Yorke claims racial abuse










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Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke has claimed he was the subject of racist taunts during his side's draw at Blackburn on Sunday.
The former Rovers striker informed Blues boss Steve Bruce that he was abused by two home supporters as he warmed up before coming on as a late substitute.
Yorke was roundly booed by fans as he warmed up and the booing reached a crescendo when he replaced Darren Anderton as substitute on 74 minutes.
The claim comes on the back of the racist storm which erupted during England's defeat to Spain in midweek and puts football in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
"They racially abused him. Dwight is bitterly upset and angry," said Bruce.
"It was something similar to the racist taunts the English players had and we just don't want to see it.
"Apparently it is monkey taunts and that is sick. It's all right him getting a bit of stick but when it comes to what we've just seen in midweek, everybody is sickened by it.
"I will sit down with Dwight in the morning and go through the whole situation.
"If we feel there is a point to answer then we will do it."
Rovers issued a statement revealing they removed a fan from the ground for allegedly making a gesture towards Yorke.
"We can confirm that a spectator was ejected for making what we understand to be a hand gesture towards Dwight Yorke while he was warming up," read the statement.
"We will fully investigate the matter tomorrow as part of a full debrief with police and stewards and we will study all available CCTV footage."

Well I find it hard to believe that in this day and age a Black footballer does not get abused by one or two home/or awaysupporters per annum.

So what is this. Has racial abuse suddenly increased in football or are the Black players now having some balls to say something about it.

Any Black man who runs down pure white women is putting himself out on a limb anyway.

Was he playing on the right wing?

"Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke has claimed he was the subject of racist taunts during his side's draw at Blackburn on Sunday.
The former Rovers striker informed Blues boss Steve Bruce that he was abused by two home supporters as he warmed up before coming on as a late substitute.
Yorke was roundly booed by fans as he warmed up and the booing reached a crescendo when he replaced Darren Anderton as substitute on 74 minutes. "

..........Quick point here.Naturally if the taunts were Racial then that should be dealt with accordingly......however like (virtually) every other Player since Time Immemorial who returns to play Away from Home against his Old Club Dwight would have got "roundly booed" every time he got near the ball....exactly the same thing happened this very weekend to Thomas Radzinskiwhen he returned to Goodison Park to play for his New Club..Fulham at Everton..

yorke never played for blackburn

CashMomey PLEASE lol....When has CB ever put U away....

"But it was all downhill from there for Dwight, and by the 2001/02 season it became clear he did not figure in Sir Alex Ferguson's plans. A series of much-publicised off-field antics proved to be his downfall - not least his relationship with model Jordan which eventually saw her fall pregnant with his child.

Was originally put on the market at £6million. Blackburn Rovers were desperate to land the player but refused to pay the fee.
After a long process of haggling, Yorke eventually signed for Rovers for just £2million in July 2002. An extra £600,000 could be payable on Yorke's appearances and Blackburn's performance. The player signed a three-year contract. "

...............he partnered Andrew Cole up front.

Poor Yorkey was probably upset that they looked on him as just another black guy, as opposed to 'one of us' after all his antics with chasing down white women.

Damn, what has a guy got to do to get accepted around here?

Respect

that is poor of me @ cb, my bad confused2

backatyaclp)clp)clp), on point as usaual. I said the same thing in the ' shoul they have walked off' post.

Backatyamy sentiments exactly.

offtopic.gifMr.T...Good winfor youlast night......what a Goal by Nobby Solana....pure skillclp).......we won our Local Derby on Sunday v West Ham by the same score......as I work Deep,Deep and Deep again lol....in the heart of West Ham country and don't hide my allegiance to their arch-rivals a low profile and a little diplomacy has been the order of the day M8........btw Club allegiance can be a weird and wonderful thing.....at the moment my Club has more obnoxious individuals playing for us than ever B4 imo.......Jody(slimeball) Morris....Kevin(psychotic animal) Muscat and Dennis (wouldn't U like to smack him in the face) Wise to name but 3.........love Wisey's reaction on Sunday though....when he took a Corner he got bombarded with coins from the Hammers fraternity......he picked them all up....went over to aYoung Lad in the Millwall crowd,pointed to the Hammers fans who contributed lol....and gave a big smile and a Thumbs-Up those sameHammers fans as he handed the Boy the money .......those fans must have felt right planks lol

ALL: you know what whilst I don't condone what happened to Yorke, I'm really struggling to have any sympathy with this man.. Wasn't this the same idiot that was running down Jordan..JORDAN of all people geeez!!!!

@blackpowre

he has learned his lesson

believe it or not he has been lately running my black friend for a date

not mixed race, light skinned but black

@Blackpower

true, true

I am not for once implying we should welcome black black man that had their ways with white women and are now ready for us.

Just saying that the fool is now running my friend

and naturally she declined because he has yellow teeth

LOL

No no no… I feel no sympathy for him what so ever… Something African American’s say about people like him OJ, and Kobe Bryant... Being racially harassed by the police or member of the public they say they got their Ni**a calling.

I am not saying it’s ok to racially abuse people like Yorke, what I am saying is people like him could use a reminder of the real world the rest of us live in.

Sooofresh sis may be he did get his calling before this weekend and he is hearing stranger things have happened.

However, please advice your friend to stay well away from him… oh my god have you seen the man in person? Phew, man is hugly on TV but he is even huglier in real life… yellow teeth, red eyes... dang forget children he would scare adults at night.