My God, why do people look for a racist slant on everything. Cole and Campbell ? You’re talking about 2, maybe 3 of the most controversial transfer over the last 20 years, nothing to do with colour. Let’s replace them 2 with with 2 of our players crossing Stanley Park under similar circumstances, which is comparable, especially with Campbell moving to Arsenal from Spurs. Do you think they’d come in for some stick? Were we racist when Xavier left us to play for them?  It’s not about colour, players can be criticised and despised without race being brought into it, Barmby had death threats, hate mail and was absolutely slaughtered when he played against us.
institutionalised racism? Have a look at this excerpt, not good reading I know but that is what it was like back then, not that long ago either.
	
	
		
			
				
			
			
				
				Andy Nicholls is known to every football intelligence officer in Britain. For twenty-five years, he was one of the most active hooligans in the country, a leading figure among the violent followers of Everton FCClassified as a Category C thug, the worst kind, he amassed more than twenty arrests...
				
					
						
					
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