Wolves fans directed the homophobic 'rent boy' chant towards Chelsea during a Premier League clash in April, with the Midlands side now hit with a landmark fine by the FAWolves have been fined £100,000 by the FA after admitting a failure to prevent their fans aiming homophobic chants at Chelsea in April. Wolves fans sung the 'rent boy' chant, classified as a homophobic hate crime by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2022, in the 61st and 71st minutes of the match at Molineux. The commission though found "little or no evidence" of how Wolves informed fans that the rent boy chant had been classified as a hate crime. The language of the announcement was also slammed for being "weak", though a later statement made by Wolves was praised. Hearing discriminatory language negatively impacts peoples’ experiences of football and is also in direct opposition to the values of Wolves.

Source: Express July 14, 2023 17:47 UTC