Wilfred Zaha, Nathan Bryne and Duane Holmes targetted with racial abuse on Saturday

Three separate incidents of racism were recorded in English football on Saturday.

In a yet another besmirching episode of racism in football, Wilfred Zaha has allegedly been targetted on Twitter racially after his side's 1-0 victory over Newcastle United. The Crystal Palace forward won the penalty that saw his side edge out Newcastle in the Premier League game.

The penalty-winning incident didn't go well apparently with some of the fans racially abusing Zaha, tagging his official account in derogatory comments regarding the colour of his skin.

This was though not the only case of racism in football on Saturday as two more such events came to notice in English football.

A Brentford season ticket holder was arrested by police for racially abusing Duane Holmes in his side's 3-3 draw with the Frank Lampard managed side.

Holmes after getting abused reported the incident to the police and his manager. The man was initially taken into the custody but was later released on bail until an unspecified date in May. A FA spokesperson has encouraged fans to turn up and report anything they know about the aforesaid incident.

Zaha wasn't the only one to have racial slurs on the online platform. Wigan Athletic's winger Nathan Bryne was subjected to the same on Twitter. The slurs come after Bryne rescued a point for the Latics at Bristol City.

The Championship club angered by the incident have condemned it in a statement released on their website, and have reported the same to the police assuring to work in tandem with the relevant authorities in their investigation.

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Former QPR manager Chris Ramsey was critical of the ones involved in the events, while came out in full support of the ones being targetted. While speaking to the Sky Sports, he said, "We're always disappointed, but it's never really gone away has it? Now there is more awareness, which is something I think is important."

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"People are aware that these incidents are more prevalent than not."

"So, fair play to the people that are dealing with it and fair play to the people that have brought it to our attention."