Aberdeen boss Craig Brown warns fans they face court over Foster 'hun' jibes

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Craig Brown last night warned Aberdeen supporters that any hate campaign against new skipper Richard Foster could see them dragged into court.

 

The Dons boss believes the details of proposed new anti-sectarian laws need clarified after his defender, who spent six months on loan at Rangers last season, was barracked during Wednesday night's 2-1 friendly defeat to Bochum in Germany.

 

Two fans have been identified by the club for hurling foulmouthed abuse at the player with shouts of, "f*** o** back to Ibrox, you Hun" being clearly heard before Foster was involved in several ugly spats with the supporters.

 

But Brown believes the police could be watching at Pittodrie after the question over what constitutes a hate-crime becomes an issue weeks before the season begins.

 

The historic bad blood between Rangers and Aberdeen did little to help Foster ease back into action with the Dons boss insisting any ill-feeling is harboured among only a minority of the support.

 

And Brown has urged fans to get behind Foster just as they did for their hero and former Rangers player Sir Alex Ferguson.

[Penfold]

No quotes from Brown at all. 

 

Also he was there on loan for a season, nae 6 months 

[BigAl]

My understanding of the word "HUN" is that it is not a sectarian term

 

 

1. a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th -5th centuries.

 

 

2. informal , derogatory a German (especially during the First and Second World Wars).

 

 

(the Hun)Germans collectively.

 

I have Rangers supporting work colleagues that regularily refer to themselves as the Huns

 

[glasgow sheep]

I'll just call them cunts, that's not sectarian 

[BobbyBiscuit]

I'll just call them cunts, that's not sectarian 

 

It's entirely accurate too GS, which is nice...

 

 

[capitalsharpie]

it would be feckin tragic if the laws that have been toughened to purge a predominately old firm problem were used against us to use as an example. However, the club had better watch and not alienate a support already fed up with the club.

[maverick sheep]

I'll just call them cunts, that's not sectarian 

 

Associating them with rangers fans is probably a hate crime against vaginas 

[manc_don]

Associating them with rangers fans is probably a hate crime against vaginas 

 

[Superstar Tradesman]

Yeah, Pittodrie is the first place the police need to be targeting for the new anti-sectarian laws. 

[octavion]

will it still be all right to shout dick 

 

i.e hoi dick get in tae them !

[bland_flabbis]

Got to admire the creativity of journalists in Scotland. No quotes, presumably nothing to write about, so just make something up that's vaguely topical. They didn't even need to hack into anyone's phone.