Kop de la Butte, an association of SCO supporters from Angers, defended itself for wanting to aim for referee Stéphanie Frappart after deploying for a few minutes a banner during the match of Ligue 1 Angers-Metz (3-0 ), Saturday night. "Referee enc ... Is it homophobic for a woman?", Wrote the Kop de la Butte, created in 1992. According to them, they wanted to draw the attention of the public on this insult for the referees or the opposing guardians "heard for decades in all stages ".
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- Kop Of The Butte 1992 (@ KDLB92) August 25, 2019"We wanted to denounce the absurdity of taking this homophobic bias because, in almost 100% of cases, this song in the gallery is never launched, resumed, in a homophobic spirit," wrote the Kop de la Butte 1992. "Yesterday's match being arbitrated by a woman (absolutely not targeted, legitimate and competent)", emphasize the authors, "it seemed appropriate to point the aspect of homophobic act by itself in this case of figure ". "This provocative, even trashy banner, misinterpreted by some, was by no means insulting to anyone, especially since we were simply asking a question," concludes Kop de la Butte.
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The deployment of this banner should lead to an investigation of the League and perhaps a fine for the club.