Nottingham Forest have apologised to Cardiff City boss Dave Jones for the chants amongst an element of their supporters during City's 1-0 win at the Forest Ground last weekend.
Dave Jones, as the whole of football knows, was the subject of investigations after time spent out of the game working at a children's home. Charges took years to bring to court and were dropped immediately with Jones completely exonerated and the judge scathing that the matter ever got there anyway.
It's not the first time this has happened to Jones, Stoke fans behind Jones were particularly venomous away last season, and it may not be the last, such is the nature and type of some who follow the game. As Jones points out, he is thick-skinned to their ignorance and sees it as self-defeating but when his wife and children are at games, as they were last weekend, he is right to express concerns for the effect it has on his family. They have no place in the game and you'd like to think the club will be pro-active enough to identify the perpetrators and take some action to go with its apology.
Unfortunately, while I can be damning, it's hard for Cardiff City fans to claim any moral high ground on matters like these. City fans have sung the same chant which upsets Jones although thankfully, not for a long time. A sub-human section in the Grange End and at some away games still delight with an occasional Harold Shipman chant although, again, I've not heard that in a while.
Here's all the coverage of the incident and aftermath (in reverse order) from Wales Online
Forest apologise to Dave Jones over fan chants
FA investigate Dave Jones taunts
Dave Jones has last word over ‘morons’
What would Cloughie have said?
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