According to Visible, S -humiliated messages have received the community on Wednesday, with the death of the fans in the Sheffield game.
West Brom Mark Townsend supporters died after receiving medical episodes at the end of the Lane Hills Boro stadium last September. In October, Richard Crisp admitted making posts on X that referenced the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 97 Liverpool fans died.
Crisp, 55, of Lennox Road, Hillsborough, was given 12 months’ probation at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Friday and ordered to pay £200 in costs. Crisp had previously admitted sending the offensive or obscene messages.
The court heard police were contacted by the manager of Hillsborough Golf Club, where Crisp was captain. The club received a phone call threatening to “burn him down”.
When arrested, Crisp said he regretted his comments and that he had been drinking. The court was told there had been no complaints from Townsend’s family.
Major judges heard Crisp was banned from the golf club, lost his job and was banned for life from playing for Sheffield Wednesday. “I made unpleasant, disrespectful and insulting comments,” read a letter from the defendant’s attorney in court.
“I would like to sincerely apologize for any offense I may have caused.”
The defendant’s lawyer told the court that his client had suffered extreme stress since his mother was diagnosed with dementia and had sought solace in alcohol to cope with the stress. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here, external.
