Police have called on the Premier League and English Football League to boost cooperation with officers in the drive to stamp out racist abuse in the game. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts wrote to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters and English Football League chairman Rick Parry in January but only received replies this week, according to the BBC. "Before the lockdown we were already seeing a rise," Roberts told the BBC. Roberts said officers had been frustrated when they had followed up claims by footballers of racial abuse on social media. A Premier League spokesman told the BBC it was doing "everything possible" to eradicate online racial abuse and the EFL said it had contacted Roberts to discuss a coordinated approach.

Source: News 24 March 05, 2021 10:30 UTC