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An incident at last weekend’s FA Cup final has again shone the spotlight on bad behaviour at football matches. One man made headlines and went viral when the football shirt he was wearing caught the attention of the nation – for all the wrong reasons.

He was photographed wearing a white Manchester United shirt with offensive writing on the back relating to the Hillsborough disaster. Photos posted online caused outrage, though Wembley stadium security and police took swift action, arresting the man and charging him with displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress.