Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore says it is still too easy for people to send racist messages online after being on the receiving end this weekend.
The Owls manager was racially abused after his side lost their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final first leg 4-0 at Peterborough last Friday night, with Owls chairman Dejphon Chansiri also the subject of vile messages.
Wednesday have banned the individual responsible for Moore’s abuse while also involving the police and are carrying out the same process with Chansiri’s abuser.
DM (On abuse) Thank you so much for the overwhelming support that I ve had.
The authorities have got everything in hand. We re doing all we can to eradicate abuse where we can.
We re doing good work to shut this down.
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc)
Moore, who has thanked the club and fans for their support, says the work to stop these types of incidents is ongoing.
“It would seem too easy, the perpetrators can create these anonymous accounts,” Moore said. “We are trying to work hard to shut these things down. People in the social spotlight at clubs are trying to work hard to shut these down.
“It is too easy but we are doing good work. There is still a lot of work to be done because it is a problem that has raised its head again.
“We want to talk about the social-media platforms as a positive and not a negative. We are trying to promote those positive messages for the next generation.
“I thank the club for standing with me. It is something for me that I didn’t see, but it was spotted, the club have worked closely with the governing bodies and they have acted really sharp on it. We have done our bit as best we can to try and combat this.
