Liverpool racism arrest fan revealed: Wheelchair user season ticket holder, 47, suspected of insulting Antoine Semenyo

This is the disabled Liverpool fan that was arrested for alleged racist abuse at Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo in Anfield, we can reveal.

Wheelchair user Mark Mogan, 47, was identified by the police during the break and escorted out of the ground after eyewitnesses and stewards had him on the touchline after the incident.

Mogan, a seasonal card holder in Liverpool, is single without children and lives with his mother in a social housing bungalow in the city.

He has been in a wheelchair since he was born with a medical condition and receives disabilities.

The police of Merseyside announced on Saturday that a man had been arrested in connection with the despicable abuse and on Monday they confirmed that he had been saved for three months pending further investigation.

As part of his bailing conditions, he is forbidden to attend every football match and must report to the police in November.

If it is found guilty of racism, Mogan will be banned by Liverpool for life.

The club said in a statement: 'We are aware of a statement of racist abuse that was made during our Premier League match against AFC Bournemouth.

“We condemn racism and discrimination in all forms, it has no place in society or football.”

In the 29th minute of the game, Semenyo went to make a success and TV images seemed to show that he had an exchange with a fan who was in a wheelchair in the disabled part and pushed himself to the player before turning around and turned away.

The Ghanian player, who scored a brace in the game, brought the incident to the attention of match referee Anthony Taylor and the game was briefly stopped while both mangers and captains were spoken.

During the break an announcement was made to the crowd and asked for no racist abuse and photos on social media showed a man in a wheelchair who was accompanied along the touch line and from the ground.

On Saturday – after the emotion of the emotion that Liverpool won 4-2 and the first competitive match was killed Diogo Jota – the police of Merseyside said that a man had been arrested on suspicion of racially severe abuse.

Photos on social media show that Mogan wheelchair basketball plays for a team called the Greenbank meteors, while other images let him pose with Liverpool -legends Robbie Fowler and Emile Heskey.

After the game, another Liverpool supporter, identified as Nick Collins and sitting in the neighborhood, his report on social media posted his report of what happened.

He wrote: 'So this guy has had his season card on Anfield for many years. He is passionate, but often takes it way too far, but it is what it is.

'So I think that has let his behavior escalate, perhaps in his brain. For about 28 minutes in the game, Semenyo goes into a grub.

“He is not a player who passes the fans and seems like a decent boy. The kind of player that people want to play for their club.

'For reasons I will never know, the guy near me decides to go to him in Bay 7 (I am Bay 9) in his wheelchair and calls something at Semenyo.

“Semenyo then asks him to repeat it and he repeated it and threw his chewing gum at him.

'Then two minutes later the piece is stopped. The guy next to me says that he hopes that Mark has not said anything racist to Semenyo, but then I get texts from people who say that it is about the fan in the wheelchair that is reportedly abused Semenyo.

'We missed the first goal, because we all felt uncomfortable to be with this guy, who was now in silence.

'It was just uncomfortable to be in the neighborhood and we wanted him to be gone. The stewards also had no idea what was going on. He was eventually removed from the ground by the police at 9.01 pm.

'First of all, he would refuse to move and not leave, but then agree to leave and then start. I went to the toilet at this point, but saw him start at the exit.

'I believe there is a kind of protocol where the police should remove them and not stewards, and they must first get some sort of investigation. That is why it took them 30 minutes to get him out of the ground.

'So the club must now help the police with an investigation and rightly so. If he has abused racist Semenyo, he must be forbidden for life. No apologies.

“Another fan chimde by saying:” Semenyo didn't look like “, so a bit for the abuser or playing the devil's lawyer.

“But he just looked shocked, and that's why he probably asked him to repeat himself. So propses to Semenyo for having the brilliant game he had.

'All three goal scorers were black, which was really pretty fitting. The irony is that the guy had a “no room for racism” badge on his shirt.

'I think it was annoying at the time that we had to be around him, but I think the club traded as quickly as possible. I believe that stewards can cast fans if they hear personal abuse, but otherwise a report must be made to make it happen.

'On the other hand, look at the amount of abuse of disabled people who are on this.

'Discrimination is discrimination, so if you make your' edgy jokes' about disabilities on the back, you are just as bad.

'The main steward asked us a few questions and everyone was helpful. Proud of the way the club acted in an answer. Anfield is a very hospitable place for people from all layers of life. Let's keep it that way. '

In a statement, the Merseyside police said: 'We can confirm that a man was saved conditionally after he was arrested after reports that racist abuse was aimed at Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo.

'A 47-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested on Saturday 16 August on suspicion of a racially exacerbated public order. He is now saved with conditions, including no regulated football match in the UK and not to go within a mile of a designated football stadium.

“An investigation into the incident, which took place during a Premier League match between Liverpool and Bournemouth in Anfield on Friday, August 15, keeps going and we will continue to work closely with the club.”

In a statement, the Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association told the Daily Mail that it would not comment during a live police investigation, but added: 'We are aware of an accusation of racist abuse that was taken during our Premier League match against AFC Bournemouth.

“We condemn racism and discrimination in all forms, it has no place in society or football.”

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