A Newcastle fans on a racist abuse charge, was told by a judge ‘You must wonder what planet we are living on’ when he heard his defence.

“We’ve been made aware of abusive comments that have been made on Facebook and Northumbria Police take all such reports of abuse very seriously and enquiries are being conducted.”

Unfortunately, there will always be a sad minority of people who have nothing better to do with their time than spread hate but the best answer is for the likes of Papiss Cisse to keep on banging in those last minute goals and for everybody to help support great organisations like Show Racism The Red Card.

A 39 year old was cautioned for repeatedly giving a Nazi salute and for motioning with his hands as if turning on a tap, thought to be a reference to the gas chambers.

The case of Danny Simpson highlights that you are only a dodgy game away from being abused by the lunatic fringe of your own fanbase and mackem infiltrators.