France to honour slain fan at Faroes match

Raymond Domenech revealed on Friday that there will be a minute’s silence in memory of Toulouse fan Brice Taton ahead of France’s World Cup qualifying match with the Faroe Islands.

Taton died at the end of September after being attacked by thugs prior to Toulouse’s Europa League match at Serbian side Partizan Belgrade.

“We’ll do a minute’s silence in his memory and in the memory of everyone who’s been the victim of this kind of thing,” said France coach Domenech, whose team face the Faroe Islands in Guingamp on Saturday.

“We find it unbelievably stupid that someone should die like that for a football match.”

World football governing body FIFA have threatened to dock World Cup qualifying points from Serbia if their supporters are found to have engaged in further hooligan activity.

“Sometimes warnings are useless,” Domenech said.