SecretSam Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Game abandoned due to a fan racially abusing a player Twitter report 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Good . It needs to be made perfectly clear this racism stupidity wil not be tolerated. I hope the offender is being dealt with by poilce and gets a lengthy if not life ban from football 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 55 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Good . It needs to be made perfectly clear this racism stupidity wil not be tolerated. I hope the offender is being dealt with by poilce and gets a lengthy if not life ban from football Agree with this. However, I do feel uneasy about games being abandoned. I need to be careful how I type this as I don't for one minute want to come across as not taking incidents like this seriously. However, there will be those who will use any means to turn a situation to their advantage. We have all seen matches where organised groups of spectators have gone out of their way to racially abuse players. I'm sure they would love to see the match they were watching abandoned. All those involved in football need to be very careful about abandoning matches. Feels like a giant can of worms being opened. I don't have the answers I'm afraid. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 This should happen every time there is racial abuse. Every time. As for people saying it could be used as an excuse, that makes me sad and says more about them than the situation. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 23, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 29 minutes ago, supercidered said: Agree with this. However, I do feel uneasy about games being abandoned. I need to be careful how I type this as I don't for one minute want to come across as not taking incidents like this seriously. However, there will be those who will use any means to turn a situation to their advantage. We have all seen matches where organised groups of spectators have gone out of their way to racially abuse players. I'm sure they would love to see the match they were watching abandoned. All those involved in football need to be very careful about abandoning matches. Feels like a giant can of worms being opened. I don't have the answers I'm afraid. Very true Do we really want a game abandoned if it is just one person causing a problem? Obviously if it was on a larger scale that changes the dynamics (like England away) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said: This should happen every time there is racial abuse. Every time. As for people saying it could be used as an excuse, that makes me sad and says more about them than the situation. None of this makes any sense at all. Sorry, I'm not trying to be awkward. I just don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkwaymom Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Surely if you say a match will be abandoned every time there is racial abuse from the crowd, anyone unhappy with their team's losing position can shout something racially offensive to get the game abandoned. You might end up with total chaos in the fixtures and more racial abused being shouted than you do now. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Parkwaymom said: Surely if you say a match will be abandoned every time there is racial abuse from the crowd, anyone unhappy with their team's losing position can shout something racially offensive to get the game abandoned. You might end up with total chaos in the fixtures and more racial abused being shouted than you do now. I imagine their minds would be concentrated were they to default each abandoned match with a 3-0 defeat. It might tempt opposition supporters, though, to pretend to be home fans. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReds Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, EmissionImpossible said: This should happen every time there is racial abuse. Every time. As for people saying it could be used as an excuse, that makes me sad and says more about them than the situation. So what is the threshold? In the game that got abandoned the fans got the person, so it looks cut and dried. What happens if a player goes to the ref and says he heard something, but nobody else has, and nobody in the crowd has. Should the players word be the final word, and they all walk off and game abandoned? Surely there has to be some sort of proof, ie others have heard it as well. Quite easy to hear something that hasn't actually been said. The huge amount (and I mean nearly 100%) of fans won't stand for it anymore so some will easily point out who it was if something racial was said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 "Match in England abandoned as missiles rain down on black player." Playing devils advocate, would you all be as happy if the paper had reported this last week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Whilst I would in no way condone racial abuse, players going off crying because someone called them names and abandoning matches is a bit lame. The more you draw attention to it, the worse it seems to get. Surely it's just better not to make a fuss over it and carry on. Seriously, if someone calls me a white honky or something, I really couldn't care less. Throwing objects is another matter. That's simply dangerous and should probably be self policed by the fans. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Whilst I would in no way condone racial abuse, players going off crying because someone called them names and abandoning matches is a bit lame. The more you draw attention to it, the worse it seems to get. Surely it's just better not to make a fuss over it and carry on. Seriously, if someone calls me a white honky or something, I really couldn't care less. Throwing objects is another matter. That's simply dangerous and should probably be self policed by the fans. Uh oh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, grifty said: Uh oh... Did nobody ever tell you that the best way to deal with bullies was to ignore them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Did nobody ever tell you that the best way to deal with bullies was to ignore them? If your view on racism is to ignore it and that players/people who are subjected to racist abuse who bring it to the attention of authorities are "going off crying because someone called them names" then you're never going to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 40 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Did nobody ever tell you that the best way to deal with bullies was to ignore them? My old man used to say punch them in the snout as hard as you can and they won't try it again. He's a nutter though so probably not great advice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 I wonder if the fans got a refund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 I read that the TV microphones picked up what was said. Pretty cut and dry if that's the case. Do away with the vermin. All will come out in the legal process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 2 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said: Did nobody ever tell you that the best way to deal with bullies was to ignore them? A good friend of mine said the best way to deal with a bully is to become a bully yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said: Whilst I would in no way condone racial abuse, players going off crying because someone called them names and abandoning matches is a bit lame. Surely it's just better not to make a fuss over it and carry on. Seriously, if someone calls me a white honky or something, I really couldn't care less. That sounds fair enough. Did anybody ever spit at you, make mooing noises or throw potatoes at you because you were white? Did anybody ever refuse to serve you in a pub or restaurant or let you stay in their B&B because you were white? Did anybody ever shout at you to F Off back to your own country because you were white? I don't know, but I am sure if they did you probably didn't make a fuss and just ignored them, so fair play to you. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said: Whilst I would in no way condone racial abuse, players going off crying because someone called them names and abandoning matches is a bit lame. The more you draw attention to it, the worse it seems to get. Surely it's just better not to make a fuss over it and carry on. Seriously, if someone calls me a white honky or something, I really couldn't care less. Throwing objects is another matter. That's simply dangerous and should probably be self policed by the fans. There’s always one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 It does seem odd that the individual couldn't be dealt with and then letting the game restart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dicks Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Let me get this right. A game of football is abandoned for 99.99% Of decent law abiding fans because of one bloke who racially abused another human being and probably couldn’t give a damn about the abandonment anyway? The world has gone mad ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 In the old days we used to remove the hateful bigots from the event, not cancel the event! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Alan Dicks said: Let me get this right. A game of football is abandoned because of one bloke who racially abused another human being The world has gone mad ! I've amended your post to match what has happened. The world has gone mad that racism is so prevalent in modern society and yet accepted or brushed under the carpet by so many. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, grifty said: I've amended your post to match what has happened. The world has gone mad that racism is so prevalent in modern society and yet accepted or brushed under the carpet by so many. How is it accepted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Just now, AshtonGreat said: How is it accepted? It is accepted by some groups, in fact I’d say it’s been encouraged in recent years. Its not acceptable to the vast majority thankfully. The ignorance of some people astounds me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, grifty said: I've amended your post to match what has happened. The world has gone mad that racism is so prevalent in modern society and yet accepted or brushed under the carpet by so many. You can amend the post all you like, the point still stands. Why wasn’t the moron just dragged out by the stewards and handed over to the police for the law to do its job and let the match continue? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Davefevs said: It is accepted by some groups, in fact I’d say it’s been encouraged in recent years. Its not acceptable to the vast majority thankfully. The ignorance of some people astounds me. Sadly you're always going to get a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, grifty said: I've amended your post to match what has happened. The world has gone mad that racism is so prevalent in modern society and yet accepted or brushed under the carpet by so many. Not sure how old you are but if you think racism is prevalent now You should have seen what it was like in the 70s and 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Maltshoveller said: Not sure how old you are but if you think racism is prevalent now You should have seen what it was like in the 70s and 80s If it's less racist than what it was, less racist is still racist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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