Danny Wright is a lifelong West Brom fan thanks to his dad, who grew up idolising Cyrille Regis and John Wile. Danny’s had to endure the likes of Victor Anichebe and Diego Lugano. He’s now putting his passion for the Albion into words with a regular fan view for West Brom News.
Honestly, what is wrong with some people?
West Brom confirmed on their website on Monday (11 December) that a supporter of the club has been suspended for a hateful comment about Bradley Lowery in the wake of Saturday’s defeat at Sunderland.
Bradley was just six years old when he died of a rare form of childhood cancer in 2017.
We can confirm we are assisting police after being alerted to a hateful social media post referencing Bradley Lowery.
We are appalled by the disgusting post and offer our sincere apologies to @SunderlandAFC and the Lowery family.
Albion say on their official Twitter account that they are “appalled by the disgusting post” and that they reserve the right to ban the supporter indefinitely as they assist the police with legal inquiries.
How low do you have to be to use the tragic death of a young child to score points against a rival club after losing to them in a football match?
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What has happened to a person to share such a hateful comment and how thick do they need to be to think they can say something like that on social media and think they can get away with it?
Football has become a battleground for some truly needless and horrific mocking in recent years.
It’s always been about but it feels to me as though it’s worsened in maybe the last six or seven years.
You seem to see more videos and reports about football fans using the Hillsborough Disaster, the Munich Air Disaster and the death of Emiliano Sala to try and rile up fans of opposition clubs.
Now, some pathetic excuse of a person who unfortunately supports the same football team as I do has used the death of a child because we lost to Sunderland as a comeback on social media.
You really do worry for humanity if someone feels the need to do that because a football team they support lost a match.
People need some perspective.
Bill Shankly wasn’t being literal when he said that famous “football is a matter of life and death” quote. It is just a game and a lot of people really need reminding of that.
In other West Brom news, Tony Brown has launched an accusation as this Sunderland attacker after an incident v Albion.
