Mr Halfon replied that he was sorry for any offence he had caused - but insisted he was “in no way” referring to people from Sunderland. “I feel you ought to make an immediate apology to the people of Sunderland specifically for the offence you have caused.” “The blasé branding of football fans celebrating their clubs success as ‘scumbag football hooligans’ is inappropriate behaviour for a Member of Parliament in this day and age. “Whether directed at Sunderland fans specifically or not, your comments have caused great offence to the tens of thousands of Sunderland fans who travelled to London at the weekend and tens of thousands more who supported their team from home. She said: “Upon reaching London, several thousand Sunderland fans congregated near Covent Garden to celebrate their club’s achievement of reaching a cup final for the first time in over 20 years. In her letter to Mr Halfon she wrote that she was “horrified” by the comments. She pointed out over 50,000 Sunderland fans had travelled to the capital for the club’s first major cup final since 1992 - with just one arrest. The MP said this was “hardly the actions of the decent”.įurious Sundarland MP Julie Elliot wrote to Mr Halfon to demand an apology for the slur. The 44-year-old Essex MP said there were “a few ambulances around the place” with fans “smashing glasses and throwing bottles at cars”. Scumbag football hooligans turn Covent Garden into a disgusting Cesspit.” He had been in central London for dinner on Saturday night where thousands of Black Cats fans had gathered ahead of the big gameĪfterwards, he wrote on Twitter : “Went to London for dinner. Robert Halfon, who has campaigned for the Tories to be the new “workers’ party”, attacked Sunderland supporters who travelled to London for Sunday’s Capital One Cup Final. A Tory MP has been forced to apologise after labeling football fans “scumbag hooligans”.
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