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West Ham
United fans taunted Mido with racist remarks, which
have an impact English football should be proud of.
All the papers have criticised West Ham, while everyone
is sticking up for Mido, from the anti-racism authorities
to the press.
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EgyptianPlayers.com had been informed
by Tottenham fans last night that Mido was a subject
of racist remarks from the away stand. This came after
EP were first to write about the chants sung at Mido
at Southampton's Saint Mary's Stadium last season.
This time, the chants were more obvious, and it was
not hard to pick it up even from the press box. "Shoe,
shoe, shoe bomber" the fans sung, as well as "Your
mum's a terrorist."
The game had seen a few players return to White Hart
Late such as Sheringham, Etherington, Zamora and Konchesky,
while Spurs' Carrick and Defoe played against their
ex-club. To add to this, Mido, an Egyptian, and Benayoun,
an Israeli, were on the pitch.
Although one man was arrested for racist chants, more
is going to be done about it. Leon Mann, said on behalf
of Let's Kick Racism Out of Football organisation said,
"We will be contacting West Ham about the incident.
A lot of progress has been made but the introduction
of players such as Mido and Yossi Benayoun present further
challenges because fans need to understand that it is
a form of racism."
Martin Jol was quick to comment on the situation too,
calling the taunts "tasteless" and comparing
the Spurs fans' acknowledgement to ex-player Sheringham
with what the Hammers fans did.
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