ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

[the golden visionary]

Brilliant mural unveiled for Liverpool's first black player

A great new addition to the streets of Liverpool.

www.thisisanfield.com

No murals of Tommy Smith though...

Nor Phil Neal.

 

[davek]

Nor Phil Neal.

He's another racist, yeah.

Then again, they do have one of Dalglish who used to racially 'shame' Barnes at every turn when he was manager of Liverpool.

 

[arch stanton]

He's another racist, yeah.

Then again, they do have one of Dalglish who used to racially 'shame' Barnes at every turn when he was manager of Liverpool.

banter Dave, banter,

Racist banter but banter all the same.

 

[davek]

banter Dave, banter,

Racist banter but banter all the same.

Barnes: "The boss used to have red counters on the team tactics board then introduce a black one and say 'Digger you start over here'".

Oh how they must have laughed.

Mind you the daft get encouraged it by wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit to a team Christmas party. No doubt he thought he could ingratiate himself with 'the lads' if he dressed up like that.

 

[LEONARD]

Is there a wall in our city that they have not defaced-vandalised?

 

[matty1878]

Brilliant mural unveiled for Liverpool's first black player

A great new addition to the streets of Liverpool.

www.thisisanfield.com

No murals of Tommy Smith though...

is this so the can say “we did it first”

 

[davek]

is this so the can say “we did it first”

They had racist songs about Merseyside's true first black player: Mike Trebilcock.

 

[matty1878]

They had racist songs about Merseyside's true first black player: Mike Trebilcock.

scum dave they are

 

[Kurt.]

Barnes: "The boss used to have red counters on the team tactics board then introduce a black one and say 'Digger you start over here'".

Oh how they must have laughed.

Mind you the daft get encouraged it by wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit to a team Christmas party. No doubt he thought he could ingratiate himself with 'the lads' if he dressed up like that.

Grates on me does Barnes… always on tv highlighting racism, which is good, but conveniently sweeping his time there under the carpet

 

[davek]

Grates on me does Barnes… always on tv highlighting racism, which is good, but conveniently sweeping his time there under the carpet

He gets paid on the circuit doing after dinner speaking about his time at Liverpool.

 

[the golden visionary]

He's another racist, yeah.

Then again, they do have one of Dalglish who used to racially 'shame' Barnes at every turn when he was manager of Liverpool.

I meant the fact he was their captain when the won the European cups in the 80s, but yeah, that works too

 

[Dario Terracotta]

I meant the fact he was their captain when the won the European cups in the 80s, but yeah, that works too

Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing

 

[paultheblue]

Barnes: "The boss used to have red counters on the team tactics board then introduce a black one and say 'Digger you start over here'".

Oh how they must have laughed.

Mind you the daft get encouraged it by wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit to a team Christmas party. No doubt he thought he could ingratiate himself with 'the lads' if he dressed up like that.

The same fella likes to bring up stories about fans at Everton throwing banana's at him but conviently forgets about Liverpool fans throwing banana's at him on his Liverpool debut at Arsenal 87/88

 

[arch stanton]

The same fella likes to bring up stories about fans at Everton throwing banana's at him but conviently forgets about Liverpool fans throwing banana's at him on his Liverpool debut at Arsenal 87/88

or when he was at Watford

 

[Loadsofchemistry]

Grates on me does Barnes… always on tv highlighting racism, which is good, but conveniently sweeping his time there under the carpet

When all that was going on with Suerez Barnes said something along the lines of “ignorance should never be used as an excuse but in this case I think that’s what’s happened”.