edotherocket 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 ONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - British ministers have condemned the 'disgraceful' racial abuse of England's black players during Wednesday's friendly international against Spain in Madrid and demanded that soccer authorities take action. Monkey noises were heard when Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips touched the ball during England's 1-0 defeat and chants of 'If you are not f**king black, jump up and down' rang out from the 55,000 crowd at Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium. The English FA had already complained that racist chanting marred Tuesday's under-21 friendly between the two countries and has contacted FIFA after Wednesday's scenes. Rest of the story can be found at: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=316723&cc=3436 Seriously...what the fuck is that all about? Are there really that many racist Spanish football supporters out there that are that stupid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Gotta say that definitely isn't something I would ever expect. Geezus, that's totally classless by Spain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Fuck that's funny... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted November 19, 2004 It is, actually. That requires quite an amount of coordination to get a chant that long going too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Fuck that's funny... Seconded I'd like to see FIFA (hell, any major sports body) try to shut up 50K+ people at once The only punishment I could see is if they take away home games from that team, but 1) I think it would create even more problems and 2) given how Euro-football fans are, I don't think that'd be a very smart move anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 I kind of expected this from British or the Germans but the Spanish? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 No one complains about rioting and murders, but racism? Wow.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 The Spanish are probably the most racist group of people (on average) in Europe after French & Germans, so I'm not that surprised. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 The Spanish are probably the most racist group of people (on average) in Europe after French & Germans, so I'm not that surprised. nah, Scottish people are pretty damn racist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaMarka 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 The Spanish are probably the most racist group of people (on average) in Europe after French & Germans, so I'm not that surprised. nah, Scottish people are pretty damn racist. The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Fuck that's funny... Seconded I'd like to see FIFA (hell, any major sports body) try to shut up 50K+ people at once The only punishment I could see is if they take away home games from that team, but 1) I think it would create even more problems and 2) given how Euro-football fans are, I don't think that'd be a very smart move anyway They could make them play their home games in an empty stadium (as in, no fans allowed) which would punish both the team (fuck over their home field advantage) and the fans (who wouldn't be able to see their team play). The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? The closest would be the Polish ... who are only racist because they find Polish jokes so funny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 It doesn't help that the Spanish manager called one of the top players in the world a 'black shit' a few weeks before these matches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 I'd say any eastern european and scandinavian country aren't as racist as western europe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 I'd say any eastern european and scandinavian country aren't as racist as western europe. I dunno. Most of the problems in recent years with English clubs in the UEFA Cup came against teams from Eastern Europe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorin Industries 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Northern Ireland is becoming extremely racist, its been in quite a few papers that Belfast is now the most racist city in Europe. Figures, if we couldn't stop beating each other up over religon then there was no chance that people of other races were going to escape unscathed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 I can't see that ever happening at a game in the States. I'm kind of surprised that people are still that backward and prejudiced in Spain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Nah, the Spaniards just say aloud what some people over here are thinking. Sad but true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiny norman 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 I recall several years back, when Australia was playing a home game against Israel, a group unfurled a massive banner saying "Hitler was right". So it's not just the Europeans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest webmasterofwrestlegame Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Sepp Blatter, head of FIFA, has today suggested that FIFA would have supported England if they walked off after hearing racial abuse. Blatter went on to suggest that this is what should be done in the future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4029757.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? The Dutch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Racism in Europe? Color me not shocked. Racist as hell folks over there. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? The Dutch? Have you been paying attention to the news lately? Some people over there are talking of deporting all Muslims from the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? The Dutch? Have you been paying attention to the news lately? Some people over there are talking of deporting all Muslims from the country. That's not racist -- that's smart. And I've heard that some of those European countries have some strict-ass rules regarding immigration. And wasn't there an incident a while ago in the NHL where this black guy was fighting someone and that person called him the "n" word? There seemed to be more of an outrage over the word than the actual fight itself... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Yep. John Vanbeesbruk (I cant spell his name) said it to one of his players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 21, 2004 The real question: what people in Europe aren't racist? The Dutch? Have you been paying attention to the news lately? Some people over there are talking of deporting all Muslims from the country. He's advocating removing all radical Muslims who refuse to live by Dutch law. More power to him. He should deport them --- then shoot them while they're leaving. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted November 21, 2004 He should deport them --- then shoot them while they're leaving. -=Mike ZIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER! HEIL! HEIL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 21, 2004 He should deport them --- then shoot them while they're leaving. -=Mike ZIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER! HEIL! HEIL! People who have few problems butchering a filmmaker for daring to make a movie discussing their lack of respect for women --- well, my empathy for them tends to be lacking. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Well at least us in Europe didn't wait till the 1860s to realise that maybe, just maybe, having black people as slaves was not the best thing to do... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Well at least us in Europe didn't wait till the 1860s to realise that maybe, just maybe, having black people as slaves was not the best thing to do... Too bad dropping "N" bombs is not a rarity. Nor is sending Jews off to get slaughtered en masse. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 The N word is a rarity over here - former soccer manager Ron Atkinson was sacked from his TV job for saying it when he thought his microphone was dead and it got huge press because it just isn't a word used. The only time I ever hear it is when I'm unlucky enough to hear some US rap music. And, yeah, I forgot everyone not born in the US is actually just like Hitler, my mistake. But there's similar attitude is the US, if not to Jews. Millions of peope didn't vote for Kennedy as he was a Catholic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
