Will Unwin – The Guardian Dec 5, 2020
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There was widespread condemnation on Saturday of the behaviour of Millwall supporters who marked their return to the Den by booing as players took a knee before their Championship match against Derby.
Fans were back in the stadium for the first time since 29 February but their return was quickly mired in controversy. Booing from the stands was clearly heard after the referee, Darren England, blew his whistle for the players to take a knee, a gesture used to show support for the fight against discrimination following the unlawful killing of George Floyd in America.
The FA said it “supports all players and staff who wish to take a stand against discrimination in a respectful manner, which includes taking of the knee, and strongly condemns the behaviours of any spectators that actively voice their opposition to such activities”.
There had been fears before the match that a section of supporters would stage a protest, with some calling on the team to stop making the gesture because of its links to the Black Lives Matter movement and politicisation. Millwall rejected those calls, saying the club remains “fully supportive of the efforts to rid sport, and society, of all forms of discrimination … Taking the knee, for us, is in no way representative of any agreement with political messaging or ideology. It is purely about tackling discrimination.”
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The booing sparked outrage, with Derby’s Colin Kazim-Richards calling it an “absolute disgrace”, and Millwall’s manager, Gary Rowett, saying: “The players have come out and said they don’t support the political aspect, but they do support the anti-discrimination aspect of it … The club does an enormous amount of work on anti-racism.”
Derby’s interim manager, Wayne Rooney, who secured his first win with a 1-0 victory at the Den, said: ”With everything that has been going on in recent months, it was very surprising. I don’t want to say much about it, but all I can say is that everyone at Derby took the knee, and no one condones that behaviour.”
Sanjay Bhandari, chair of Kick It Out, praised the players for “defying the hate shown by some fans. What this demonstrates is that players are right to continue standing up to discrimination, whether that is through taking the knee or speaking out.”
The EFL said it would “continue to support any players and clubs who choose to take the knee in support of tackling inequality in society.
“We are disappointed that a small group of supporters have today chosen to voice their opposition to such activities directly aimed at raising awareness of the fight against racism.
“We remain committed to working with our clubs, including Millwall, who undertake a significant amount of work on equality and inclusion initiatives, as we continue with our collective objective to eradicate all types of prejudiced behaviour.”
Since the 1970s organised sport has been an excuse to raise the profile of African savages and stuff their pockets with money to ease their rape of White women.
Had I followed that pathetic game and been there, played by ponces, primadonnas, overpaid pricks who have nothing to say, about anything intelligible whatsoever and sadly worshiped by many deadheads within society, I’d have got up and walked out, never going again to support them.
Their ‘booing’ is hollow and means nothing.
When these prats, on the park, start losing their income, that is when their supporters stop following them, paying for the Sky subscriptions, will these idiots realise they’re paid for one reason and one reason only – to kick a bag of wind, up and down the park.
When football players look to see what’s happened to Gillette, after their disastrous campaign (along with the parent company, Procter & Gamble, who have also been hit with a boycott of their goods), they’ll realise that politics has no place in sports, music, entertainment or ANYWHERE outside of politics. In fact, politics, today, has no place in politics.
Notice all the white gentile players the Overlords allow on these teams, (full of bipedal apes/mongrels), are all Roman Catholics. It appears the apes are Catholics too. Most of them cross themselves as they enter/leave the game. Showing their allegiance to the Rabbi god. The Jewish Overlords who created the Roman Catholic Church & control the Vatican to this day, understand that white gentile Catholic scumballs, are the best Judeophilic egalitarian toadies.
Don’t forget the evangelists Neo, they are knee benders in great form for these times too. Remember they bend for the rapture death junkie garbage. Anyone that easily fooled is a no brainer and a strain to any society trying to grow. Likewise how sport doesn’t sustain growth in a society as well.