This morning.
A joint statement has been released from the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland and the Irish and British branches of Show Racism the Red Card, in support of Stoke City player James McClean, from Derry, who refused to wear the poppy when his side faced Middlesborough last Sunday.
Mr McClean was warned yesterday by the English Football Association over a post he wrote on Instagram in which he responded to critics over his refusal to wear a poppy.
Yesterday: FA issue warning to James McClean over language (RTE)
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Isn’t this the sport where they throw sterling pound coins at black players on the pitch? Racism is rampant in soccer.
As is sexism, not helped by james’s use of the c word
Is it really sexist to call someone a c-word? I wouldn’t really consider it misandrist to call a man a d|ck or a pr|ck, for example.
Not quite the same.
Would you call woman a d|ck or a pr|ck,?
Sure, I suppose*
*I’m very, very unlikely to call anyone any of those terms
I call people those words all the time.
Nothing sexist about any of them. Rude/impolite maybe but sexist no
Post-Brexit they’ll have a new “special” coin to throw to express their racism. How appropriate.
I think the reaction of most fans in Britain would be James Who ? He is after all a bargain basement journeyman.
However I would suggest that,the usual knuckle-draggers apart,British football like most other European countries,has done much to stamp out racism in their sport.
Occasional incidents do happen but thankfully they’re in a minority.
I think the warning to McClean was an attempt to defuse the situation by asking him not to be abusive on social media.
He’s only missed a dozen or so games in his 3 years at WBA in the Premier League. A few more with Wigan previously, and a few more with Sunderland Previously. 5 professional clubs in 10+ years isn’t quite journeyman status.
This guy however
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Pfannenstiel
Dismisses the victim, minimises the abuse, places responsibility for the abuse on the victim. Absolutely classic.
James who…
You’ve mentioned him every day over the past week you hypocrite.
Everyone knows who he is you spanner
You’re some breast.
He’s only missed a dozen or so games in his 3 years at WBA in the Premier League. A few more with Wigan previously, and a few more with Sunderland Previously. 5 professional clubs in 10+ years isn’t quite journeyman status.
This guy however
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Pfannenstiel
Stoke,Wigan,Sunderland,West Brom – the only journey they go on is up and down the relegation zone.
What premiership clubs do you play for?
to be fair to them, the english FA are doing more than any other association to deal with racism and abuse etc. and it’s working – you get isolated incidents at english grounds, but stewards are on it as quickly as possible. and there’s almost no tolerance for it from others. it’s a big change from even 10 or 15 years ago.
the situation in spain and italy, in particular, is very different. i wouldn’t take a child to a football match in spain or italy. i’ve witnessed 90 full minutes of monkey grunting and banana throwing with stewards, police and other spectators ignoring it. it’s not much better in scotland.
Anti Irish slurs are the last acceptable form Xenophobia (we never seem to use the word racism correctly) in Britain. The British have been conditioned to see the Irish as a sub species of lower intelligence than that of the average Briton, Nemanja Matic gave some vague reason for not wearing a poppy which didn’t really make any sense and there was nothing said about it. Once the ruddy paddy refuses to wear a poppy it’s potatoes this paddy’s that.