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Has anyone else come across this story from the BBC website?

BBC Sport - Accrington Stanley chairman Ilyas Khan defiant amid racist taunts

Obviously the behaviours and attitudes are going to be condemned by the people on here, that's without question. However, what really surprises me is that there are still people like this out there.

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Quite unbelievable.

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This is disgusting .Its makes me furious that this sort of thing still happens but unfotunatley it will allways happen imho. Its a result of poor education.

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The man has class and dignity in abundance.

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Agree n it aint at school the poor education in my eyes, This sorta thing has decreased oer the years, but there will always be knob heads brought up by knob heads, Sadly yeh can't put sense were there is none.:(

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Understatement of the decade!

Disgusted like you all are, and yes I'm afraid I blame the parents......

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:( Unbelievable :(

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i agree, i meant poor life education. and yes i fear its an unbreakable cycle of knob heads bringing up knob heads.To slightly wander off topic i wonder when the cycle began.:confused:

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Disgusted like everyone else. Thought we were taking a turn for the better the other week when I saw an Asian family walking down to the match, decked out in Stanley colours, but there'll always be a minority of richard heads. :mad:

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It's way out of order. One of our (Crawley's) darker skinned players received some racial abuse from a crowd member in a recent away game. It delayed the game for a few seconds but the gobby individual wasn't identified. I'm glad that it has vastly reduced over the years but we still have a long way to go.
The monkey noises and banana throwing have long gone but there is still an undercurrent at some games from a small minority.

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Sadly, not so. The previous regime at Stanley hardly welcomed Ilyas with open arms, for reasons that stank. He had to practically break the door down, showing the patience of a saint in achieving his aims. I don't want to open old wounds, but it has to be said.