CoventryLive provides news from Coventry City as Sheffield Wednesday faces a disciplinary hearing from the FA in response to a racist incident involving Kasey Palmer.
coventrytelegraph SHARE Bookmark Mark Robins, the manager of Coventry City, consoles Kasey Palmer Mark Robins, the manager of Coventry City, consoles Kasey Palmer after a racist incident at Hillsborough in January. Receive the most recent Sky Blues transfer news, team information, match updates, and analysis sent directly to your email. Put in your email here. Become a Newsletter Subscriber By signing up, you allow us to better understand you and deliver material in ways you have consented to. Based on what we know about you, this might include advertisements from us and outside parties. More details Following a racist incident involving Coventry City’s Kasey Palmer during the Championship game at Hillsborough last season, Sheffield Wednesday was fined £12,500.
In response to the event, Sheffield Wednesday has also been reprimanded by the FA, which said: “Sheffield Wednesday has been ordered to implement an action plan for misconduct in regard to crowd management at their EFL Championship game against Coventry City on Saturday, January 20, 2024, as well as fined £12,500.
Sheffield Wednesday acknowledged that they were not able to guarantee that their fans and spectators—or anyone posing as a fan—behave in a disciplined manner in the 94th minute and refrain from using language or acting in any other way that would be inappropriate, abusive, or insulting, including making overt or covert references to someone’s race, ethnicity, or color.
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