Danny Rose has had enough: this time football needs to agree with him | Barney Ronay

Apr 05, 2019

Recent reactions to racism are perhaps leading football somewhere new – isn’t it about time the game listened to the advice of its young black players?

You get up from your desk at work to go for a cup of coffee. On your way down the corridor the accounts payable team leap to their feet, fists banging the glass partition, and shout violent abuse about your wife and extended family. You walk past with a steely gaze, jaw clenched.

Later you will be praised for this “professional” response by one of your senior managers, who adds that sadly there’s nothing they can do about accounts payable as this is a problem in society generally.

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