[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

he is pitchside and if you have watched football from a touchline and their is a melee its difficult, the ref wanted an immediate response if that player is behind 3 players he cant see it.

To say that a young, pro linesman in a champions league game is a racist and is prepared to be racist is ridiculous imo

I feel sorry for him - poor guy must feel awful

I have watched plenty of games from the sidelines, in fact those games I watched were school boys leagues with my son so not professional games and even then I've never heard any of the referee's refer to any of the players by their skin colour. I haven't made any claims on whether I think the linesman is racist or not but what I have said is, as a professional in his game he should know better than to refer to players by the colour of their skin. Especially right now when racist issues in football is being addressed a lot.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I have watched plenty of games from the sidelines, in fact those games I watched were school boys leagues with my son so not professional games and even then I've never heard any of the referee's refer to any of the players by their skin colour. I haven't made any claims on whether I think the linesman is racist or not but what I have said is, as a professional in his game he should know better than to refer to players by the colour of their skin. Especially right now when racist issues in football is being addressed a lot.

Absolutely right. Officials have to be more professional. They cant say 'The Chinese player' surely we can all see why that's not acceptable.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Absolutely right. Officials have to be more professional. They cant say 'The Chinese player' surely we can all see why that's not acceptable.

of course we can