Peterborough United skipper Jonson Clarke-Harris says his social media abusers 'need to be exposed'.
Phil Adlam, a spokesman for Peterborough United, described the abuse as "very alarming".
He told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "The language that's been used is disgusting and the fact it seems to be stemming from console games... and they choose to racially abuse someone via their own social network - it just beggars belief.""Jonson obviously is someone [who] just feels that in today's society it's crazy that people are still doing this and thinking that they can get away with doing this," he said.
"These are probably from people who've never met Jonson, [have] never seen him, and they're just using their frustration through a video game to bring it into real life - and seem to think there are no consequences for doing that." He said the EFL had been made aware of the case and added that the team was "supporting Jonson as best we can".He said the case had been referred to the
- an organisation that works with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs Council Football Lead to reduce violence, antisocial behaviour and disorder at matches involving UK teams.
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