[WillowTheWhisp]

That statement regarding the punishment makes a lot of sense. If it wasn't representative of the club as a whole then only those responsible should be punished but if it was the whole of the stadium then excluding the club from the competition would be justifiable. Perhaps then the fans would realise that their behaviour affects the club which they support.

Back on the subject of the Blackburn Rovers Fan(s) and Dwight Yorke, the local news has shown the full footage and that sheds a completely different light on the issue.

The first gesture which the fan makes is indeed the monkey gesture, followed by the one I described in the first post of this thread. When only the second gesture was originally shown on the news it looked like he had been unfairly accused but there were definitely two distinctly different gestures and the first one was offensive.

Perhaps he realised too late that he shouldn't have done it and changed it to something else, but obviously he can't deny it when the evidence is right there on film. If the other guy was simply with him and didn't do anything himself then that explains why he is still denying the charge.

I don't think the whole club can be held responsible for the actions of one (or even two) of the fans.