EX-LIVERPOOL STAR Stan Collymore has compiled a list of tweets containing racist and abusive language used by Twitter users in recent days in a bid to highlight what he says is a serious issue with racism.
It comes after a week in which English football has been mired in two high-profile racism stories.
The tweets compiled by the footballer turned broadcaster are mainly responding to the fining and banning of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez after an FA commission found that he used racially abusive language towards Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
Meanwhile yesterday, the Crown Prosecution Service recommended that Chelsea and England captain John Terry be prosecuted for using racist language towards Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.
The two stories have ignited a fierce debate about racism in football. While Suarez’s ban has been welcomed in some quarters, others have defended the Uruguayan including his own club, who said they were “very surprised and disappointed with the decision” of the FA.
Collymore, who publicly welcomed Suarez’s ban, has compiled a collection of tweets containing highly racist and abusive language aimed at Evra. The former England international said on Twitter today that he is “highlighting a serious issue”.
“Just have one look at my favourites and tell me there isn’t at least something to address. Nobody’s playing any cards,its there to read,” he tweeted this morning.
These are just some of the tweets which he has compiled:
Collymore, who has publicly spoken about his battle with depression, has also retweeted abusive tweets aimed at him.
Responding he said: ”The lovely comments outstrip the bad 100/1 so thank you to those who do. Not ignoring you,just highlighting a serious issue. x”
Who backs Delaney tho’ ? For such a small & beautiful country we accept a very low standard & we pay the wrong people way too much.
Delaney is a gormless plank,put into the FAI by his ticket tout father
Far from gormless.
Figure out how he can be removed from office, who has to agree to it and who pays their wages.
Nothing gormless about that.
Ah who cares, Trap is still manager. Just have to get used to it till he’s gone. COYBIG !!
Too little too late, both Delaney and Trapp are stuck in a greed warp, unconscionably high salaries and selling Irish soccer short. Under their stewardship, a cancer is taking hold of Irish football that is going to end up setting us back decades.
To appease fans, the big news is that Trapp is attending a match in England today – says it all that this is news. Delaney should go for giving this has been a new long term unaffordable contract before the Euros and Trapp should have been fired. Upcoming friendlys should be boycotted. €150,000 pa is more than enough to pay the FAI head.
Thats even too much for Delaney to be honest,he shouldn’t be there,look at the state if the irish league!!
Sick of the same news recycled by the press everyday about Trap , he’s the manager so let’s move on and back him up during the qualifiers because if we don’t do that we’ve no chance of getting to the world cup.
Trap and Delaney are symbolic of FG and Labour. Only concerned about bondholder payments to themselves.
What?
We hava gooda mentality and a gooda team.
If only.
That Delaney fella is some ass clown, he should have stepped down after the 33rd country comment after the French match, 450k a year for making comments like that. But sure why step down if your signing your own checks. His stupid head suits Irish soccer in fairness, annoying!!
Wolfgang do u read your comments before you post them??
No, why do u?
Sports administration at the highest level in any sport is all political and John Delaney is the consumate politician. No matter how you do the sums we cannot afford for Trap to go with bankrupting the FAI finanacially, so you might as well get used to having Trap until the end of the road for us at WC 2014 however soon it comes to an end for us.
look at the head of tardelli looks like he is hiding something from trap..I smell a rat!
Lol looks like he’s just farted and Trap’s just got wind of it!
LOL. Spot on Mac.
How much do the Irish government contribute toward the FAI either in direct subsidies or in tax breaks, allowances, advertising on pitches, employment grants, ticket purchases, the list goes on. Transparency please as their are people hungry in Ireland while Delaney is bleeding the system for pension and expenses plus his salary. How much will his pension cost as I think he will live to be 100 in spite of us all.
Trap should join Fianna Fail
So John delay gets paid 360000 a year , amount cut in fai grant aid to local clubs last year 370k , how are we still paying so much for such bad leadership and organisation?? A symbol of everything that’s wrong with country at the moment..