Sheffield United forward Sophie Jones charged by the FA with racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur’s Renee Hector

Sheffield United forward Sophie Jones charged by the FA with racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur’s Renee Hector
Sheffield United Women’s forward Sophie Jones has been charged by the Football Association after racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur star Renee Hector.In an FA Women’s Championship game between the two sides on January 6, Hector claimedshe “received some monkey noises from an opposition player”.1

Renee Hector (L) complained after hearing monkey noises

Jones has until February 15 to respond. She has been chargedwith using abusive or insulting words, and it is further alleged they “included reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race”.The Blades’ Women team have confirmed they co-operated fully with the FA’s investigation.“The club works closely with the EFL, the FA and Kick it Out and would like to reiterate that it does not condone racism or any form of discrimination,” aclub statement added.“Sheffield United will not comment further on the subject until the conclusion of the formal FA disciplinary hearing.”

Such a shame that racism seems to be rising up again in football – I received some monkey noises today from an opposition player. The only reaction was to let the football do the talking and that we did great start to the year! @ThlfcOfficial #COYSL #SHEvTOT #KickItOut— Rene Hector (@renazzza) January 6, 2019

As can be seen above, Hector made the allegation on social media after beating Sheffield United 2-1, a win which took SPurs up to second in the table.Spurs, who said the alleged incident was reported to the referee by Hector during the game, also reported it to the FA.

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