‘Downright abhorrent’ racist slurs sprayed across walls at suburban soccer club

A soccer club in Melbourne’s outer-north has been targeted by vandals, with racist slurs sprayed on its walls over the weekend.

Tom Elliott asked Lalor United club vice-president Bill if the soccer club has Macedonian origins, after tensions between Greeks and Macedonians in recent weeks.

“The origins of the club, some 40 years ago were, it was run by Macedonian immigrants, but now it’s quite a multi-racial club,” Bill said.

“It’s vulgar, unsavoury and downright abhorrent.”

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