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Merseyside Police arrested him Everton During the match with the supporter’s side Manchester City For the alleged racist attack on Anthony Semenyo.
The supporter was arrested during the Premier League match between the two sides at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday, which ended in a 3-3 draw.
Police said the 71-year-old from Nottinghamshire was arrested on suspicion of “a racially aggravated public order offence”.
“The investigation into the incident during the match is ongoing and we will continue to work closely with Everton FC,” a police statement said.
“Conditions have been imposed which include not going within one mile of the proposed sports stadium during the match and up to four hours after the match ends.”
Everton “Behavior of this nature will not be tolerated,” he said in a statement.
“Racism and discrimination are absolutely unacceptable. They have no place in our stadium, our sport and our society,” the club said.
“The club will continue to work closely with the authorities to support their investigation and will take the strongest possible action in its zero-tolerance policy.”
This is the second time this season that 26-year-old Ghanaian Semenyo has been subjected to racist attacks.
When he played for his former club Bournemouth In the opening Premier League game of the season, Semenyo was reportedly racially abused by a spectator during a 4-2 home defeat. Liverpool.
Semenyo continued. More should be done To tackle racism in football, including prison sentences for those accused of abuse.
Manchester City He praised the “quick action”. Everton and Merseyside Police.
England defender Mark Guhi, 25, was subjected to racist abuse online after the game, the club said.
“We are deeply saddened to hear that Mark Guhi was fired last night over a series of racist social media posts,” the city’s statement said.
“We will continue to give our full support to both Antoine and Marc and will never tolerate any form of discrimination in our game.”
