Kick Racism Out Of German Football

A new week, a new scandal. Last week, it was fascist fans with naked anti-semitism. This week, it's German under-21 PLAYERS racially abusing black England players.

England in 'monkey' jibe fury

By STEVE BRENNER
October 12, 2006

ENGLAND stars claim Anton Ferdinand was called “a donkey and a monkey” by a German player.

The FA are waiting to hear from UEFA after issuing an official complaint following England Under-21s 2-0 win in Leverkusen on Tuesday.

Ferdinand and Micah Richards both complained of racial abuse from rival players.

An insider said: “The Germans were calling Anton a monkey and a donkey. It was bang out of order and Anton was upset.”

Anti-racism campaigners have called on football chiefs to take action.

Ironically, the man at the centre of the accusations, Aaron Hunt, has an English mother and could have played for England, but said he never seriously considered such an eventuality. Hunt himselfdenies the allegations publicly on the Werder Bremen website.

Erm, one would think that the 2 English players did not mishear another English native speaker aiming the words "donkey" and "monkey" at them, nor that said native speaker knew what he was saying and that they were not just any old "fierce verbal exchanges".