Wherever you live in England or Scotland, if you are a football fan you will have had at least one player at your clubs suffer racist abuse. Mirror Sport joins social media blackout Mirror Sport is proud to stand in solidarity with everyone who faces hate and discrimination online. Our sports social media accounts will be silent from 3pm on Friday 30 April to midnight on Monday 3 May. The battle over social media racism will not be won by Monday at midnight. This week Blackpool called in police after their winger Grant Ward received racist abuse on Instagram following Tuesday's 1-0 win over Sunderland.

Source: Daily Mirror April 30, 2021 10:01 UTC