Millwall defender Danny Shittu today expressed his surprise at Marvin Sordell’s allegation that police did nothing to stop Bolton players being racially abused during Saturday’s match at The Den.
The Football Association and police are investigating after Bolton forward Sordell tweeted that he and team‑mates Chung-Yong Lee, Darren Pratley and Benik Afobe received racist abuse from the stands during the game. Both clubs have issued statements of their own and the FA will also work with police as they determine whether to bring charges.
Sordell tweeted: “Chungy, Pratts, Benik and i had all sorts of things said to us. The police were standing yards away and did nothing . . .”
Shittu said: “I’m very surprised about that. It’s something I didn’t really find out about until I got home after the game and I saw it on the news. It’s very sad to see. Millwall have been doing a lot to combat these kinds of things, as have a lot of clubs, but we’re very disappointed to hear something like that going on. I didn’t really hear anything on the day.”
Shittu is in his second spell at Millwall after rejoining the club from Queens Park Rangers during the summer. He continued: “Anyone who comes back as a former player will tell you it’s a hard ground to play at and that the fans get on your back, but I didn’t really experience any racism from them.
“You get a lot of abuse when you go back to any former club but I didn’t get racist taunts or anything like that.”
