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A Sunderland supporter accused of making a racist monkey gesture at a Premier League footballer has claimed he was actually doing a chicken dance.

 

Liam Jones, 21, of Hendon, Sunderland, was arrested after pictures showed him apparently making a monkey gesture at Romelu Lukaku.

 

The Belgian striker had just scored his team’s third goal in a 4-2 win for West Bromwich Albion at the Stadium of Light on Saturday November 24.

 

Unemployed Liam said: “People have got it all wrong. I wasn’t doing a monkey chant. I was doing a chicken dance.

 

“I’m devastated people think I’m racist. I have black friends and black cousins.

 

“If I was racist, I wouldn’t pay to watch Sunderland because they have black players.”

 

Liam said he has been released on police bail until January after being arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated intentional harassment.

 

Sunderland AFC have banned him from matches until the outcome of any court case.

 

Liam added: “I’m absolutely gutted I can’t go to matches. I’ve been going for years. I can see where the club is coming from and I can see how the photo looks, but I want everyone to know that I am not racist.”

 

A spokesman for SAFC said: “Sunderland AFC cannot comment whilst a police investigation is being conducted, the person involved, in line with our club policy, is banned from the Stadium of Light until the result of the investigation is known.”

 

Jones, an amateur martial arts fighter, acts as a corner man for his brother.

 

Police have confirmed that a 21-year-old man has been released on police bail until January after being arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated intentional harassment.

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Anyone notice that fucking scruffy bitch with the yellow head band on in the top left corner?  :scared:

 

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Liam Jones, who is nicknamed Charlie Bucket, was quizzed on Wednesday after a Sunderland supporter was spotted on TV making a vile monkey gesture at Lukaku, 19, after he scored for West Brom in their 4-2 victory on Saturday.

 

Friends told how Jones was into martial arts and kickboxing. He got his nickname “Charlie Bucket” because he acted as a corner man and carries a bucket for his brother, who is also a keen amateur fighter.

 

Jones lives in the top floor of a tower block on the banks of the River Wear in Hendon, Sunderland.  One pal said: “He is into his kickboxing and fighting. He trains in his flat all the time.  "There is often more than one of them in there, and they throw each other around. He is known as Charlie Bucket, his brother is also a keen fighter and Liam carries the bucket for him into the ring."

 

He loves to party, he has people round his place all the time.  I know that he loves martial arts and street fighting because he trains for it all the time. But I didn’t know he was a football fan.”

 

"eeyer marra, daint mess wi Charlie Bucket like!"

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2012/11/30/sunderland-fighter-quizzed-in-monkey-gesture-case-72703-32337563/

 

 

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