Our beautiful game tarnished by racism once again.

Our beautiful game tarnished by racism once again.

This weekend has provided, yet again, excellent and thrilling entertainment for the many millions of viewers, of the Barclays Premier League. From the exhilarating last minute winner from Robin Van Persie in the Manchester derby, to two late Nikita Jelavic goals, to send Tottenham from jubilant to despair; just your typical match day weekend in the life of the Premier League. However, its dogged of all dogfights; racism has kicked its way back intoour beautifully cherished game.Yesterdays game at the Liberty Stadium, which featured an exciting exhibition of football with a 4-3 win for Norwich City, wasnt the main talking point. A Swansea City fan Sterling Shepard Jersey , alleged to have made a racist monkey gesture to Norwich Citys Sbastien Ba song, has dragged the game back into the mud. This is the same Sbastien Ba song that suffered racist Tweets two weeks ago. The fan was subsequently arrested and Swansea City has said it is a police matter and that they abhor racism.Racism in English football has slowly but surely deteriorated since the 70s and 80s, with Margaret Thatchers crackdown on hooliganism and the abolishment of the terraces. In the 70s and 80s English football wasnt known around the world for its iconic derbies and excellent Rick Wells Jersey talents covering the field but with hooliganism and racism. Since then the FA have done everything in their power to try to abolish all kinds of racism in England. The key word in the last sentence is try. The recent sagas involving Luis Suarez, John Terry, Chelsea, West Ham and Tottenham have not been met firmly with harsher fines or bans. It seems as if the FA are putting racism aside for a couple months then only to come back to it with more scepticism and uncertainty. The Kick It Out Campaign Jeremy Smith Jersey has met strong opposition amongst black players in recent weeks, with many arguing the same as me that nothing is being done by the FA. That campaign is the only real contribution the FA has made concerning racism in England in recent years.On the other hand, I do not blame the FA solely for racism in football but UEFA and FIFA. Europes governing body have still yet to punish Serbia for their actions following the U21 game with England, in which Danny Rose was racially abused, nearly two months ago. The FA have complied evidence, including video evidence, to UEFA but they are still YET to take action. It may be easy for Kamari Pleasant Jersey me to criticise Platini and his men but its very hard not to. Countries like Serbia and Ru sia were ruled for many years under communist regimes and this has moulded them into believing racist ideologies. Year after year the footballing community see that Serbia does not deserve the privilege of hosting any multi-cultural nations, with hooliganism still a major problem in Serbia. In 2007 at the U21 European Championship in Holland, saw Nedum Onuoha racially abused by Serbian fans, to which the ever gentle UEFA fined them 16,000. Compare that with UEFAs 100,000 fine to Nicklas Bendtner for wearing Paddy Power boxers; unconceivable to say the least. UEFA and FIFAs fines Craig Scott Jersey to countries clearly showing racist abuse to players has significantly decreased over time:Croatia fined 10,000 in 2008

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