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SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD2

Introductionby Ged Grebby

Welcome to the third newsletter of ShowRacism the Red Card (UK) for 2007. We havejust had the most successful Fortnight ofAction in our history with an incrediblenumber of actions and events taking placearound the Football Against Racism inEurope (FARE) action fortnight (16th - 30thOctober).

To keep this newsletter concise have had toedit the reports, but it contains some of thehighlights. Full reports appear on ourwebsites. With over 300 actions taking placein Scotland alone it is impossible to mentionall of the events, so apologies in advance foranything missed out!

Since our last newsletter we haveinterviewed a whole range of top playersand managers for our new videos: ThierryHenry, Lilian Thuram, Samuel Eto’o, GarethSouthgate, Ryan Giggs, Wes Brown, BrianMcClair, Gordon Taylor, Robert Earnshaw,Danny Gabbidon, Leroy Rosenior, FreddyEastwood, Jermaine Easter, Gareth Bale,Shola Ameobi, Sam Allardyce, Lee Clark,Obafemi Martins, Geremi, Rio Ferdinand,Darren Fletcher, Louis Saha, Jermain Defoe,Aaron Lennon and Dimitar Berbatov.

Interviews are also set to take place atPortsmouth, Sunderland, Arsenal andChelsea Football Clubs. We are also planninga trip to Scotland to interview Rangers andCeltic players.

We are working on three films:

1. An updated version of our main ShowRacism the Red Card education DVD.

2. A film produced in conjunction with theinternational players’ union on thehistory of racism in the game. FIFProaims to use this video to help spread theanti-racist message Internationally.

3. A new film to combat Islamophobia.

Finally, this season we have producedposters with more football clubs than everbefore. Over 90 different football clubposters have been printed and more andmore clubs are joining up with our campaignto promote an anti-racist message.

The first SRTRC event at Arsenal FC’s Emirates Stadium.

Show Racism the Red Card, PO Box 141,Whitley Bay, NE26 3YH. Tel: 0191 257 8519.Fax: 0191 257 8541. www.theredcard.org

COVER PIC: Barcelona FC’s Samuel Eto’o demonstrates hissupport for the campaign.

Young people enjoy their trip to Peterborough FC.


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The end of May saw the winners of our schoolscompetition meet the Wales football squad prior to theirEuropean Qualifier against the Czech Republic. Ourwinners watched the players during their trainingsessions arranged by the FAW.

With the footballers taking a break during the summer,our message was delivered to Cricket fans as GlamorganCricket Club gave out 2,500 posters to fans in Colwyn Bayand Cardiff during their home games. It was the firsttime we had a Cricket team involved in our campaignand demonstrates the importance of using other sports tospread the anti-racism message.

Our anti-racism educational workshops were delivered inWrexham during the Tapestry of Life and Faith Festivalweeks arranged by Wrexham Council - the festivalcelebrates diversity of cultures and faiths and many schoolsin the area took part. Our workshops were delivered totwo local schools and we handed out posters of the Walesfootball squad along with our campaign resources.

The Football in the Community department at MerthyrTydfil FC arranged for us to deliver a workshop to theiryoung academy players prior to their training session, andthe club have remained pro-active with their support.

We held our very first schools coaching in Wales as thecampaign brought the anti racism message toschoolchildren in two areas of Cardiff. The pupilsreceived coaching from former West Ham United andCharlton Athletic player Leroy Rosenior who has alsomanaged at clubs such as Brentford and Torquay United.Leroy will be working in schools around Wales in the

coming months delivering football coaching alongsideeducational workshops.

Wales and Tottenham star Gareth Bale was among theplayers from the Wales football squad who took time outduring a training session to talk about their experiencesof racism for our upcoming DVD.

The new season has seen us take our football club eventsinto the Welsh Premier League with The New Saints FCbecoming the first club ever to have hosted an eventfrom the WPL. We have also hosted an event withPorthmadog FC and a number of clubs from the leaguehave expressed an interest on what has been a greatresponse to our work.

Both Cardiff City FC and Wrexham FC hosted their secondfootball club event within a year, with both eventsattended by very special guests. Our event at Wrexhamwas attended by Malcolm Russell from Wrexham Councilwho took questions from the children, while our event atCardiff City event was attended by the Minister forHeritage Rhodri Glyn Thomas along with club chairmanPeter Ridsdale. Both guests took questions from theaudience and also in attendance were Cardiff City firstteam players Trevor Sinclair and Glenn Loovens.

