Perhaps you could let us know WHAT action(s) SRFC took after the racial abuse that occurred at Dalymount earlier in the season ? If your point is to be accepted then clearly the club would have taken some action after the earlier incident (it would benifit SRFC if they let people know they took action). unfortunately I suggest no such action occurred and the result of sweeping it under the carpet was the repitition that happened in Tallaght.
the fact is this is not a first offence and to date SRFC have done nothing to distance themselves from what happened (except of course for some fans to attemp deny it happened or blame fans of other clubs).
I thought I'd already answered this.... I've stated that until there is proof provided that is of a factual nature that can't be disputed then this is nothing but conjecture etc.... it's not up to me to decide what format proof should take rather it's up to those who are making claims that Ndo was abused to provide statements information etc. to the Gardai/authorities who can then decide if there is anything to investigate .... thus far IMO they have failed to do that in relation to the alleged incident.
erm, not really, much as you would like to think so oh neutral one.When Rovers fans get jailed for attacking a pub based on the racial background of it's clientele, then you can take the moral high ground.
Again, the actions of a tiny minority (sound familiar) of the bohs fans that travelled that we, as a club and fanbase, were hauled over the coals for. The perpetrators got their punishment, and rightly so.
The vast majority of decent fans did a collection for the pub owner in conjunction with the club who, themselves, condemned this incident outright.
And just to add that religious or political affiliation is not a race.
Touche? Whatever.
i wont stand by and let Calcio Jack assert that there is no evidence of this incident occurring, or let Rovers fans imply that this was a one off that should be ignored. Regardless of the intelligence or sensibility of your posts.Racist comments will be made in every ground in the country, sadly there's not a lot that can be done about that. It happens in Dalyer, it'll happen in Tallaght and will happen at every other ground. I've twice heard Harpal Singh being given racist abuse by fans of one particular club (not Rovers) but to say that it's part of a systemic racial problem at the club is laughable. When it's thousands, hundreds or even dozens involved in the abuse then you can expect clubs to be held responsible, when it's ignorant comments shouted by an unidentifiable knuckle dragging moron then it's not. I think I've made some pretty reasonable points throughout this thread, there's no point continuing if Sheridan is going to compare us to a Neo-Nazi group, fans of Bohs/Sligo/Sheridan are going to say Rovers don't have an anti-racism policy (despite dedicating pages in their programme and website to it, reading out an anti-racism message before kick-off and being involved in numerous anti-racism community programmes) and if you're now trying to suggest that there is a widespread and continous racism problem at Rovers.
That simply isn't the case, and you know it.
Like I said this is getting ridiculous so I'm not going to bother make the same sensible points again in the face of ridiculous comments/provocation from the usual parties.
Your'e still not answering the question though.
What "proof of a factual nature" can there be for something that a collection of individuals allegedly did/said in the past ? All there can be is witnesses and recordings of the said incident - both of which appear to exist.
Beyond those, what other type of factual proof are you expecting there to be ?
I have answered it perhaps not to your satifaction but that's my answer... I'm not an investigator a prosecutor or a judge... we have what's known as due process and factual proof provided by that process is what is required,it's not up to me or any other citizen to choose to bypass that process...albeit some here appear to think that's ok.
I think this one's going round in circles at this stage. People have drawn what conclusions they will, and further debate won't change it. Thread closed, if only so I don't have to keep an eye on it any more.
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