Free the Swindon One!

Oh dear. Not being a football fan I am not up on these things, but isn't there a racism exception for talking about Tottenham FC and its fans - i.e. it's not considered offensive when used in that context because that is how they self-identify?

Please don't confuse me with being a football fan either, but Tottenham FC is not Jewish. Its fans are not all Jewish. So, no.

Tottenham fans call themselves by the y word, and that's not generally seen to be racist, because they are re-appropriating a term of abuse that was directed at them because of the large proportion of Jewish fans they had.

But of course if you're calling somebody else it, not yourself, then it's not re-appropriation, it's just abuse.