Spurs fans ignore club request and chant Y-word

Tottenham fans chanted the Y-word during their Premier League clash with Wolves - ignoring a plea from the club not to.

Tottenham released a statement on Thursday on their fans' use of the Y-word, saying "it is time to move on" from associating the term with the club.

But less than three minutes into their Premier League clash with Wolves on Sunday, fans were heard chanting the Y-word.

Sky Sports News reporter Mark McAdam, who is at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, said: "We've been reporting on Sky Sports News throughout the course of this week how the club has asked fans to stop using the 'Y-word' on a matchday - less than three minutes into the game and I can hear the 'Y-word' being used around the stadium by a number of people, people are now shouting it at me.

"So, clearly the statement that came out on Thursday from the football club asking for the fans to stop using that word has fallen on deaf ears and within three minutes here I want to be talking about the football not about an antisemitic chant that the club has very kindly asked its fans to stop saying."

Spurs held a review of the use of the Y-word, holding focus groups with some of the club's fanbase which concluded in the summer of 2020.

In highlighting some of the key findings, Spurs revealed:

Spurs said in the statement: "We recognise how these members of our fanbase feel and we also believe it is time to move on from associating this term with our club.

"Tottenham continue to refrain from engaging with any social media handle or bio that contains the Y-word and they do not permit it being printed on shirts in any official retail outlets or used in any official club context.

"The adoption of the Y-word by our supporters from the late 1970s was a positive