Were the English fans racist re Ferdinand?
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My thoughts are that the taunts were not racist see - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/en...
t has gone too far!
Why would England fans sing about Anton? And the 'we know what you are' chant. Was that in reference to what Terry said to Anton and then got done for by the FA for?
The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
RedTrident said:
Why would England fans sing about Anton? And the 'we know what you are' chant. Was that in reference to what Terry said to Anton and then got done for by the FA for?
The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
As far as I can tell from the reporting, it's because nobody can find any actual recorded evidence of the singing of said song.The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
RedTrident said:
Why would England fans sing about Anton? And the 'we know what you are' chant. Was that in reference to what Terry said to Anton and then got done for by the FA for?
The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
The bonfire song has been sung for years on the terraces, I've heard it myself at Liverpool.The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
Mancs singing it about Scousers, I would have thought you'd have heard this one RT?
http://youtu.be/zR8bKisufeE
Edited by Glenred on Saturday 30th March 10:54
RedTrident said:
Why would England fans sing about Anton? And the 'we know what you are' chant. Was that in reference to what Terry said to Anton and then got done for by the FA for?
The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
Yes of course the song is ofensive but is it racist? IMO any racist link it so say the least tenuous.The bit I do find offensive is the putting someone in a bonfire and burning them alive. That they happened to be black and put into context with the Terry Anton Ferdinand issue alongside the we know what you are chant. Well even if I don't think it was racist I can see why someone else might.
Regardless, yet again the FA's inability to respond with speed doesn't help.
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