Thought this was worth a thread…
Coventry played at Hillsborough twice in a week (league and cup).
Last weekend Palmer stopped the game and had the ref come look at a fan who was making racist gestures towards him, there’s pretty damning video evidence and I hope they’re dealt with swiftly.
Fast forward to the second game last night and Palmer plays again. Home fans decided they would boo in two instances: first the Coventry players took a knee before KO, booed by home fans and second, Palmer himself was booed when he touched the ball.
I’m frankly astounded and very disappointed that this is part of the game in this country in 2024.
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Utter scum.
In case no one has noticed, the world is full of knobheads of every political, social, sexual and racial demographic.
Minorities always seem to have the loudest voices and will only get shut down if the majority of decent folk speak up and say they won't tolerate it. It's always amazed me how people seem to think that it's okay to shout out racist and homophobic abuse at a football match, as if it gives them some sort of immunity.
I grew up in the 1950s-60s when casual racism truly was the norm for much of society, along with prejudice against many other minorities. Thankfully we have progressed since then, but that is not to say things are now perfect.
We now have laws against racism, etc, and the numbers exhibiting those views openly in a football crowd are now sufficiently small that it should not be beyond the relevant authorities to identify and punish perpetrators. Yes, ideally the crowd would police itself in these matters, but many of us would put our personal safety above the possible consequences of confronting a racist - and possibly violent - thug. It might help decent fans if every club displayed prominently a phone number which could be discretely texted with the seat number of the perpetrator and a brief message such as "racist chanting" to help CCTV zoom in.
So my question is whether the police forces in towns where racism is openly expressed on the football terraces have a problem enforcing the law? And does that problem lie within the police organisation, or within the management of the football club?
Trying to justify the racists are just as bad as the racist scum - If the likes of Barry Bannan were trying to stop Palmer from reporting it to the Referee, then he needs reporting himself
If only there was a vacancy somewhere in London for him..............