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PabloMartini@climatejustice.social ("Pablo Martini (Geezer)") wrote:
Brighton FC bans fan for wearing Palestine shirt
Brighton and Hove Albion FC have banned a season ticket holder for wearing a Palestine shirt.
Roger Wade, founder of @Boxfresh, has been banned from Brighton & Hove Albion for 5 games for wearing a Palestine football kit.
A ST holder for 10 years, he was pulled out mid-game with no explanation. Instead of dialogue, the club sent him a ban letter. @OfficialBHAFC pic.twitter.com/onqe2r4L51
— Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) August 25, 2025
At half-time during the Brighton FC v Fulham game on August 16, stewards asked Roger Wade to leave the hospitality section of the stadium, with no explanation.
Social media users initially speculated that stewards removed Wade due to wearing a football shirt in the hospitality section of the stadium, which most clubs ban.
However, he made it clear that he covered the shirt with his jacket, whilst in hospitality. Additionally, when the club responded to his complaint and issued a five-match ban, they did not mention this.
Here is Mr Wade’s formal complaint to Brighton regarding the incident, along with the club’s response — which makes no reference to the required dress code in Hospitality, nor cites it as the reason this fan was removed. pic.twitter.com/B4fyE8TenM
— Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) August 25, 2025
Brighton FC: double standards?
Previously, people had reported Tomer Hemed, a former footballer and academy mentor, for inciting violence against Palestinians online. He posted photos with Israeli soldiers during a genocide.
Back in October, many of us reported to Brighton, @FA, and @kickitout that former footballer & academy mentor Tomer Hemed was inciting violence against Palestinians online, even posting photos with soldiers in the midst of the genocide.
No action was taken. https://t.co/wf0Dvr7pvv
— Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) August 25, 2025
Journalists like @richimedhurst were arrested in the UK for reporting the truth on the genocide in Gaza.
Now we have an ACADEMY MENTOR at a football club openly calling for the killing of children, men, women, elderly in Gaza.
What are you going to do about this? @Keir_Starmer pic.twitter.com/Ful0mbK2yd
— Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) October 14, 2024
Are the footballing community more triggered by a football shirt than war crimes?
Absolutely baffles me that this guy gets a 5 game ban for wearing a shirt, but the club turns a blind eye to hemed calling Palestinians human animals and that they should die a death of suffering https://t.co/J2FDUMMNXw
— yasin ayari 🇸🇪🐐 (@AyariGoat) August 25, 2025
Blood on his hands
The majority owner of Brighton FC is Tony Bloom – an ‘English sports better, poker player, and entrepreneur’ who has his hands in many Zionist pies.
News that @OfficialBHAFC – owned by Tony Bloom (a @JamTarts‘ minority shareholder) – has banned a fan for wearing a Palestine top should anger many, but surprise no one. 🧵👇 https://t.co/bcLgojEeMa pic.twitter.com/rCaPD4ncvs
— Scottish Sport for Palestine (@ScotSport4Pal) August 25, 2025
Bloom has injected £2.4 million into Israel.
Since 2019 – through his foundation alone, he has injected £2.4 million into Israel.
This does not include his support of other Zionist organisations, including @CST_UK, the ‘authority’ on antisemitism in the UK which serves to police pro-Palestinian activists. pic.twitter.com/RJgJ28aLqx
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/08/28/brighton-fc-palestine/