Finally, our campaign received a boost with the SportsCouncil for Wales contributing £20,000 over two yearsand the Football Association of Wales who have decidedto grant £10,000 towards our work in Wales, this alongwith continued support of the Welsh Football Trust inproviding our office in Wales, has helped the progressionof our work in Wales.

If you would like to be involved with the campaign inWales, please email me [email protected]

Campaign in WALESby Sunil Patel Welsh Campaign Co-ordinator

Sunil Patel interviews Gareth Bale for the forthcomingSRTRC DVD.

Here in Wales the campaign has gained tremendous support over the past 6 months as ourmessage has been taken into schools, football academies and the Welsh Premier League.

Wales striker Freddy Eastwood 'Shows Racism the Red Card’.



One of the winners of our annual schools competition wasmatch escort with Thierry Henry at the recent ChampionsLeague match between Rangers and Barcelona. For the firsttime we had a Red Card action at The Scottish Parliamentwith over 100 MSPs, including The First Minister and allother party leaders, taking part. Thanks to the support ofThe Scottish Government we expanded our grant scheme,which enabled us to engage with grassroots and communityorganisations throughout Scotland, from The Shetland Islesin the North to Dumfries and Galloway in the South. ShowRacism the Red Card billboards were unveiled at MotherwellFC and in partnership with UNISON at Stirling Albion FC. Forthe first time the Scottish Women’s Premier League also gotinvolved. My only concern is how do we make it evenbigger and better next year! Answers on a postcard please.

Below is a summary of some of the activity that tookplace during the fortnight of action and for further detailsplease log onto our website.

OTHER NEWSWe have recently appointed ex professional footballersDerek Ferguson and Brian Irvine as sessional coaches.They will deliver our educational workshops to schoolsand assist at our events throughout the year. We haveagreements with 4 councils (North Ayrshire, Falkirk andInverclyde) to deliver our educational work to primaryschools over the coming months.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTSWe are looking into a pilot scheme for third partyreporting of racist incidents in football stadia inpartnership with Strathclyde Police. Work is wellunderway for our annual schools competition inpartnership with The Educational Institute of Scotland andwe are in talks with the Scottish Junior FootballAssociation to work with their member clubs.

Campaign in SCOTLANDby Billy Singh Scottish Campaign Co-ordinator

Phew! As I sit and write this we have had the most successful Fortnight of Action in Scotlandever. Over 300 actions all over Scotland culminating in our Weekend of Action on the27th/28th October when all Scottish Premier League, Scottish Football League, HighlandLeague and Scottish Cup 2nd Round matches participated in holding up our Red Cards prior tokick off to send out a clear message that racism has no place in football or society.

MSPs unite against racism at the Scottish Parliament.


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FORTNIGHT OF ACTIONSupporters united against racism

Football grounds around Scotland witnessed anti-racistactions by the clubs, these actions were enhanced atmany grounds through the participation of fans groupsand supporters trusts. The Arab Trust (Dundee United FC),The Bairns Trust (Falkirk FC), the Honest Men Trust (AyrUnited FC), United Clydebank Supporters (Clydebank FC)and the Killie Trust (Kilmarnock FC) all organised eventsat their stadiums to educate local young people thatthere is no place for racism in football or society. Fangroups including the Green Brigade (Celtic FC) and theRed Ultras (Aberdeen FC) unfurled banners welcomingrefugees and condemning racism.

Community groups celebrate diversity and tackle racism

In Glasgow, the Sudanese Community and the Dar AlFalaah Community Education Association both organisedevents to celebrate Eid Ul Fitr. Govanhill CommunityDevelopment Trust and the Active Life Club bothorganised anti racist and multicultural days for the wholefamily at the Larkfield Centre in Govanhill, Glasgow.These events attracted over 1,000 people.

Anti-racist football events were organised by a number oforganisations including many Divisions within StrathclydePolice, Artists in Exile, the North Glasgow FootballDevelopment Group, the YMCA, Kids in the Street, FifeArab Society and Redpath Albion amongst many others.These events all had an anti-racist educational elementto the enjoyable football coaching sessions and matches.

Grampian Racial Equality Council co-ordinated rugbytaster sessions, with the support of Aberdeenshire ColtsRugby Club and St Machar Academy. The project’semphasis on cross-cultural involvement guaranteed thatyoung people interacted and socialised with other youngpeople that they would not normally have theopportunity to meet.

