Fans unite & call on GTFC to kick racism out

The Fishy, Cod Almighty & myself have joined forces with anti-racism campaigners Kick It Out to ask the club to take part in initiatives to help kick racism out of football. We've written a joint letter to the club asking for them to consider wearing Kick It Out t-shirts before Monday's game and to take the lead on educational schemes in the community.  The letter can be found here:

http://toogoodtogodown.wordpre.....acism-from-football/

Any support would be appreciated.

Seems a good idea to me, the club should already know this.

Just out of interest why have the kick racism out signs at bp covered up the other day?

Quoted from Super Clive

Just out of interest why have the kick racism out signs at bp covered up the other day?

They were deemed offensive to racists.

Quoted from psgmariner

They were deemed offensive to racists.

Seriously though the one between the upper and osmond was covered up the other day! Well the racism part was so it was kick out......black patch.

Which I found awfully odd considering the ongoing court case.

Probably just needed a new one? I don't know but it seem odd.

Whilst the kick it out campaign is a great idea and should be prominent on the football agenda in any country and league, not just here i do think this has all gone a little bit crazy at town.

The simple fact is, GTFC and every other club has to admit that there will always be some supporters both in and out of the ground that will hold racist views. I'm not saying the club shouldn't try and stamp it out but there also has to be an element of realism that unfortunately we still live in a world where people hold these crazy views and they may come to the top occasionally. I do agree that the club haven't exactly dealt with the current situation very well but reading between the lines etc, I don't think all parties involved have really helped at times. The fact is, the club should have done what they could have done by the book, let the law take its course and then support the decisions made. If a restorative approach was decided in court then follow that route, if a ban, fine etc was issued then follow that. Instead it has turned into a mess.

I'm all for people wanting to get the club and supporters alike to get motivated to get rid of this nonsense from our club and football but it does sometimes feel like some have taken it as an almost personal attack on them and that we are all being deemed racists...we aren't, simple as that.

Kick it out is and has worked in this country but actually the issue of racism is small time in football in comparison to the rest of the country. The programme on recently was an easy watch because it only told us what we already know, showed us what we've all seen before and failed at having a hidden agenda on bringing the beautiful game down...they should have gone to Spain, Russia etc where they even racially abuse their own players much worse than a simple offensive word then may be it would have shocked more people.

And the reason John Barnes isn't in a job is nothing to do with skin colour, culture, religion etc...it's because he's a flipping awful manager.

I don't even think racisym is that big of a problem. Before people take that the wrong way. I mean I don't think it's common. Fair enough it has been in the last year, but only because it started with players in top flight and then spread to the teraces. Stop giving these idiots (the racist) publicity and then they'll stop, simply because they wouldn't be getting a response. But for as long as they get publicity it will encourage other idiots out too. I hadn't heard of any cases involving racisym until, Saurez, Ferdinand, Terry, then after that it spread.

Quoted from aldi_01

And the reason John Barnes isn't in a job is nothing to do with skin colour, culture, religion etc...it's because he's a flipping awful manager.

And a millionaire property developer.

I just wish they'd ban the female dog.

Ban anti racism campaigns fookin sick of hearing it theres more important things going on these campaigns are about 30years to late.

Let's start an anti-anti-racism campaign.