FA probe Forest fans' abuse of Jones

THE Football Association have announced they will launch an investigation into the abuse aimed at Cardiff City manager Dave Jones during Saturday's Championship clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

An FA statement confirmed: "We strongly condemn any chanting which contains foul and abusive language or is of a homophobic or discriminatory nature.

"At this stage we are gathering information on this."

Jones was the target of constant abuse from a section of Forest fans who taunted him over his arrest on child abuse charges almost 10 years ago.

The case against him was thrown out of court but that failed to stop a group of Forest fans subjecting him to vile chants.

Jones said: "They are stupid because they absolutely killed the game for their own team – they think they are hurting me with their chanting but they distracted from what they are actually at the game for.

"The only people they hurt were my family. It doesn't hurt me, I'm used to it.

"If they want to do it then fine, let them do it, but when my book comes out, go and buy it then they might realise what my family and what I went through.

"Then they might take a step back and have a think about what they are actually doing. Half of them know what went on anyway. They are just following the person in front, so who is the actual fool?"