An investigation is underway after a racist remark was allegedly directed at Altrincham FC midfielder Josh Ginnelly during the Robins’ match at Barrow on Saturday.
Ginnelly, who is on loan from Burnley, made the complaint to fourth official Natalie Aspinall, who informed other match officials after the match.
Barrow, who won the game 3-2, are now carrying out a review of the available video footage.
The Football Association and Cumbria Police are also conducting an investigation.
Altrincham caretaker boss Neil Tolson, in charge at Moss Lane after the departure of Lee Sinnott last week, described the alleged racist comments as “unacceptable”.
“It’s not acceptable in the game – and it’s not acceptable to be spoken to in that way by anyone,” he told BBC Sport.
“The biggest concern for me as a manager – how is Josh and how is it affecting him?
“It’s unacceptable to anyone, not just our player. That is across the board.”
Russ Dodd, secretary at Barrow AFC, said: “The clubs obviously will be investigating seriously.
“There’s no place for this in football. It’s something that we deplore.”
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