It was nice to see the affection in which Jermain Defoe is held by his team-mates, which echoes that of the Spurs' faithful. This being his last game before jetting off to play in Canada, Defoe was launched onto the shoulders of his team-mates to be paraded before the home support. The crowd, of course, launched into their usual rendition of "Jermaine Defoe, he's a yiddo", a chant with which he has been greeted with smiles for many years.
It surely cannot be less than obvious to anyone of at least moderate intelligence that referring to Defoe in this way was not meant as a form of abuse, bigotry or other racial epithet. To the contrary, it was an outpouring of affection and admiration. One can only hope that with three Spurs supporters now awaiting trial for similar use of similar terms, the police and CPS will come to realise the error of their ways.
