Fans must take it upon themselves to resist football's politics of hate | Barney Ronay

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As poison drips from parliament, racism in football has surged. Clearly our leaders cannot be trusted to set the right tone

Gary Neville was right. It might have struck a jarring note in the post-match Sky Sports studio, sandwiched between the unsmiling platitudes of Roy Keane and an ad-break sting. But Neville was right to state that for the last few years British politicians have deliberately, or at best carelessly [narrator: it was deliberate], leveraged racial tensions for political gain.

 

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Boris Johnson’s remarks on migration have “fuelled” the rise in racist incidents in recent years. Fact.

WHAT HATE!?

I no longer watch it. It's no longer a sport. It has always been a place that attracts loosers that find solace in tribal frustration venting but it has gone too far.

City fans already have. By the timne I got back from match the pic was on various forums and the suspects named. Was reported to club and police and already arrested. Cityzens don't protect possible scumbags.

There’s probably a parallel with life in there somewhere, if only I could put my finger on it.

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