Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:01 pm
Bristol City have been hit with a misconduct charge by the FA over alleged derogatory chants aimed at Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan.
By Glen Williams
The FA released a statement to say that the Robins face a misconduct charge after incidents which took place in the first Severnside derby of the season.
The charge relates to two chants which were heard during the Championship clash between the two teams on October 6 at Ashton Gate, a match that ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the FA claimed that Bristol City failed to ensure their fans refrained from using offensive or indecent language throughout the game.
The statement said: "It's alleged the club failed to ensure their spectators and/or supporters (and anyone purporting to be supporters or followers) conduct themselves in an orderly fashion around both the 27th and 80th minutes, and don't use words or otherwise behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent, or insulting way with either express or implied reference to gender and/or nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin."
Bristol City have until Friday, March 14 to respond to the charge. Neither club have commented on the issue.
The news comes just weeks after a teenager was charged with a public order offence after disorder broken out ahead of the reverse fixture in Cardiff earlier this month.