In Dumfries and in the Cairngorms organisations ranconsultation events to consider the barriers facing

minority ethnic communities and how best to tackle theissues raised. Queen of the South joined the Dumfriesand Galloway International Women’s Network todemonstrate support and provide assistance. TheDumfries and Galloway Multi-cultural Associationlaunched a Youth Project, which will utilise football andmusic to tackle racism, members of the project are nowforming a football team with the help of Gretna FC.

During the fortnight, Love Music, Hate Racism launched afree double album, which tackles racism head-on. Thisalbum can be downloaded for free fromwww.nme.com/lovemusichateracism.

It is not possible to mention all the actions which tookplace this year, but it is clear that the anti-racistmovement throughout the UK is growing, October wasBlack History Month and the actions mentioned aboveare indicators to the growing awareness of the rise inracism and the willingness and ability that together wecan tackle this scourge.

Tommy BreslinCampaign Worker

Further info: www.theredcardscotland.orgemail: [email protected]

Rangers FC sending out a clear message.

Celtic FC join the Fortnight of Action.



A natural break occurred in the events programme overthe summer while schools concentrated on exams, andthen were closed for the holidays and the football clubshad their break between seasons. This break allowed usto prepare for the new football season and arrange dateswith football clubs for the new season. Consequently, Iam pleased to say that the period between September10th and November 7th has been very busy and weshould have attained our target by the end of November.

Here is a list of the events that took place duringthis time:

10/09/07 Wycombe Wanderers FC

11/09/07 Hartlepool United FC

11/10/07 Blackpool FC

16/10/07 York City FC

17/10/07 Northampton Town FC

17/10/07 Rotherham United FC

18/10/07 Doncaster Rovers FC

18/09/07 Stockport County FC

19/09/07 Macclesfield Town FC

20/09/07 Oldham Athletic FC

24/09/07 Peterborough United FC

24/10/07 Sunderland AFC

25/10/07 Coventry City FC

26/10/07 Ipswich Town FC

30/10/07 Milton Keynes Dons FC

01/11/07 Bath City FC

05/11/07 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

07/11/07 Aston Villa FC

18 events took place between September 10th andNovember 7th in England. Pleasingly, 10 of these eventswere with clubs who had not hosted a SRtRC eventpreviously.

• 41 players participated in these events • Attended by 1511 young people• 25 councillors and council representatives participated

The participation of the clubs and the councils hasensured that the young people who attended theseevents are presented with a very positive unifiedmessage against racism. Involving young people in a Q&Awith football players is undoubtedly one of the highlightsof our campaign and I think, a good experience that

young people will remember. We have generated quite abit of localised press coverage with the events, appearingon local radio stations, newspapers and featuring on localTV news at 4 of the events. Expanding the range of clubsthat we work with in this way, means that we can useour resources and involve and engage more young peoplewith the anti-racism message.

Full reports from each event are available on the SRtRCwebsite. I would like to thank all of the people at thefootball clubs and councils who have helped us toorganise these events. Large thanks are also due to thevolunteers, football club staff, players and schools whohave attended and participated in these events.

Before the end of the year events will take place atLuton Town FC, Arsenal FC, Portsmouth FC, West HamUnited FC, Hull City AFC and Bradford City FC. If you wouldlike more details or to attend any of the events listedbelow, please contact me [email protected]

Gavin SutherlandCampaign Worker for England

Report on EVENTS 2007EDUCATIONAL EVENTS September – November 2007

Show Racism the Red Card have a target of 40 educational events to take place at football clubsin England during 2007. During the period January - August 2007, 17 of these events took place.

2007 Schools Competition Winner Ryan Tanner meets hisnamesake Ryan Giggs.


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NORTH EAST COMMUNITY EDUCATIONTEAM REPORT July – October 2007We are pleased to welcome two new members to theCommunity Education Team: Richard Oswald and JohnAnderson (Ex-Newcastle Star and BBC Radio Newcastlecommentator). Richard is our new Community EducationWorker, delivering workshops and liasing with schools,volunteers and community groups. John is our new footballcoach, delivering coaching alongside the educationalworkshops and speaking at events. Richard and John arenow working alongside Gary and Kieron and this hasallowed us to expand the number of workshops that weare able to deliver. The work in schools throughout theregion has continued to receive excellent feedback. Wehave delivered workshops to 3662 young people inschools throughout the North East during this time.

