Wolves told to take action after ‘Disgraceful’ footage emerges v Aston Villa
Wolves need to take immediate action after “disgraceful” footage emerged on social media of a supporter spitting on Aston Villa fans, Keith Hackett has said.
The Villans were beaten 2-0 at Molineux on Saturday (1 February) with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Matheus Cunha consigning Unai Emery’s men to defeat against their West Midlands rivals.
On Sunday (2 February), disgusting footage was posted on social media from the away end at Molineux of a home supporter spitting from the stand above.
Former PGMOL chief and ex-FIFA referee Hackett, speaking exclusively to Villa News, said he is not a fan of such arrangements in stadiums where one set of supporters is seated on top of another.
And he wants Wolves to deal with the issue swiftly, saying: “This is disgraceful and the matter must be dealt with by the home club.
“It is never a good arrangement to have fans in the upper tier above their opponent’s fans
“Let’s hope that this matter is dealt with or if I was a fan I would report the matter to stewards on the day.”
Wolves fan caught in disgusting spitting act at Aston Villa fans
Rivalry is one thing and every fans likes games to have that extra edge when playing against a local side.
But there is a very clear line that should always be drawn and disgusting acts like spitting at rival fans needs widely condemning, there is simply no place for it.
On the pitch, Villa can have few complaints about the result, it wasn’t a great performance and it just wasn’t their day.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the result or the performance, though, and common sense needs to prevail from Wolves to identify the guilty culprit and administer a swift punishment.
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