Manchester United played out an eventful 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Premier League at the weekend.
After the game, YouTuber Flex decided to do a match review for his channel The United View outside Old Trafford. It’s something the content creator does after almost every home match.
Flex, whose actual name is Flex Alexander, has gained popularity for being one of the more reasonable YouTubers and has appeared on Sky Sports in the past too.
As Flex got ready to do the match review, a female Chelsea fan wandered in front of the camera and started pestering him.
The YouTuber kept his cool and tried to urge her to go away so he can continue with his work. The supporter ended up getting agitated by Flex ‘shooing’ her away and made a racial remark at him as she went off.
Apparently the supporter something like ‘n***** out’ to the Black YouTuber, leaving him absolutely stunned.
Flex could be heard saying that she shouldn’t be able to get away with what just happened, but he ultimately regained his composure and got back to his work.
After the game, he spoke to The Sun about the incident and stated: “I was shocked and disgusted with that I’d heard.
Unfortunately it’s the reality for many black people in various walks of life in our society. This behaviour must face consequences, it has been and always will be unacceptable.”
Flex has received a lot of support for being strong and brave despite this incident.
He’s shared a video reflecting on his thoughts on dealing with racism in the UK and Manchester United defender Harry Maguire even left a comment showing his supporter to the YouTuber.
Even though the female fan might’ve escaped scot-free at that point, Flex’s fans and well wishers on social media began to hunt for her identity.
Well, it turns out the digging actually succeeded in finding the identity of this racist supporter.
She’s named ‘Alix Sutton’ and her social media posts have confirmed that she was at Old Trafford for the match on Sunday (3 November).
She has over 5,000 followers on her Instagram and appears to do some work with music management brand One Star.
All Manchester United can do is to put this racist fan on their ban list and ensure that she can’t enter their stadium to any future matches. If Flex moves forward to file charges against her, she could even get into legal trouble.
Earlier this year, a fan was banned from football matches for shouting racial abuse during a Tottenham Hotspur match. Another supporter was jailed for making racist remarks at Forest Green Roevrs player Jordan Garrick in 2024 too.
Manchester United need to act sharply against this racist fan to send the right messages on how racism cannot be tolerated inside or outside Old Trafford. But this shocking incident is proof that racist fans are quite active in Premier League matches and aren’t even scared anymore of being open about it in front of a camera.
