Oof that’s not good at all. Definitely a deserved ban and the club should internally put him through some educating
AreYouDecent on
Shameful. Hopefully he learns and grows from this.
ResistJunior5197 on
Shame he did that if it’s true but it has no place in the game. Needs to be done
Zaibach88 on
All I ask is one normal day at Manchester club, never going to happen.
Elsharko2 on
Title seems slightly unfair given your mind instantly goes to the f slur
polarbearsexshark on
Smh, no place for that in the game or society at large especially at an institution as diverse as United. I can give him leeway and hope he changes as he’s young but even still it’s ridiculous this kind of language still makes the round amongst what’s supposed to be a more progressive generation in society
Hagball on
One regular day of non controversial news at my club is all I ask. Never happens!
JimmyNoBreaks on
Where exactly is the slur? Sure he shouldn’t have said it, but the word ‘gay’ isn’t a slur. Clickbait nonsense from the BBC again.
shin_bigot on
I wonder how these agencies prosecute such an offence? The person accused will always deny and unless they are close to the ref mic, there isn’t “evidence” other than personal account.
In Vini’s case also I don’t think they have done anything except a preliminary ban.
Thezerfer on
This sucks. He’s young and let’s hope he learns from this (genuinely learns, not just learns to shut up)
jklynam on
This happened in October and is only now being dealt with?
RedDevil-84 on
So he just called someone “gay boy”. Thats it? Have heard worse on the football ground.
Ron-Lim on
Games gone
Dmyers23 on
Jesus Sunday league wouldn’t have any players left if this upsets people. Grow a backbone and get on with it
garynevilleisared on
Had already received a fine and forced to attend face to face sensitivity training. Odd that they are only now banning him for 6 matches for something that happened in October and which they seemingly already punished him for. Had they banned them back then it could have already been served. Now he will miss the business end of the youth season so makes me think they wanted to make sure he misses important matches?
GXWT on
Fucking idiot.
You don’t just let slurs drop because “it’s the heat of the moment”. Why can most of humanity get by without doing that? I’ve never even considered dropping a homophobic or racial slur, even situations that aren’t a
prodbysl33py on
I’m not excusing it but he said ‘gay boy.’ The title would make you think he said the F slur.
![[Simon Stone] Jack Fletcher banned for six games for homophobic slur](https://www.eucup.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/UDg1cFN8B030uxjIW9qRDz6bbt-4PUKfkpK75TY4XGA-1024x576.jpeg "[Simon Stone] Jack Fletcher banned for six games for homophobic slur")
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Oof that’s not good at all. Definitely a deserved ban and the club should internally put him through some educating
Shameful. Hopefully he learns and grows from this.
Shame he did that if it’s true but it has no place in the game. Needs to be done
All I ask is one normal day at Manchester club, never going to happen.
Title seems slightly unfair given your mind instantly goes to the f slur
Smh, no place for that in the game or society at large especially at an institution as diverse as United. I can give him leeway and hope he changes as he’s young but even still it’s ridiculous this kind of language still makes the round amongst what’s supposed to be a more progressive generation in society
One regular day of non controversial news at my club is all I ask. Never happens!
Where exactly is the slur? Sure he shouldn’t have said it, but the word ‘gay’ isn’t a slur. Clickbait nonsense from the BBC again.
I wonder how these agencies prosecute such an offence? The person accused will always deny and unless they are close to the ref mic, there isn’t “evidence” other than personal account.
In Vini’s case also I don’t think they have done anything except a preliminary ban.
This sucks. He’s young and let’s hope he learns from this (genuinely learns, not just learns to shut up)
This happened in October and is only now being dealt with?
So he just called someone “gay boy”. Thats it? Have heard worse on the football ground.
Games gone
Jesus Sunday league wouldn’t have any players left if this upsets people. Grow a backbone and get on with it
Had already received a fine and forced to attend face to face sensitivity training. Odd that they are only now banning him for 6 matches for something that happened in October and which they seemingly already punished him for. Had they banned them back then it could have already been served. Now he will miss the business end of the youth season so makes me think they wanted to make sure he misses important matches?
Fucking idiot.
You don’t just let slurs drop because “it’s the heat of the moment”. Why can most of humanity get by without doing that? I’ve never even considered dropping a homophobic or racial slur, even situations that aren’t a
I’m not excusing it but he said ‘gay boy.’ The title would make you think he said the F slur.
Idiot