What did those people chant ?
Good. Man won a World Cup for England, deserves respect
It’s a shame that football is the most popular sport in the world. I love the game, but its a sport played by gits, watched by gits, organised by gits, sponsored by gits, and sometimes officiated by gits.
Well done. I have to say that City have tended to be fairly lax on banning fans for this sort of thing, so hopefully this is a sign of change.
Probably want to make a strong statement now with the game coming up to deter any incidents then when it’ll be higher profile.
In fairness to them, it would be very awkward if they tried to ban their own players and staff from the Ethiad
soft
Sir Bobby has more history than your entire club, get the fuck outta here lol
Fuck off with that, those arseholes obviously deserve a ban for mocking the death of one of England’s greatest ever footballers. Are you one of those who’s been banned?
It’s one of the most heartless things to celebrate a person’s death, especially for a petty things like sport rivalry. We don’t live in medieval time anymore. Wake the fuck up.
its just a chant, yeah its bad taste but a stadium ban for that seems over the top to me
Agree, the punishment is soft.
Depressing comment
If I had had the kind of talent and impact on a sport and a club as Bobby Charlton, I honestly think I’d be damn well pleased if said club’s rivals would be cheering my death for no other reason than the fact I was a great player, 50 years after I stopped playing.
No higher praise, in my book.
Shame they never take this stance for the numerous times their fans have mocked the Hillsborough disaster. Obviously this is the correct course of action but it does feel like a slap in the face when nothing happens when City fans are constantly singing about Hillsborough both at the Etihad and at Anfield. The best we get is a half assed “sorry if you’re offended, if it happened” apology from Pep and that’s basically it
Tragedy chanting for years is fiiiine as long as it’s a direct rival
If he gets to be a hero to some for something as inconsequential and pointless as kicking a ball around its only fair he can be a villain to some as well.
The right response is ignoring it, taking it as light banter from rivals and total strangers who didnt personally know the man and moving on.
I hope they are ready to ban 90% of the league when Fergie dies.
And people are supporting this?!!?!
Plastic clubs and internet fans lol
In their defense, City is the definition of Nouveau Riche… club legends are not something they’re familiar with, so they just don’t know how to act in relation to the concept
the silver lining about that is that this could be a wake up call for those dumbfucks, considering they looked like teenagers or young adults
but who im kidding, prob won’t change a thing
And why should they change? Who have they hurt?
Didn’t some set of fans do the same when the queen died? Not sure what happened to those folks
City fans- total scum.
People actually got offended by that?
Is it offensive to ask what they were chanting?
Asking a question ain’t offensive mate 👏🏾
Shows what you know about Reddit.
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Yeah I know most of the time u get downvoted for asking questions🤣, but that doesn’t mean its offensive
“Bobbys in a box”
Idiots
classless
I find myself cringing a bit about how shit that is, agreeing with you that they’re idiots, but thinking it’s absolute overkill to ban people for it.
They have the right to exclude people for behaviour they don’t want, it’s a private stadium owned by a private company, but it’s a bit OTT to me.
Ban is the perfect response.
Where do you draw the line as a club? What do you let people get away with saying until the hammer goes down?
Bobby is a national treasure & chants like this are vile. Its a terrible look for the club & better to keep these sorts of hateful fans away.
A temperary ban would be fair imo, permanently banning is a bit harsh
That’s so tame and people are going to get banned for that??