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Anyone see the strange stan collymore's tweet from yesterday which suggested that the entire Chelsea and Rangers support have associations with far right extreme groups like the BNP, National Front and Combat 18?!?!
Tweet was deleted, but he's failed to apologise. Has promised to out the CFC / RFC fanbase on BT Sport tomorrow evening and prove that we are all racist and that the fanbase of the two clubs is "made for each other" blah blah etc etc. Dunno if he's lost the plot but it certainly seems that way.
Someone set up a petition to get him booted off BT Sport. To be fair, i do find it pretty insulting to insinuate that our collective fanbase is not one that fosters inclusion and diversity. I want this club (and Rangers) to grow their support around the world and i love the thought of kids in rural areas on the african continent / brazil / outer mongolia / mars booting a ball about a pitch wearing the blue of chelsea and dreaming of playing at the bridge. This is a club after all and the general notion of sport is one in which racial boundaries and prejudice has no place whatsoever. Players from all over the world challenging themselves against one another, putting in hard challenges, taking each other to the limit whilst simultaneously respecting their opponents for who they are - sportspersons whose existence is no more or less significant than the next. Pretty low to suggest that the minority of absolute TOADS in Paris represent even a fraction of our collective mindset and i for one am appalled that collymore even tries to associate us with racist movements.
But in saying that, it is collymore, so i expect nothing less.
Petition has nearly 2000 signatures. Not sure what the general collymore-consensus is on here but thought i'd share it anyway for those of you who feel that collymore leans towards the definition of "unpalatable".
https://www.change.org/p/bt-sport-fire-stan-collymore
Tweet was deleted, but he's failed to apologise. Has promised to out the CFC / RFC fanbase on BT Sport tomorrow evening and prove that we are all racist and that the fanbase of the two clubs is "made for each other" blah blah etc etc. Dunno if he's lost the plot but it certainly seems that way.
Someone set up a petition to get him booted off BT Sport. To be fair, i do find it pretty insulting to insinuate that our collective fanbase is not one that fosters inclusion and diversity. I want this club (and Rangers) to grow their support around the world and i love the thought of kids in rural areas on the african continent / brazil / outer mongolia / mars booting a ball about a pitch wearing the blue of chelsea and dreaming of playing at the bridge. This is a club after all and the general notion of sport is one in which racial boundaries and prejudice has no place whatsoever. Players from all over the world challenging themselves against one another, putting in hard challenges, taking each other to the limit whilst simultaneously respecting their opponents for who they are - sportspersons whose existence is no more or less significant than the next. Pretty low to suggest that the minority of absolute TOADS in Paris represent even a fraction of our collective mindset and i for one am appalled that collymore even tries to associate us with racist movements.
But in saying that, it is collymore, so i expect nothing less.
Petition has nearly 2000 signatures. Not sure what the general collymore-consensus is on here but thought i'd share it anyway for those of you who feel that collymore leans towards the definition of "unpalatable".
https://www.change.org/p/bt-sport-fire-stan-collymore
