West Ham condemns offensive chant during match at Burnley

The London-based team condemned the ‘offensive and divisive” chant at their away game in Burnley last Saturday

Club urge fans to drop chant with ‘anti-Palestine message’ Section of away crowd sang chant during game at Burnley West Ham have condemned “an offensive and divisive chant” and urged fans not to sing it at their first Championship home game of the season against Charlton Athletic this Saturday. The chant, which relates to Israel winger Manor Solomon and includes an “anti-Palestine message”, was sung by a section of the club’s away support during their opening game against Burnley last Sunday, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Continue reading...

English Championship club West Ham have warned fans not to sing an "offensive and divisive" chant about winger Manor Solomon that was heard during their season-opening game against Burnley.It added: "We encourage our supporters to sing loud and proud about their football club and the players wearing the claret and blue shirt -- but never in a way that creates division or causes offence among fellow fans."

West Ham has called on its fans to stop singing a chant “containing an anti-Palestine message” as the club prepares to host its first home game of the season in England's second-tier Championship. In a long statement published Thursday, West Ham said it was “aware of an offensive and divisive chant” being sung by a section of its supporters during its opening Championship match at Burnley on Sunday. One of West Ham's summer signings was Israel winger Manor Solomon, who joined from Tottenham on a three-year deal.

West Ham release a statement urging their fans to stop singing the chant heard during their away match at Burnley last weekend.

West Ham urge their fans to stop an "anti-Palestine" chant about Manor Solomon that was heard during their match at Burnley last weekend.