Football Supporters Banned for 'Tragedy Chanting' at Elland Road

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Two football supporters have been fined and banned from all football grounds in England and Wales after a tragedy chanting incident at Elland Road earlier this month.

The incident happened during Leeds United's match against Stoke City on Tuesday, March 5, when two visiting fans in the West Stand Upper away supporters' section of the football stadium, immediately above the home fans, were spotted tragedy chanting with reference to Leeds United fans who died in Istanbul in 2000.

Mark Turner, aged 44, of Longport Road, Stoke-on-Trent, and Callum Lawton, aged 28, of Johnson Place, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent, were both charged with a Section 5 public order offence in relation to the chanting incident.

Appearing before magistrates in Leeds last Wednesday (20/3), the pair, who both pleaded guilty, were each issued with three-year Football Banning Orders.

Turner was also ordered to pay a £859 fine, while Lawton was ordered to pay a £253 fine.