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Post by Avinalaff on Mar 30, 2015 21:09:34 GMT
I'd like to think that it's on merit and I understand in the Premier League they don't just hire anyone but why aren't there more in the lower leagues where they can earn their stripes. I shouldn't need to say this but I'll say it anyway just in case but I'm not playing the race card I'm just curious. Perhaps you're right. Perhaps in ten years I'll be wondering what all the fuss is about. Things take time mate. It was only 1978 when Viv Anderson was the first black player, but now every team in the Premier League has black players, and the England team has an enormous amount in the squad. In recent times, there have been 7 black players on the pitch out of 11 on 6 occasions, and on 10 occasions there were 6 black players so it's fair to say colour of skin isn't an obstacle in the modern game, even if there might still be people with strong views at every level. Source as of Nov 2014 : www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamBlack/PlyrsBlckMtchUsage/PlysBlckUsedField.htmlI'm not sure on how many black players are registered with Prem teams, but my guess is that it will be quite high, so it stands to sense that there will be a bigger number of black managers in years to come. It's not as though it's a black or white thing either, as the English football game is full of players from many ethnic backgrounds, and so not all black players are black English, and not all white players are white English. Barnes may have a point from his own experiences, and there may well be obstacles in his path because he is black, but attitudes are changing, and that change can take time. At the end of the day, England is a small country that was once white, and is now very much of mixed ethnicity, but we are a lot further down the road than many other European countries, and the road is long. To suggest there are 'no' barriers would be naive, but then how many barriers exist worldwide on both sides of the road? Let's not turn this into a racism debate.
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