Haringey Borough players WALK OFF pitch after ‘racist abuse’ is yelled from stands of rival Yeovil Town home fans during fourth-round FA cup clash
- Haringey Borough football players have walked off pitch in FA Cup qualifier
- Rival Yeovil Town accused of throwing racial insults at Haringey players
- Game at Coles Park Stadium delayed has not yet resumed after 15-minute delay
Haringey Borough football players have walked off the pitch in an FA Cup qualifier after fans allegedly hurled racist abuse at players.
Their fourth round tie against Yeovil Town has already been delayed by 15 minutes after it was claimed on social media that the opponent’s fans made racial insults at the home team.
It is not yet clear whether this sparked the players to walk off at Coles Park stadium in Tottenham.
Coby Rowe of Haringey Borough is restrained by safety staff following an apparent incident of racism involving travelling Yeovil Town supporters and Valery Pajetat of Haringey Borough
Pajetat points in the direction of Yeovil Town supporters following an alleged racist incident
Douglas Pajetat of Haringey Borough during the Emirates FA Cup match between Haringey Borough and Yeovil Town at Coles Park Stadium in Tottenham on Saturday. It is rpeorted that Pajetat was the player racially abused by visiting fans
Haringey Borough and Yeovil Town players return to the dressing rooms following an apparent incident of racism
A speakerphone announcement said: ‘No comment on what has happened on the pitch, but we ask that no Haringey supporter abuses any Yeovil player or supporter.’
It has been reported that Haringey Borough’s Cameroonian goalkeeper Douglas Pajetat was the player racially abused by visiting fans.
There are also accusations that bottles were thrown from the away end, as well as players being spat on.
Tempers flared after Yeovil were handed a penalty early in the second half.
Valery Pajetat of Haringey Borough converses with traveling Yeovil Town supporters following an apparent incident of racism
Referee Gary Parsons converses with Yeovil Town supporters following an alleged incident of racism
Pajetat leads his side off of the pitch following an alleged racist incident leading to the abandonment of the tie during the Emirates FA cup
Haringey Borough are in the Isthmian League, which host regional men’s football team from London, East and South East England.
The incident comes less than a week after England players were subjected to shocking racial abuse in a match against Bulgaria during a Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia.
Some of the supporters taunted the visitors with Nazi salutes and monkey chants, causing the game to be halted twice.
Bulgarian head coach Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian Football Union president Borislav Mihaylov and the entire Bulgarian Executive Committe resigned in the aftermath of the match.