Manchester33
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Blue Punter said:Manchester33 said:Blue Punter said:Always makes me cringe when people say "I've watched.. ABC" and "Never seen XYZ" in the same sentence. (unless they're talking about Martin Fry and his pals).
There's two people on this thread who've posted that they've encountered similar stuff involving City fans on trams to Schalke & Humburg. I've seen it myself on the way to Munich.
Just because you've been fortunate enough to avoid seeing it first hand doesn't mean it's never happened.
I'm 43 and can remember plenty of casual, throwaway racism towards black players in the North & Main stands at Maine Road.
I was probably on the same carriage as those people at those games - singing 10 German bombers isn't racist, by any means. How is that comparable to shoving someone off a train because they're black and singing 'we're racist and that's the way we like it'. Remember, these are the fans that boo'd Anton and Rio Ferdinand for one of them being racially abused by there scumbag captain and the same club who've had to hand out banning orders to numerous fans for making monkey gestures at black players as recently as last season. No other club is on a par with Chelsea in regards to racism, and if you think otherwise & you're just joining in this stupid 'we're all as bad as each other/every club has dodgy fans' then you are plain wrong.
It's also worth noting that one of those posters above who's mentioned City fans being racist complains about other city fans on a regular basis. I wouldn't take what they say seriously.
I never said 'we're all as bad as each other/every club has dodgy fans'.
I challenged your assertion that just because you've never encountered it, means that it doesn't exist.
Fair enough, I never said it doesn't exist at City but it is incredibly uncommon and we as a club haven't got any affiliation or link to being a racist set off fans. The same can't be said about Chelsea.