(CNN)Football has faced plenty of problems over racist and homophobic chanting and now a British broadcaster wants action taken after fans allegedly sang songs which mocked people with disabilities. Kevin Kilbane, a former Republic of Ireland international who played with Everton in the English Premier League, reported West Ham supporters to the English Football Association for derogatory chants against Tottenham's Harry Kane during Sunday's game. The former winger, who now works for the BBC, was not at the game but was shocked to hear "mong" chants had been sung at the game. Kilbane was told about the chants by Andy Merriman -- a Tottenham season-ticket holder whose daughter lives with Down's syndrome. Kilbane's daughter Elsie has the same condition and he is a patron of the Down's Syndrome Association.
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Footballer turned TV presenter Kevin Kilbane reported West Ham fans' disablist chants to the FA
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The chant allegedly focused on Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane and mocked people with disabilities
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Kilbane, who has a daughter with Down's syndrome, said his children would be devastated if they heard it
"The club emailed every supporter who had bought a ticket to Sunday's game to remind them that they were acting as ambassadors for @placeholder" a West Ham spokesman said Monday.