Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums next month

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Racism may not be inside Burnley FC, but it is building up all around it

Steven Smith runs a dry stone-wall business out of Cliviger in Lancashire. He once chained himself to the railings at Burnley town hall in protest at a twinning project with a location in Pakistan, and took to walking the streets in a wooden sandwich board displaying his views on immigration, Islam and political correctness. Sometimes … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Racism may not be inside Burnley FC, but it is building up all around it

Steven Smith runs a dry stone-wall business out of Cliviger in Lancashire. He once chained himself to the railings at Burnley town hall in protest at a twinning project with a location in Pakistan, and took to walking the streets in a wooden sandwich board displaying his views on immigration, Islam and political correctness. Sometimes … Read more

Burnley fan behind White Lives Matter banner reveals 60 people organised stunt

The Burnley football fan behind the White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium has been sacked from his job at an engineering firm.  Jake Hepple, 24, was dismissed from his role as a welder at Lancashire-based Paradigm Precision this afternoon, with the company saying it ‘did not condone or tolerate racism in any form’.   … Read more

Burnley fan behind White Lives Matter banner reveals 60 people organised stunt

The Burnley football fan behind the White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium has claimed he is not racist and would do it all again. Jake Hepple, who posted a video of the stunt online and has used the P*** word on Facebook and Twitter, admitted he sometimes gets ‘a bit drunk and coked … Read more

No crime was committed when ‘White Lives Matter’ banner was flown over Ethiad stadium, police say 

Police investigating a Burnley football fan who chartered a plane and flew a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner above the Etihad stadium say no crime was committed.  Jake Hepple, claimed responsibility for last night’s pre-match stunt and wrote on Facebook: ‘I’d like to take this time to apologise… to absolutely f***ing nobody!’ The Suicide Squad, a … Read more

No crime was committed when ‘White Lives Matter’ banner was flown over Ethiad stadium, police say 

Police investigating a Burnley football fan who chartered a plane and flew a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner above the Etihad stadium say no crime was committed.  Jake Hepple, claimed responsibility for last night’s pre-match stunt and wrote on Facebook: ‘I’d like to take this time to apologise… to absolutely f***ing nobody!’ The Suicide Squad, a … Read more

Burnley fan behind White Lives Matter plane posted racist ‘P***’ messages online

A Burnley fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium shared a series of racist slurs on social media, it emerged today, as his girlfriend was suspended from her beauty job for her own bigoted posts.  Jake Hepple ranted about ‘P***s’ while his partner, Megan Rambadt, tweeted that her … Read more

Police launch investigation into Burnley White Lives Matter fan

Police today launched an investigation into a Burnley football fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium as he faced being charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence.     Jake Hepple, who has posted in support of the EDL and been pictured with its former leader, Tommy Robinson, … Read more