{"id":557845,"date":"2020-07-13T06:21:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T10:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=557845"},"modified":"2020-07-13T06:21:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T10:21:52","slug":"david-mcgoldrick-sheffield-united-investigating-after-striker-is-racially-abused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/13\/david-mcgoldrick-sheffield-united-investigating-after-striker-is-racially-abused\/","title":{"rendered":"David McGoldrick: Sheffield United Investigating After Striker is Racially Abused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield United<\/a> have launched an investigation after striker David McGoldrick was racially abused on social media. The message came after 32-year-old scored his first Premier League goals in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/11\/frank-lampard-learnt-a-lot-from-chelseas-defeat-at-sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3-0 win<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sheffield United Launch Investigation After David McGoldrick is Racially Abused<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As a club we will support David McGoldrick and will do all we can to find the perpetrator of this disgusting message.<\/p>\n<p>We will work with the relevant authorities to ensure the person behind this post is brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>This cannot continue. Something needs to change. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z94kfClCCe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/z94kfClCCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldUnited\/status\/1282588575272501249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Sheffield United&#8217;s Statement<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement on their official Twitter account, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldUnited\/status\/1282588575272501249\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield United said<\/a>: &#8220;As a club we will support David McGoldrick and will do all we can to find the perpetrator of this disgusting message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will work with the relevant authorities to ensure the person behind this post is brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This cannot continue. Something needs to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGoldrick posted a screenshot of the message, received on Instagram, onto his Instagram story with the caption &#8220;2020 and this is life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It followed the game in which he scored his first goals of the season against Frank Lampard&#8217;s Chelsea, and his first in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The abuse came on the same day that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crystal Palace<\/a> winger Wilfried Zaha received a racist message on the same platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/12\/police-arrest-12-year-old-over-racist-abuse-sent-to-wilfried-zaha\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Midlands Police have arrested<\/a> a 12-year-old boy in relation to those messages.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on his Twitter account, following Palace&#8217;s defeat at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilfriedzaha\/status\/1282607737013260290\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zaha said<\/a>: &#8220;I would like to thank West Midlands Police for their swift action is making an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People need to understand that whatever your age, that your behaviour and your words come with consequences and they cannot hide behind social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"UkgWrPHaRF5wUeO8l9zxWQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1254366796\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'UkgWrPHaRF5wUeO8l9zxWQ',sig:'KpqMRjfvbeyfPy-FqFS53um2GZs1Q9RmP6npXhN1btY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1254366796',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United have launched an investigation after striker David McGoldrick was racially abused on social media. The message came after 32-year-old scored his first Premier League goals in the 3-0 win over Chelsea. 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