INTERESTING and depressing column from Laurence Westgaph in today’s ECHO p.12
Laurence, a passionate blue, tells how he stopped going the match because of racist abuse at Goodison in the 80s.
He points out that this abuse hasn’t been totally wiped out yet. Sadly he is right.
There were some disgraceful racist shouts at Arsenal’s Kolo Toure from the Gwladys on Saturday, near where my mate sits behind the goal, which went unpunished (or unheard) by stewards.
It’s a very hard one.
The Goodison stewards are people I think very highly of. They always have a smile and sense of humour doing their vital job with upmost professionalism.
Equally it must be difficult, in the heat of the moment, to identify who shouted what - and then to deal with it as tempers are flaring around them.
I just don’t want to hear racism at Goodison anymore. I’m sick of it. It is becoming less and less frequent and the club are making great strides.
The prominent ‘Everton Against Racism’ signs set out our agenda plainly and isolated outbursts of racism can happen at many grounds.
I do wonder though, as Laurence does, how the bigots feel about our best players being a mix of black men and foreigners.
I'd say their brains must be torn with the irony. If they had ones.
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John wrote...
Here, here. I doubt these morons would put forward the same pathetic reponse when Anichebe, Yobo or Piennar has just thumped in a winner for us.
Sadly, there are many dense, empty-headed idiots who watch football, who, when wanting to express their anger, do so by resorting to the 'n' word, or other unsavoury references to race.
Posted by: John | December 31, 2007 12:11 PM