Cardiff City fined £15,000 by FA after fans' homophobic chants to Chelsea

Cardiff City fined £15,000 by FA after fans' homophobic chants to Chelsea

The Football Association has fined Cardiff City £15,000 after the club’s fans directed homophobic chants at Chelsea during an EFL Cup quarter-final in December 2025. The chanting occurred in the second minute of Chelsea’s 3-1 victory at Cardiff City Stadium on 16 December. The chant has been defined as a “homophobic slur” and was made a prosecutable offence by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2022. Cardiff City have acknowledged the inci…