Friday, 29 March 2013

Alleged Ferdinand racist

            
  In a statement the Football Association said its security officers monitored the English supporters in the stadium and had access to recorded video footage.It's sad that it's been done without any reference to the FA, or supporters organisations, from the point of view of trying to find a constructive solution to these things - if there's any evidence it's taken place, said FSF chief executive Miles.One of the difficulties in this is that the England support was split over two stands on opposite sides of the pitch and I can only say with absolute certainty what I heard. But I did not hear any chanting towards Rio Ferdinand or anybody else that was racially motivated.It said: While we have no reason to dispute the media reports, which are without doubt made for the right reasons of fighting racism, at this time we have not found any recorded evidence of the specific discriminatory chanting referring to Rio and Anton Ferdinand.From my experience, it was not racially motivated - it was much more to do with the fact that he chose not to join the England squad and was then summarising for Al Jazeera.Fare did not have its own observers at the match and said it had pulled together evidence, including media comment.

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