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Yeovil launch investigation after footage emerges of abhorrent racist chants while Lenell John-Lewis was taking penalty for York City during National League match
- Yeovil Town launch investigation in racist chants during match against York City
- Racist chants could be heard while York’s Lenell John-Lewis was taking a penalty
- John-Lewis would see his penalty saved before going on to score the winner
- Yeovil statement reaffirms their stance against all forms of discrimination
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Yeovil Town have revealed that the club have launched an internal investigation looking into discriminatory chanting during Saturday’s National League fixture against York.
A video emerged on social media that showed York’s Lennell John-Lewis lining up to take a penalty and audio can be heard of a fan making monkey-like noises at the player.
John-Lewis would then see his penalty saved by Yeovil’s goalkeeper Grant Smith.
A statement by the club said: ‘Yeovil Town can confirm we are aware of audio which contains discriminatory chanting from Saturday’s game against York.
‘An internal investigation will take place into the matter and we will work with all the relevant authorities.
‘Yeovil Town continues to stand against all forms of discrimination. We will make no further comment at this time.’
Yeovil lost the game 1-0 as John-Lewis scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute.
The racist chants occurred during York’s Lenell John-Lewis penalty miss against Yeovil Town
York City also released a statement in reaction to the footage online that slammed the behaviour.
It said: ‘York City are aware of a video that contains racist chanting aimed towards one of our players at Saturday’s match against Yeovil Town.
‘We have reported the incident to the FA, who are investigating, and we are happy to leave the investigation in their hands.
‘As a club, York City deplores discrimination in all of its forms, and will never tolerate such behaviour. We will make no further comment on the incident at this time.’
John-Lewis would later score the only goal of the game which would see York City win