No Room for Racism

Across this weekend’s Premier League fixtures, clubs will show their support for No Room for Racism – a campaign highlighting the league’s efforts to tackle racism in football and wider society, demonstrating the steps being taken to improve diversity across all areas of the game.

During recent months, the Club has taken action against a number of individuals who have used social media platforms to send unacceptable, abhorrent threats and racist abuse to our players and staff.

We are proud of our inclusivity work and our long-standing, zero tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. Our position is clear – criticism and debate are part of a healthy society; abuse and discrimination are not.

If you use your platform for abuse, racism or any other form of discrimination, you have no place in our Spurs family and you will not be welcome at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium or any Club premises. This includes Men's, Women's and Academy matches, as well as any third-party event we host.

So far this season, we have issued indefinite bans against a number of individuals in relation to racist comments and posts and/or threats. We are in the process of investigating several other reports of abusive, threatening and/or discriminatory comments and posts, and expect to take further action in due course - this includes the disgusting racist abuse recently directed at Mathys Tel and Jess Naz.

We will use all measures available to see the strongest possible action taken and to send a clear message that hatred is not accepted at Tottenham Hotspur. We will protect our players and staff at all times and continue to promote an inclusive, diverse and welcoming environment for everyone at our Club, working closely with our dedicated supporters’ associations – Spurs REACH, Proud Lilywhites, SpursAbility and Women of the Lane.

This afternoon will see Mathys visit a local primary school in Tottenham, where students have been participating in a No Room for Racism poetry competition as part of the Premier League Primary Stars project.

At Sunday’s home match with Aston Villa, No Room for Racism visuals will be seen throughout the stadium, alongside promotion of our matchday text reporting service. If you witness any racist abuse on a matchday, text RACISM to 07537404821 along with the Block, Row and Seat number where the offence has taken place.

Meanwhile, our Women’s team will continue to take a stand and wear bespoke ‘Spurs Against Racism’ warm-up tops ahead of this Sunday’s League Cup fixture with Birmingham City.

The message is clear: there is no room for racism. Anywhere.