Reading manager Mark Bowen admitted it was impossible to stop anti-social behaviour after his side’s second meeting with Cardiff in six days was again tarnished by problems off the pitch. Last weekend, the FA Cup fourth-round tie between the two clubs at Reading saw four Cardiff supporters arrested by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of racist chanting under the Football Spectators Act. “Unfortunately, you are never going to stop single individuals, maybe if they have had a drink too many, coming out with ridiculous things,” Neath-born Bowen said. On the first-half crowd incident with the Reading fan, Cardiff manager Neil Harris said: “I heard a raised level of noise, I didn’t see what went on with the stewards. “Sometimes you have to say thank you and well done for what you’ve done here and good luck to new challenges.”

Source: Express January 31, 2020 23:03 UTC