The Football Association has charged Wolves with failing to control their fans at a match disrupted by homophobic chants. Three arrests were made for alleged homophobic chanting when Wolves beat Chelsea at Molineux last month. The FA said Wolves had breached the FA Rule E21 twice during the fixture, which states that a club must ensure that spectators and/or a club’s supporters conduct themselves in an orderly fashion and not use words or otherwise behave in a way that is improper, offensive, abusive, indecent or insulting with either express or implied reference to sexual orientation. Wolves have until Monday 15 May to respond.
The incident follows the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) classing the homophobic chant as a hate crime last year and the FA writing to clubs in January to say it could take disciplinary action against clubs if fans engaged in discriminatory behaviour, including the homophobic chant. Both Wolves and Chelsea condemned the chants after the match and now Wolves are facing a sanction from the FA.