European football’s governing body UEFA on Monday also handed Tottenham a suspended one-match ban on selling tickets to their fans for an away game in an European competition.Tottenham hit by UEFA sanctions as three fans banned over Nazi salutes in Frankfurt
Spurs have been fined and served with a suspended ban on selling tickets to supporters for one away match in Europe.
Tottenham Hotspur have been fined £75,000 by the Football Association following homophobic chanting by their fans during a 3-0 win at Manchester United last September.
The chanting was said to have taken place in the 49th and 79th minutes of the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford.
Immediately after the game, Spurs condemned “abhorrent homophobic chanting” as “simply unacceptable” and vowed to take the “strongest possible action”.
The FA has confirmed the fine for “two breaches of FA Rule E21 in relation to crowd control misconduct”.
That rule governs the behaviour of supporters at matches.UEFA also handed Spurs a suspended one-match ban on selling tickets to their fans for an away match in a European competition, to be enforced only if a similar incident occurs within a probationary period of one year.
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