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Quote from: Axholme Lion on June 05, 2020, 02:25:55 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on June 05, 2020, 03:32:01 amWhat I do not understand is why is it when we have so many of our brothers with origins from the Indian sub continent in the UK do we have so few playing professional football ? I cannot think of any.Maybe they prefer cricket?Your comment, not for the first time, is an absolute disgrace.
Quote from: Avsuptem on June 05, 2020, 03:32:01 amWhat I do not understand is why is it when we have so many of our brothers with origins from the Indian sub continent in the UK do we have so few playing professional football ? I cannot think of any.Maybe they prefer cricket?
What I do not understand is why is it when we have so many of our brothers with origins from the Indian sub continent in the UK do we have so few playing professional football ? I cannot think of any.
Quote from: RoversAlias on June 05, 2020, 04:08:08 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on June 05, 2020, 02:25:55 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on June 05, 2020, 03:32:01 amWhat I do not understand is why is it when we have so many of our brothers with origins from the Indian sub continent in the UK do we have so few playing professional football ? I cannot think of any.Maybe they prefer cricket?Your comment, not for the first time, is an absolute disgrace.I'm in the very odd position if struggling to see what is wrong with AL's post. Traditionally, cricket HAS been more popular than football in the Indian sub-continent and I don't see how mentioning that can possibly be construed as offensive. Surely that must be A factor in why there are so few footballers from a South Asian heritage?
Look at Frank Lampard, straight in at Derby as soon as he got his badges, Gerrard straight in at Rangers. Top, or near top flight, your first job. How many black ex prem footballers have done that? I can only think of Paul Ince was he straight in at Blackburn? And were they even in the prem at that time. Hasselbaink started at Barnet and Campbell at ???. Absolute legendary prem players first job almost Sunday league relative to their white peers.Personally don't see any problem with saying Bangladesh national sport is cricket. There's no white people doing sumo wrestling in Japan but I'm not getting up in arms about it. I think we need to be careful not to brand everyone a racist or suggest they are so quickly as we do these days.However, to deny that there is a problem of some sort in the game we love is a problem for me. Because it's quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match.So, back to the original idea. I'm getting the sense that many feel the idea is good, showing support to DM is good, but perhaps using a banner is not the way to do it?Or is it? It just needs more organisingOr, some other expression is needed?
Quote from: DRFC_AjA on June 07, 2020, 07:50:13 amLook at Frank Lampard, straight in at Derby as soon as he got his badges, Gerrard straight in at Rangers. Top, or near top flight, your first job. How many black ex prem footballers have done that? I can only think of Paul Ince was he straight in at Blackburn? And were they even in the prem at that time. Hasselbaink started at Barnet and Campbell at ???. Absolute legendary prem players first job almost Sunday league relative to their white peers.Personally don't see any problem with saying Bangladesh national sport is cricket. There's no white people doing sumo wrestling in Japan but I'm not getting up in arms about it. I think we need to be careful not to brand everyone a racist or suggest they are so quickly as we do these days.However, to deny that there is a problem of some sort in the game we love is a problem for me. Because it's quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match.So, back to the original idea. I'm getting the sense that many feel the idea is good, showing support to DM is good, but perhaps using a banner is not the way to do it?Or is it? It just needs more organisingOr, some other expression is needed?“Because it’s quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match”.It is many, many years since I heard a racist chant or shout out at a Rovers match.
Quote from: drfchound on June 07, 2020, 08:02:26 amQuote from: DRFC_AjA on June 07, 2020, 07:50:13 amLook at Frank Lampard, straight in at Derby as soon as he got his badges, Gerrard straight in at Rangers. Top, or near top flight, your first job. How many black ex prem footballers have done that? I can only think of Paul Ince was he straight in at Blackburn? And were they even in the prem at that time. Hasselbaink started at Barnet and Campbell at ???. Absolute legendary prem players first job almost Sunday league relative to their white peers.Personally don't see any problem with saying Bangladesh national sport is cricket. There's no white people doing sumo wrestling in Japan but I'm not getting up in arms about it. I think we need to be careful not to brand everyone a racist or suggest they are so quickly as we do these days.However, to deny that there is a problem of some sort in the game we love is a problem for me. Because it's quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match.So, back to the original idea. I'm getting the sense that many feel the idea is good, showing support to DM is good, but perhaps using a banner is not the way to do it?Or is it? It just needs more organisingOr, some other expression is needed?“Because it’s quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match”.It is many, many years since I heard a racist chant or shout out at a Rovers match.Dead right Hound. They would be reported to stewards immediately, and quite rightly so.
Quote from: scawsby steve on June 07, 2020, 03:05:49 pmQuote from: drfchound on June 07, 2020, 08:02:26 amQuote from: DRFC_AjA on June 07, 2020, 07:50:13 amLook at Frank Lampard, straight in at Derby as soon as he got his badges, Gerrard straight in at Rangers. Top, or near top flight, your first job. How many black ex prem footballers have done that? I can only think of Paul Ince was he straight in at Blackburn? And were they even in the prem at that time. Hasselbaink started at Barnet and Campbell at ???. Absolute legendary prem players first job almost Sunday league relative to their white peers.Personally don't see any problem with saying Bangladesh national sport is cricket. There's no white people doing sumo wrestling in Japan but I'm not getting up in arms about it. I think we need to be careful not to brand everyone a racist or suggest they are so quickly as we do these days.However, to deny that there is a problem of some sort in the game we love is a problem for me. Because it's quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match.So, back to the original idea. I'm getting the sense that many feel the idea is good, showing support to DM is good, but perhaps using a banner is not the way to do it?Or is it? It just needs more organisingOr, some other expression is needed?“Because it’s quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match”.It is many, many years since I heard a racist chant or shout out at a Rovers match.Dead right Hound. They would be reported to stewards immediately, and quite rightly so.I've heard racism at the rovers, if you think that it doesn't happen you're burying your head in the sand.
“Because it’s quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match”.It is many, many years since I heard a racist chant or shout out at a Rovers match.
Quote from: drfchound on June 07, 2020, 08:02:26 am“Because it’s quite obvious just by opening your ears at a match”.It is many, many years since I heard a racist chant or shout out at a Rovers match.Wish I could say the same thing.Bristol City away a few seasons back a Rovers fan was very audibly shouting racist abuse at the assistant referee. What bothered me most about this was that I was about 10 rows down and was the only person to say anything. I tried to shout him down from where I was and then at half-time went up to ask him why he thought that was acceptable. In hindsight I wish I'd pointed him out to a steward, but as I was at the game on my own, that didn't seem the safest option.More recently I called out a group of Rovers fans walking through Hyde Park singing racist songs last season.