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Originally Posted by rob
i am sure that the club on the whole is accessible to all, however it is clear from early discussions that there are perceived barriers that we must make people realise do not exist...
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Going to football has traditionally been seen as a white male pastime. I can remember being embarrassed by the abuse black players got twenty years ago, and looking at the Wycombe thread sounds like it's not entirely gone.
It just means that clubs can't assume that black people will feel comfortable coming along, but if we make a bit of an effort in initiatives like this to say 'we'd like to see you' & run a few training sessions for kids, that will send out all the right messages. If it just brings another 100 people to each game, how much extra income does that work out at over a season?