An independent Regulatory Commission has ordered Barnsley FC to implement an action plan and fined the club £20,000. In addition to the fine, Barnsley FC will also be responsible for all costs incurred to implement the requirements of the action plan.
The FA investigated reports of discriminatory chanting during a fixture against Stoke City FC in the EFL Championship on 9 November 2019 and subsequently charged Barnsley FC with a breach of FA Rule E20.
Barnsley FC admitted failing to ensure that its spectators, and all persons purporting to be its supporters or followers, conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refrained from using abusive and/or insulting words which included a reference, whether express or implied, to nationality and/or religion and/or beliefs while attending the fixture.
The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons and further details in relation to the action plan can be found below.
