Exeter and Cambridge fans boo players taking knee with Grecians supporter ejected from ground
Posted Wednesday, December 16, 2020 by Thesun.co.uk
EXETER and Cambridge fans booed players taking the knee on Tuesday night.
A Grecians supporter was ejected from St James Park after being identified by stewards and spoken to by police.
Exeter City's Ryan Bowman and Harrogate striker Jack Muldoon, who later hit the visitors' winner, were booed taking the knee before the League Two clash
Fellow Exeter fans tried to drown out the booing as the players took the knee in support of Black Lives Matter before their 2-1 League Two defeat against Harrogate.
A handful of fans also heckled at Cambridge’s Abbey Stadium before their 2-1 win over Colchester in the same division as both sides took the knee.
The anti-racism gesture had barely begun when a few boos rang out.
But the majority of the crowd responded by clapping to show support.
It is the second time in a week Exeter have been plunged into controversy following an allegation of racist abuse towards a Northampton star last Tuesday.
The club and police are investigating and have appealed for witnesses.
And Exeter skipper Jake Taylor hit out at at Tuesday night's booing.
DevonLive quote the one-cap Wales winger as saying: “There is no place for it at Exeter City so I’m glad he got dealt with.
"Hopefully (the fan) gets banned and has to deal with the consequences as it shouldn’t be happening in this day and age.
“We are a respectable club and I hope our fans would back the message that us players and staff back too.
"It is really disappointing and not an Exeter City thing to do.
“Both teams spoke about it before the game and we are fully onboard with it.
"Hopefully when it happens in the future (taking a knee) it gets a better reaction than it did this evening.”
The incidents came 10 days after Millwall fans heckled their players and Derby’s for taking a knee at The Den.
Lions fans applauded their team and QPR for an alternative anti-racism protest three days later, with players instead linking arms before kick-off.
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