The FA is looking into the “tragedy chanting” at Luton, and Liverpool has written to the Kenilworth Road club.
The Football Association (FA) has launched an investigation into what was called “tragedy chanting” at Kenilworth Road on Sunday during the Premier League game among Luton Town and Liverpool.
A few fans chanted things during the second half for the 1-1 draw that seemed to be a reference to the Hillsborough disaster.
Sky Sports commentator and former Liverpool defense Jamie Carragher spoke out against the chants.
Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool, said, “Shame on everybody who said it.” Klopp did not hear the shouts himself.
Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher and the Football Association both spoke out against Luton fans on Super Sunday for singing about the Hillsborough tragedy during the 1-1 draw that Kenilworth Road.
Since then, Liverpool is thought to have asked Luton to explain how they followed new Premier League rules about tragedy shouting, which include punishing offenders in the stadium and giving warnings over the PA system, and what they plan to do next.
It has been told to Sky Sports News which Bedfordshire Police are additionally speaking to Luton Town about the situation.
Before the season started, both the Premier League and the CPS revealed strict new rules about tragedy chanting. Fans who do this could now be charged with a crime or banned from stadiums for life.
Liverpool has worked closely with Manchester City along with Manchester United fan groups in recent years to teach them about the Hillsborough a tragedy and how hurtful this kind of chanting can be.
They are also thought to have given the same advice to Luton as well as the club’s fans in the letter.
“It became clear very quickly that some people may have joined in without knowing that the words were about the Hillsborough as well as Heysel tragedies.
We believe that the best way to stop supporters from using these chants within the future is to talk to them and teach them about them.”
So, we are looking at CCTV and news video from the game and will talk to witnesses to find people who may have been involved.
Anyone caught doing this could be banned from the venue and even be charged with a crime.
It said: “On behalf of everyone involved with Luton Town, we wish to wholeheartedly apologize for those annoyed by the chants noticed during yesterday’s match as well as will continue working with supporter groups to inform fans on chants which are classified to be tragedy abuse through football authorities, the law enforcement agencies, and CPS.”
BBC Sport knows that Before the Kenilworth Road club made their statement, Liverpool wrote to Luton to find out what procedures the Hatters had set up to deal in tragedy chants and what steps they would take.
In the wake of Sunday’s 1-1 draw during Kenilworth Road, Liverpool has written to Luton Town to ask for more information about how they handled a tragedy. Fans are still singing.
Also, the club has offered to work in Sunday’s opponents before their next game to teach people who don’t know what the “Always the Victims” chant meant. This was heard all over the stadium on Saturday.
It had been since 1991 since Liverpool had been to Luton in the premier league, and fans in the home half sang a song that made them think of the Hillsborough accident in 1989, in which 97 Liverpool fans died.
The ECHO has learned that Liverpool has offered to work in Luton on teaching before the second game at Anfield in February.
This comes after they asked for more information on the rules they have in place to stop this kind of chanting.
The Reds also want to know what will happen to people who are found to have joined in with a song that still has a big effect on people who were hurt in the April 1989 tragedy.