Some good old-fashioned racism from those cheeky Italian scamps at the San Siro last night.
Can you imagine the outcry if that happened here?
Can you imagine the outcry if that happened here?
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Inter: monkey chants and an inflatable banana
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shaolinpunk
[Insert witty title here]
I fully expect UEFA to come down hard on Inter over this with a huge fine of €1000
albion534
Well-known member
So another £20,000 fine then?
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
Just shows a poor imagination!
- Aug 7, 2003
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Italy still has many fascist sympathisers, so it's bound to happen.
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
Monkey chants and an inflatable banana? Honestly! Where's people's sense of humour these days??
IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!!!!!
IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!!!!!
Bruntburger
New member
Non racist related but I remember the inflatable craze back in the day when bananas, skeletons, beach balls and all sorts were common place at the game.
Seem to recall started by Manchester City in the old 2nd Division.
Seem to recall started by Manchester City in the old 2nd Division.
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
That was down to Imre Varadi playing for them at the time, I seem to recall. His surname sounded like 'Banana'. Apparently.
willyfantastic
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- Mar 1, 2009
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the inflatable banana isn't meant to be racist taunting - Inter fans take inflatables to games, I assume the press just jumped all over the fact there was a banana there.
Racist chanting though, that's a nono
Racist chanting though, that's a nono
Norman Potting
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I was assured by a Man. City supporting friend that they created the craze as a tribute to Imre Varadi, cheeky Manc. scamps corrupted his name to "banana" for some reason. Their other myth was that the Granddad of another fan's favourite, Uwe Rösler, was the pilot of one of the planes that bombed Old Trafford during the Manchester Blitz.
My fave inflatable from that era was the Grimsby one, "Harry the Haddock".
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
Harry The Haddock, Norm? Sounds very fishy??
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
Are they ever racist towards their own players?
albion534
Well-known member
Zenit fans are towards Hulk
Which makes me laugh when all these black players move to Russia for footballing reasons
Cue Sepp Blatter saying something like:
"Everyone knows that the people of Milan love their Caribbean fruit. This was just a celebration of that fact. And the chants you will have heard were from the Tottenham supporters who were unhappy that they did not bring their own fruit. We should accept that some people just like bananas."
"Everyone knows that the people of Milan love their Caribbean fruit. This was just a celebration of that fact. And the chants you will have heard were from the Tottenham supporters who were unhappy that they did not bring their own fruit. We should accept that some people just like bananas."
Superphil
Dismember
At least you'd never get that sort of behaviour at the Amex
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
Not defending racism in European football there’s absolutely no place for it but it wasn’t that long ago our black players were subjected to some awful treatment from football ‘fans’ I recall a black player being pelted with bananas at the goldstone in about 1995-96. Also my ex refused to ever go to a football match again when I took her to Leyton Orient a few seasons back due to a number fans subjecting players and a black linesman to some shocking abuse.
Britain has moved on so much in the last 15 or so years, racism is tolerated by very few and generally our communities are integrated, thankfully this extends to football grounds but unfortunately racism in European football will always exist whilst there is division and ignorance within society, especially in countries where far right politics flourish.
Basically what I’m saying, probably pretty badly is that attitudes will change but it will take time and with action at governmental level not by throwing fines at the football clubs IMO.
Britain has moved on so much in the last 15 or so years, racism is tolerated by very few and generally our communities are integrated, thankfully this extends to football grounds but unfortunately racism in European football will always exist whilst there is division and ignorance within society, especially in countries where far right politics flourish.
Basically what I’m saying, probably pretty badly is that attitudes will change but it will take time and with action at governmental level not by throwing fines at the football clubs IMO.
TheFatBallBoy
New member
It was disgusting to be racist in 95 and 85 and 75,as the italians seem to be where we were mid 70's does that mean we have to wait 40 years for them to behave?
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You wouldn't though, would you.
The odd idiot? Yes.
Large parts of the crowd en masse? No.