#INSERT type:image caption:Wigan chairman Dave Whelan could face fresh disciplinary action for new racially and ethnically charged comments. END#
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan could face fresh disciplinary action after he referred to his old local Chinese restaurant as "chingalings'' in an interview with a Jewish newspaper.
The 78-year-old has been given until Dec. 12 to respond to a Football Association misconduct charge over remarks he made about Jewish and Chinese people in a newspaper interview where he was trying to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as the club's new manager.
Mackay is also the subject of an FA investigation into allegedly racist text messages he sent during his time at Cardiff. Both men deny being racist.
The Guardian had reported that Whelan said ''Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else'' and, when asked about Mackay's past indiscretions, replied by saying it was ''nothing'' to call a Chinese person a ''chink."
On that last point, the Jewish Telegraph asked Whelan whether he himself had ever used the term, to which he replied: "When I was growing up we used to call the Chinese 'chingalings.'
"We weren't being disrespected [sic]. We used to say, 'we're going to eat in chingalings.'
"The Chinese weren't offended by that. That was the name everyone in Wigan called it [the first Chinese cafe in Wigan].''
Wigan have warned supporters not to use racist, sexist or homophobic language during Saturday's match against Norwich.
A Latics statement released on Friday afternoon warned that anyone caught swearing or using discriminatory language would be ejected and possibly subject to further sanctions.
"Wigan Athletic are reminding supporters that it is illegal to swear or use racist, homophobic or sexist language," the statement read.
"The club has a zero tolerance on this and any supporter found to be using inappropriate language runs the risk of being ejected from the match, with further sanctions being available depending on the severity of the case.''
The club said that anyone witnessing behaviour of this sort should report it in confidence to the DW Stadium incident report text line.