West Brom fan jailed over ‘grossly offensive’ racial abuse posted on Facebook

Simon Silwood has been jailed for eight weeks (Matthew Cooper/PA)

A West Brom fan found guilty of racially abusing one of his own team’s players on Facebook has been jailed for eight weeks.

Simon Silwood posted a message saying Romaine Sawyers should win the “Baboon d’Or” – a sarcastic reference to the Ballon d’Or trophy – following the Baggies’ 5-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Hawthorns on January 26.