Repercussions for the guilty can be far-reaching and there are nagging fears about the level of proof
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Travel may broaden the mind but some trips are definitely not for the faint-hearted. A navigation of the area of the
Football Association’s website containing the reasons behind its disciplinary judgments in
racism cases opens a window on to an unedifying world and is possibly best left to intrepid explorers.
On second thoughts, perhaps everyone should make the journey. Maybe all fans need to study the arguments, sometimes complex, exposing the fine details behind Jonjo Shelvey’s five-game ban and £100,000 fine for racially abusing Romain Saïss of Wolves in 2016 and Sophie Jones’s similar suspension for making monkey noises at Renée Hector last spring.