Bognor goalkeeper Amadou Tangara has spoken of the regularity with which black footballers are mistreated, sharing his own experience of racial abuse from last season. We won the game in the last minute and a fan shouted some awful things to me. FIFA, the FA and UEFA are doing their best to tackle it in football but things like this shouldn’t happen nowadays. As a goalkeeper, Tangara can be particularly vulnerable to racial abuse, as he must endure 45 minutes in front of opposition’s fans every match. Even this year, I have been abused – my family, my mum, my wife – ridiculous things have been said about my family.

Source: Express June 22, 2020 08:37 UTC