Overview

• An Independent Regulatory Commission fined Millwall £15,000, issued a formal warning and extended its anti-discrimination action plan following homophobic chants at the FA Cup tie on March 1
• The chant “Chelsea rent boy” is classed as a prosecutable homophobic slur by the Crown Prosecution Service since January 2022 and carries potential stadium bans for offenders
• Under the action plan, Millwall must deliver pre-match anti-discrimination messages, deploy club stewards at high-risk matches and maintain its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee
• Millwall admitted to breaching FA Rule E21 and reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance through ongoing work by its Equality Steering Committee and the All ’Wall campaign
• The FA acknowledged Millwall’s previous EDI efforts when setting the penalty but warned that further breaches could trigger harsher sanctions