“It definitely had a massive impact on us to see that in the sky. We were embarrassed, disappointed, upset. We are embarrassed that our name was in it."
The discovery came at the end of a controversial first test of the sport’s ban on the Confederate flag.
Ian Wright has recently been speaking out about the racist abuse he has received on Twitter and Instagram.
The Rugby Football Union has said the song is ‘sung by many who have no awareness of its origins or sensitivities’.
“Please, while the eyes of the nation are on you, make the U-turn and make protecting the lives of some of our most vulnerable a top priority", he said.
Philip Day expressed his support for new proposals which could help restore "the link between club and community".
When the Premier League ground to a halt in March, Sheffield United sat seventh, five points off a Champion’s League spot with a game-in-hand and a home FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal in the diary.
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