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Tottenham’s ‘Yid Army’ chant isn’t antisemitic

31 August 2024

4:00 PM

31 August 2024

4:00 PM

‘They tried to stop us and look what it did. The thing I love most is being a yid.’ So chanted the Tottenham Hotspur fans 44 seconds into their side’s 4-0 thrashing of Everton last weekend. That often-repeated song refers to previous, unsuccessful, attempts to try and stop Spurs fans using the ‘Y-word’.

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