If You Think This Evil Is Confined to the Costas, Think Again ; On Football's Big Issues
Mail on Sunday › November 25, 2004
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WHILE our national side were suffering the indignity of another heavy defeat on Wednesday, England's players had to endure a far more humiliating experience in Madrid.
Sure, their performance was poor, but that aspect of the 'friendly' with Spain paled into insignificance next to the sick tirade of racist abuse aimed at Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright Phillips.See the full content of this document
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If You Think This Evil Is Confined to the Costas, Think Again ; On Football's Big Issues
It was enough to make you wish the players would just walk off.
Happily, they didn't, because although it would have sent out a message, the abusers with their warped sensibilities could have viewed it as a sign of weakness.They might even have considered it a useful tactic in th...See the full content of this document
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