I recall having an argument about irony in comedy with Maggie Barber in a pub
in Southampton (after a game at St Mary's) when a chant of "I'd rather be a
Paki than a Turk" broke out. Given that racism is no longer a problem, they
must have been trying to join in the discussion...
Ed.
On 2 Nov
Well Ian, it would be the the last time that Leeds played against a team that
included someone who had a black/arabic player with a foreign sounding
name...because there is a wanker who has stood behind us (a couple of rows back)
for about 6 or 7 seasons who yells at anyone who falls into this ca
Radio 5 did have a plan to interview Leeds fans tonight about policing and
stewarding (and related issues) but I don't know if they still intend to do it.
They may feature Forest v Millwall tomorrow instead.
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All this hysteria over racism in the game lately is doing my head in. Honestly,
when was the last time you heard any racist chanting at a game?
I remember the 'spurs are on their way to Belsen' chant about 10 years ago but
that got shouted down.
The gay chants at Brighton are tongue in cheek a
I wonder how long it will be before Sky pick on fans tonight for homophobic
chanting ?
In their expose on racism a few months back they did bring up homophobia
and used us at Brighton singing 'we can see you holding hands' and 'does
your boyfriend know you're here' as examples. They were not best p
