Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says he doesn’t want to hear offensive songs sung by the club’s fanbase after their pre-season friendly with Reading was marred by insulting and racially-charged chants from the stands.
London rivals West Ham and Tottenham were targeted by a section of the traveling Blues support at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
One song in particular, which celebrates Lampard’s 200th goal for Chelsea against West Ham at Stamford Bridge back in 2013, describes the Hammers as ‘pikeys’ – a derogatory term used as a slur against English Gypsies and travellers of Irish heritage.