{"id":366410,"date":"2011-04-04T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/families-of-west-ham-united-players-victor-obinna-frederic-piquionne-accuse-clubs-fans-of-racial-abuse\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:16:00","slug":"families-of-west-ham-united-players-victor-obinna-frederic-piquionne-accuse-clubs-fans-of-racial-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/families-of-west-ham-united-players-victor-obinna-frederic-piquionne-accuse-clubs-fans-of-racial-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of West Ham United players Victor Obinna &#038; Frederic Piquionne accuse club&#8217;s fans of racial abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Apr 2011 16:16:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.359570661896\">\n<div readability=\"16.025179856115\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA Cup: Victor Obinna - Frederic Piquionne, West Ham United v Nottingham Forest(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/594065fc122836_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>FA Cup: Victor Obinna &#8211; Frederic Piquionne, West Ham United v Nottingham Forest(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"23.801859799714\"><\/p>\n<p>        <em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Family members and guests of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> pair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/nigeria\/10866\/victor-nsofor-obinna\">Victor Obinna<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/1002\/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-piquionne\">Frederic Piquionne<\/a> claim they were the victims of racist abuse from a section of the home fans during Saturday&#8217;s 4-2 defeat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham officials are said to be investigating a number of the players&#8217; guests after they were involved in a row with other home fans during the game.<\/p>\n<p>The families of the two players were sitting in a box behind the home fans and have claimed they were racially abused by a small section of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>At least one of the family members left the box to confront the fans and it is believed an argument broke out.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed source told the <em>Mirror:<\/em> &#8220;Some of the stuff they said was disgusting. You just don\u2019t expect to hear that from people supporting your own team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These were families of the players who didn\u2019t do anything to deserve that. It\u2019s a disgrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The family are considering putting in an official complaint while West Ham officials say that they are investigating the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>A club spokesman said: &#8220;We take these allegations very seriously and are looking into them. If there is found to be any wrongdoing, then we will take appropriate action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/594065fc122836_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/04\/2425906\/families-of-west-ham-united-players-victor-obinna-frederic\" title=\"Families of West Ham United players Victor Obinna &amp; Frederic Piquionne accuse club's fans of racial abuse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Families of West Ham United players Victor Obinna &amp; Frederic Piquionne accuse club&#8217;s fans of racial abuse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 16:16:00 FA Cup: Victor Obinna &#8211; Frederic Piquionne, West Ham United v Nottingham Forest(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Family members and guests of West Ham United pair Victor Obinna and Frederic Piquionne claim they were the victims of racist abuse from a section of the home fans during Saturday&#8217;s 4-2 defeat to Manchester United . West Ham officials are said to be investigating a number of the players&#8217; guests after they were involved in a row with other home fans during the game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Families of West Ham United players Victor Obinna &amp; Frederic Piquionne accuse club&#039;s fans of racial abuse - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/families-of-west-ham-united-players-victor-obinna-frederic-piquionne-accuse-clubs-fans-of-racial-abuse\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Families of West Ham United players Victor Obinna &amp; Frederic Piquionne accuse club&#039;s fans of racial abuse - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 16:16:00 FA Cup: Victor Obinna - Frederic Piquionne, West Ham United v Nottingham Forest(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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