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Millwall have condemned alleged homophobic chanting during their 2-0 Championship win against Reading, promising a “comprehensive investigation”.
The game was stopped by referee Keith Stroud during the first half after his assistant alerted him to chants from sections of the home support in the East Stand. After both managers had been informed fans were warned over the stadium’s PA at half-time.
Millwall said in a statement that, in response to being alerted by the officials, the club “carried out step one of the advised protocol by making a tannoy announcement to the crowd as quickly as possible. A comprehensive investigation into the alleged incident is well under way.
“Millwall Football Club has a zero-tolerance policy against discrimination of any kind. Any individual found guilty of such abuse at The Den is issued with an immediate lifetime ban.”
Millwall manager Gary Rowett was unsure on the exact nature of the incident, saying: “I don’t necessarily think it was a chant, I think the linesman’s heard a comment. There can be lots of comments in a game like that.
“The linesman, with what he’s suggested the comment was, has to report it to the referee, who then in turn has to report it to the side of the pitch. The club are brilliant at stuff like that, they’ve worked incredibly hard to make sure things like that don’t happen here.
“It’s something we don’t condone if it has been said. We don’t know for sure that it has and they’ll investigate, so of course I’ll leave it down to them to investigate.”
Millwall, who were fined £10,000 last year for racist chanting by their fans at an FA Cup tie against Everton, are in seventh place in the Championship following the win, secured through strikes from Matt Smith and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson.
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