Hitchin Town were 2-0 up away at London Lions on Saturday (6th December) when the game was abandoned after 85 minutes.

In a statement on the club website they explained that "an allegation that a Hitchin player made discriminatory remarks led to the London Lions' players choosing to leave the pitch, giving the referee no choice but to abandon the game".

"We are now working with the relevant authorities to conduct a full investigation into the allegations. Until this is complete we are unable to make any statement on the incident".

"As a club we will not tolerate any forms of discrimination or abuse and we will await the findings of the investigation upon which we will then provide a further update".

Sources told Jewish News that problems began after one of the Hitchin players allegedly described the Lion's players as "big nosed".