‘Maybe we are alone’: Jude Bellingham questions whether authorities ‘care’ about racist abuse directed at Black footballers and other minorities
Catherine McGregor, the chief executive of The Football Association, has strongly denied claims that racism is rife at the game. ‘It is a concern, but we won’t allow it to affect the game,’ she said
Jude Bellingham, who was branded a ‘racist’ by the PFA for questioning racial abuse at football matches, says it is a ‘total lack of faith’ in the authorities over the issue. He also claims the authorities ‘don’t care’ about racism at football. Yesterday Mr Bellingham, 35, who is also president of the Football Supporters’ Association, published his response to criticism he received this week for a piece he wrote for the Guardian which suggested fans should ‘raise the subject in public’. Jude Bellingham, the president and CEO of the Football Association, has been branded a ‘racist’ by fans and other commentators for saying that racism is rife at football. He was called a ‘racist’ for suggesting that football is ‘the most diverse league in the world’ and that’many people can’t stand football because it makes them feel uncomfortable’. Mr Bellingham, who is president of the Football Supporters’ Association, has written that fans should raise the issue in public if the authorities do not have the ‘confidence or authority to do so’. Advertisement
‘It is a concern but it will not affect the game.’
He has written in response to criticism he received for his statement that racism is rife at football.
Mr Bellingham, who is president of the Football Supporters’ Association, has written in response to criticism he received for his statement that racism is rife at football.
He was called a ‘racist’ among other fans and critics for suggesting that football was the most diverse league in the world and that,’many people are uncomfortable with football because it makes them feel uncomfortable’.
Mr Bellingham wrote that fans should raise the issue in public if the authorities do not have the ‘confidence or authority to do so’.
His comments, which he made to the Guardian, sparked protests from fans and a backlash from the PFA, who accused him of ‘losing his mind’.
The PFA said the Football Association’s ‘lack of faith in its own security forces to deal with racist
