Manchester United have banned a supporter from attending matches for three years for making a homophobic comment about Chelsea on social media.
The Premier League club issued a three-year suspension to the fan, telling him that he had breached ground regulations.
It is understood that the supporter referred to fans of the west London club as 'rent boys', a slur that has been used for decades and which has been deemed a hate crime by the Crown Prosecution Service.
He also joked that officials had tried to throw him out at a recent game after he referred to United full back Diogo Dalot as 'a gay ****'.