West Bromwich Albion latest Premier League club to ban vuvuzelas

West Brom enforce ban on plastic horn...

By Kevin Emery

Vuvuzela - Serbia vs. Ghana - World Cup 2010 (Getty Images)
West Bromwich Albion have become the latest Premier League club to ban vuvuzelas from all matches at the Hawthorns next season.

They join Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Everton, Birmingham, Fulham and West Ham United in banning the controversial horn.

The Midlands club, who won promotion from the Championship last season, feel the instruments would contravene Premier League and Football League ground regulations and also be unpopular with supporters.

The horns gained notoriety at the World Cup in South Africa and divided opinion of football fans and players all over the world.

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