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CCTV of Bristol Rovers race abuse suspect
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after allegations that a player was racially abused by one or more Bristol Rovers fans.
Dartford goalkeeper Jason Brown was allegedly repeatedly racially abused during the second half of the game at the Memorial Stadium last Tuesday evening.
Brown told the match referee and club stewards, who threw a man out of the stadium, but police are now searching for the man as the club pledged to ban any supporters for life from their matches who were found guilty of racial abuse.
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Rovers said the abuse had come from “one or more of our supporters who were on the terrace behind his goal” and promised a full investigation to identify and ban those involved.
“Bristol Rovers operates a zero tolerance approach to abusive behaviour and, after all of our efforts to eliminate racial abuse from the Memorial Stadium, we are devastated at last night’s incident,” a statement by the club read.
“A small minority of so-called supporters are bringing our club into disrepute and we run the risk of attracting a punishment from the Football Association should we continue to experience problems such as this.”
The club has written to Dartford FC, Jason Brown and the Football Association apologising for the incident but added they would “not be making any further comment until investigations have been completed”.
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