A bit more on Ballance, clearly him and Rafiq were good friends but that relationship deteriorated. Rafiq’s opinion is the club went downhill rapidly when Gillespie left and Alex Lees was no longer Captain and replaced by Ballance.
It seems like racist terms were accepted at the club and became the norm.
It also came out the management were toothless and any big decisions such as sacking had to be rubber stamped by the Colin Graves Trust which props them up financially.So those that wanted to do something had their hands tied somewhat.
The only thing I think myself about the whole thing is the difference between banter between good friends and racism that runs thru an organisation who turn a blind eye to anything serious.
The issue of what is banter is a moot point. Rafiq called Ballance Zimbo from Zimbabwe, is that a derogatory term?
I have played with a Zimbabwean and we called him Zim or Zimmer, never was that term used in a deregatory manner.
However I grew up in West London in a multiracial city so I know the term P… is offensive.
What I’m saying in the line between good friends is a difficult one.
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