Jordan says 'morons' who chant at Liverpool about Hillsborough should be removed

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola recently apologised for apparent chants from the away end during a Premier League match in October, but disturbingly, that wasn't the only occurrence.

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Toilet doors had been covered in smears over lives lost at the Anfield away end, while there were multiple reports of abhorrent chants over the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans during a crush at the Hillsborough stadium in 1989.

Liverpool released a statement after the match condemning the 'vile chants' and their concerns for survivors and bereaved families from the tragedy.

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Sadly though, things haven't got any better, and on November 2 the Football Association joined the condemnation, expressing their concern over 'the rise of abhorrent chants' in a statement.

"We are very concerned about the rise of abhorrent chants in stadiums that are related to the Hillsborough disaster and other football-related tragedies," an FA spokesperson said.

"These chants are highly offensive and are deeply upsetting for the families, friends and communities who have been impacted by these devastating events, and we strongly condemn this behaviour. We support clubs and fans who try to stamp out this behaviour from our game.

"We also support the excellent work of the survivor groups who engage with stakeholders across football to help educate people about the damaging and lasting effects that these terrible chants can have."

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For talkSPORT host and former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan, education isn't enough for people choosing to weaponise the tragedy, and he has backed them to be removed from grounds.

"It's like the expression 'youth is wasted on the young', education is wasted on the moronic," he explained.

"If you think singing about someone's demise at a football stadium is something that can be used as banter or trying to encourage your team during a football match by getting at the opposition fans then you're not worthy of the time.

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"It's about consequences, it's about football addressing the issue.

"I don't think the Premier League have got the jurisdiction to do very much besides saying this is not a very good look and we need to find a solution to it, but at the end of the day the solution lies inside the tolerance inside a football stadium.

"You're not going to be able to have the Thought Police, this is not Winston Smith and Big Brother, this is someone walking in a football stadium and you don't know what they're going to do and why they're going to do it and then you can only react to it being done.

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"Surely to some extent it's incumbent upon the stewarding, which is the home club's responsibility to say 'we're not having any of this' and start taking people out."