Racism In Football

During England's 3-0 victory away in Bulgaria, certain groups of the Bulgaria national teams 'fans' directed monkey chants at Ashley Young. This was vile and out of order and should have been prevented by proper stewarding or policing at the match. Football is not a game for racists to display their hateful views, after all it is what I just said - a game. How can a game, especially one which unites countries in huge events such as the World Cup attract such a racist narrow minded crowd? Passions can get out of control in some instances, but to direct their hate at a man who is both doing his job and doing what he loves is just plain wrong. He respects his country simply by playing his heart out every time he pulls on the England shirt, and that is a respectable man regardless of his skin colour of beliefs. The type of so called 'fan' who portrays his racist views at a football match is probably a man who needs others around him to believe in what they believe in, otherwise he wouldn't dare chant racist garbage at the players as he would be too scared or feel too out of place so he needs his fellow narrow minded individuals around to spur each other on. This is as pathetic as a man can get. Ashley Young however shone as an example to others as he did not let it affect his game and he played on and had a decent performance to boot. He won't let these thugs get the better of him with their spiteful meaningless words and good on him, after all to re-iterate an earlier point, he is just doing what he loves. Racism has no place in football and every step should be taken to abolish it although finding a solution to this problem is easier said than done. Well done to the England team for getting a good win for Euro 2012 qualification and well done to Ashley Young for keeping his head held high during the game. You are a good example Mr Young!