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UK: ENGLAND WALKS OFF GAME DUE TO RACIST ABUSE
10-21-2019
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Monday
London

October 21, 2019

Aki Achillea
Haringey Borough chairman

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SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP GAME IN ENGLAND BETWEEN HARINGEY BOROUGH AND YEOVIL TOWN WAS CALLED OFF.
HARINGEY'S MANAGER TOOK HIS TEAM OFF THE FIELD AFTER ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS WAS ABUSED RACIALLY.
ON MONDAY, LONDON'S METROPOLITAN POLICE CONFIRMED TWO ARRESTS HAD BEEN MADE AND THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CALLED THE MATTER "DEEPLY DISTURBING".
THE INCIDENT CAME FOUR DAYS AFTER ENGLAND'S EURO 2020 QUALIFIER IN BULGARIA WAS HALTED TWICE AS FANS WERE WARNED ABOUT RACIST BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING NAZI SALUTES AND MONKEY CHANTING.

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Aki Achillea, Haringey Borough chairman: " So I was very much against the idea of walking off a pitch, but having now witnessed it firsthand, having seen when I went into that dressing room, the state of my players, I realized that actually I didn't understand. I'm Greek-Cypriot, but I didn't understand. I've never been subjected to that form of abuse that they were to have that impact upon me as it had clearly had upon them. So the answer now is I support them 100 percent in what they did."

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RACISM FOOTBALL HARINGEY BOROUGH

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Haringey Borough chairman talks about the walk off pitch in protest of racist abuse in England.
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Keywords

Aki-Achillea
Haringey-Borough
racism
Football-Association-cup
Yeovil-Town
English-Football-association
Euro-2020-qualifier
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