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The Football Association have promised a thorough investigation into allegations that West Ham United fans at White Hart Lane for Sunday’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur used language that was derogatory and insulting towards people with learning disabilities.
The allegation has been made by Kevin Kilbane, the TV pundit and former Republic of Ireland international, whose 10-year-old daughter Elsie has Down’s Syndrome, and who is a patron of the Down’s Syndrome Association. He was not at the game, but was informed of the chants by Andy Merriman, a Tottenham season-ticket holder and author whose daughter Sarah also has Down’s Syndrome. Merriman was ghost writer of Kilbane’s autobiography, Killa. “It was very clear and sadly it appeared to be from a large number of West Ham fans in the ground,” Kilbane told the Mirror and the Mail. “This was not isolated to a handful of people.”
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