During the summer we held two Community Festivalspart funded by the Football Foundation alongside localorganisations. Walker United was held on the 21st July,funded through the Walker Ward Committee andNewcastle Festivals Grant. It is the second year that wehave held Walker United in conjunction with WalkerCentral FC and despite inclement weather on the dayeveryone who attended had a great time.

Wallsend United was held on the 12th August. It was thefirst time that we had held such an event in NorthTyneside and we received amazing support fromWallsend Sports Centre, Wallsend Boys Club and localcommunity organisations. The event was part funded bySMD Hydrovision through the Community Foundation somuch thanks to them. Again all had an enjoyable dayand plans are underway to run another festival next year.

The festivals are a great example of what can beachieved when people from many agencies cometogether. There are far too many people to nameindividually here, but I would like to say a big thank you

to all who have been involved as it would not bepossible to run the events without our partners. Fullreports on the festivals and agencies involved can befound on our website www.theredcard.org

WORK IN SEDGEFIELDUNISON provided extra funding for us to organise anintensive programme of work in Sedgefield. During therecent elections there has unfortunately been high levelsof support for racist organisations and this hashighlighted a need for anti-racist education in the area.We organised citizenship days for Year 9 pupils at threeof the local secondary schools: Ferryhill, Sunnydale andSpennymoor and we also organised a whole day eventfor 100 primary children at the local leisure centre. Workthat the young people produced during these sessionswas displayed at the community event Ferryhill United.Ferryhill United was held at Ferryhill Leisure Centre onthe 20th October and was a great success with over 700attending. Thanks to everyone involved, but specialthanks to Fiona Ranson from Durham EMTAS.

Young prize winners at Ferryhill United with Phil Wilson MPand John Anderson

Phil Wilson MPwith members of

the SRTRC team atFerryhill United.



SUNDERLAND AFC EVENTWednesday 24th October: Report by Richard OswaldSunderland AFC hosted a Show Racism the Red card eventon Wednesday 24th October at the Stadium of Light. Asthe event took place during half term we used our localcontacts to spread the word and find an audience for theday. The result was almost overwhelming, with over 160young people in attendance. The club proved to beexcellent hosts with four members of staff provided togive ground tours for everyone in attendance. We werefortunate to have Norma Stephenson, President of Unison,on the day to introduce the panel, which included MichaelChopra, Dickson Utuhu and Danny Higginbotham, as wellas our team members Gary, John and Kieron. The youngpeople had many questions to ask – there were morethan thirty hands still raised in anticipation when we hadto draw the Q&A session to a close, but any

disappointment felt was soon quashed by the fact thateach young person was able to have their hot-off-the-press SAFC team photograph signed by the players.Thanks go to Louise Wanless of SAFC who workedtirelessly on the day to ensure the success of the event.

NIALL QUINN’S HALL OF FAMEPRESENTATIONOn Saturday 27th October Niall Quinn was presented witha Show Racism the Red Card Hall of Fame award on thepitch at the Stadium of Light prior to kick off. Niall waspresented with the award for all of the support that hehas given to the campaign over the years. Anannouncement was made over the public address systemto the thousands of fans arriving to watch the match andGary, Kieron and the Mayor of Sunderland were on handto present Niall with the award. Thanks again to LouiseWanless for organising the presentation.

FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIESAs well as the ongoing schools work, we are workingwith representatives from around the region to puttogether an education pack to combat Islamophobia to sitalongside the new video. We are organising an anti-racistfootball tournament in Middlesbrough to be held onSaturday 17th November. Thanks go to David Foster forall the hard work that he has put into this. We will beholding an event with the Newcastle Eagles beforeChristmas and will hold a second “Together EducatingAgainst Racism” event at St James’s Park on 6th February.If you would like more information on the CommunityEducation Work in North East England please contactSarah Soyei [email protected]. If you would like tovolunteer in North East England please contact RichardOswald richard@theredcard.

SAFC players Dickson Etuhu, Michael Chopra, DannyHigginbotham along with Kieron Brady and UNISONPresident Norma Stephenson attend SRTRC’s event at theStadium of Light.

Dave Anderson MP and Councillor Leslie Scott, Mayor of Sunderland, present Hall of Fame Award to SAFC Chairman Niall Quinnalong with ex-SAFC players Gary Bennett and Kieron Brady.

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