Stefan Borson hits out at 'ban' plan as Liverpool MP takes action over Everton vs Chelsea incident

Stefan Borson argues the Premier League cannot realistically police offensive fan chanting after Chelsea supporters mocked Everton fans' class during Saturday's 2-0 defeat.

Following offensive chanting from Chelsea supporters during Everton's 2-0 home defeat on 17 October, Liverpool MP Ian Byrne has written to Premier League chief Richard Masters demanding action. Stefan Borson, former Manchester City financial adviser, told Football Insider exclusively that while the chants are "shameful and disgraceful", attempting to ban or control such behaviour through Premier League provisions is "wholly unrealistic". Borson argued that monitoring fan chanting creates a "floodgates problem" and that clubs cannot realistically ban supporters for being part of a song. He acknowledged it is possible to discourage racist or offensive chanting culturally, but said formal provisions to stop it would be an overreach that is "basically impossible" to enforce.