CITY joint-chairman Mark Lawn has hit out over the alleged racist chanting that could be heard at the Sheffield United game.

Many travelling fans were angered by comments from a very small section of the home support at Bramall Lane.

Lawn said: “I thought we had gone beyond that stage in football. I’d hoped stuff like that and monkey chants were a thing of the past.

“I feel very sorry for the Sheffield United board because they must be embarrassed by the morons who do that.

“Unfortunately it’s difficult to stop something like that. We’d look on cameras and if we could prove they are doing it, then ban them from the ground.

“All you can do is try and get stewards and police involved to identify these morons. It’s beer and sheep – they drink too much and then copy other idiots but it’s very sad.”

There were also reports of coins being thrown from the away end at Blades striker Billy Sharp, scorer of their opening goal.

He later made a joke of it on Twitter and said: “Cheers Bradford for the coins.”

When asked today, Sheffield United did not want to comment.