at Leicester.

It emerged from a statement by the club and a message from Morata, that a song had been sung for Morata which used the Y word. The club and Morata both distanced themselves from this and appealed for the song not to be sung in future and for the word not too be used.

Since then there has been considerable discussion of the issue.

The bulk of Chelsea supporters have applauded the club and are hoping that this incident sees the last of the use of that word.

A few neanderthals are seeking to justify it on the basis that it doesn't refer to Jewish people but to Tottenham supporters. This is palpabale nonsense. No one would use the "n-word" in such circumstances. It is wholly uinacceptable.

Some also point to the fact that Tottenham supporters use the word themselves. Again, that is unacceptable. For non Jewish Tottenham supporters to claim that they somehow aligning themselves with Jewish people by using that word is crass in the extreme. Again, substitute the n-word and see how crass it is. I know that David Cameron said that it was acceptable. I do not think that Cameron is an acceptable barometer of what is acceptable or not.

The club acted quickly and properly. Most would not have known about the chant if they had not acted.

It is therefore disappointing to hear the Kick It Out group jump on an easy target and demand that all people singing the song be identified and receive banning orders. That is pushing it too far. Surely better to focus on other targets that need to be addressed, particularly by the Kick It Out group who, despite their avowed intent of stopping homophobia, have never taken any actual action against it.