"Supporter" banned for racism

[anfieldanfield]

The lad behind me at Arsenal away shouted...

"**** off back to France you greasy, ****ing french ****"

Should he have been kicked out then ?

I still think it's a fine line.

[Shaggy]

The lad behind me at Arsenal away shouted...

"**** off back to France you greasy, ****ing french ****"

Should he have been kicked out then ?

I still think it's a fine line.

Me too.

I think the chap you refer to went over the line, like, but I've been told off for something similar before. From the front row of the Paddock I shouted "you ****ing dirty Argie *******" at Veron when he was playing for Chelsea...I got a ticking off from a steward and one of my uber-right-on mates lambasted me.

Was I out of order?

[Draxdor]

Who's the fat bloke and the chick in your avatar ?

That, if I can make it out correctly, is one of Canada's greatest exports, Randy, of the Trailer Park Boys. The chick is some random person on a bus, offended by his enormous, Rooney-like paunch.

[anfieldanfield]

Me too.

I think the chap you refer to went over the line, like, but I've been told off for something similar before. From the front row of the Paddock I shouted "you ****ing dirty Argie *******" at Veron when he was playing for Chelsea...I got a ticking off from a steward and one of my uber-right-on mates lambasted me.

Was I out of order?

I wouldn't bat an eyelid if someone shouted "you ****ing dirty Argie *******" at Veron from the stands.

Does that make me tolerant of low level racism ? Not sure...

It's such a tricky one.

[red g]

when i was younger, not proud of myself but i had a season ticket in the paddock and Chris hughton sliced one of our players in half think it was Paul walsh anyway i stood up and shouted 'you black *******' to my horror there was a coloured guy 2 seats away from me, when i dropped my programme on the floor he stoood all over it, least i deserved to be honest.

I am glad this bloke got banned football is a better place without the banana throwing etc

[Shaggy]

Ouch. Very brave of you to admit that, red g.

[ronan]

not tricky at all
same as calling someone an english/irish/scots/welsh *******
no one would bat an eyelid at that
its only when you bring in colour of skin or religon that people get up in arms.

[Draxdor]

The lad behind me at Arsenal away shouted...

"**** off back to France you greasy, ****ing french ****"

Should he have been kicked out then ?

I still think it's a fine line.

I guess that's not any worse than screaming at John Terry that he's a "greasy English ****"... i suppose...

I mean, if a guy is from France, and you call him a "French ****" is that "racism"?

[anfieldanfield]

when i was younger, not proud of myself but i had a season ticket in the paddock and Chris hughton sliced one of our players in half think it was Paul walsh anyway i stood up and shouted 'you black *******' to my horror there was a coloured guy 2 seats away from me, when i dropped my programme on the floor he stoood all over it, least i deserved to be honest.

I am glad this bloke got banned football is a better place without the banana throwing etc

What a scallywag! Talk about taking revenge.

[anfieldanfield]

Milan Baros has been dubbed 'racist' for this...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r7cw_baros-vs-mbia

Ridiculous.

[andyinswinton]

I don't think I've ever been to a game where just one fan has been chanting on his own, regardless of what its about. This guy must have balls the size of watermelons if he gets up and starts racially abusing a player on his own in the middle of a stand.

Its good that there appears to be some sort of zero tollerance on this kinda thing but being made to stop calling somebody like Veron a dirty argie ******* will take all the fun out of football.

[Red_Polo]

It's equally racist to say 'you French *******' as it is to say 'you black *******' from the pov that they are both just as bigoted. BUT it's pretty obvious that one statement is far more ignorant and harmful. There isn't a recent history of major problems in society with people being prejudiced against the French in the way that there is with black people, and that's why one phrase rightly brings about a level of disgust the other doesn't. One is just a deliberately provocative insult, whereas the other is an altogether more harmful slur which carries a sinister ideology with it.

[Mumsafan]

The French are an incredibly racist bunch

[red g]

Ouch. Very brave of you to admit that, red g.

not proud of myself, but it was rife in the eighties and as a yoof i never knew any better !!

[Mumsafan]

There's always loads of it at our away game - always from the same people. I hope the **** who got done was one of them lot.