Joe Willock racist abuse – Newcastle United official statement | OneFootball

Joe Willock was subjected to disgraceful racist abuse on Saturday night.

Whether this is from supposed Newcastle United fans or not, the fact remains that it is totally unacceptable.

The club have now released an official statement (see below) on Sunday morning.

Sadly, this is not just a problem for Newcastle United, not just for football.

There will always be pathetic people out there and the big problem is the easy access to social media for everybody, the fact some will use it for these purposes, with the massive tech companies refusing to properly police it.

Newcastle United official statement – 2 February 2025:

‘Newcastle United strongly condemns the appalling racist abuse received by Joe Willock on Instagram on Saturday evening.

There is no room for racism anywhere.

Joe has been given the club’s full support and we will continue to do all we can to ensure the welfare of our players, staff and supporters.

The club has reported the abuse to Meta – the owners of Instagram, and urges all social media companies to do more to eradicate this behaviour from their platforms.