Football: PFA supports five-match racism ban

LONDON: The introduction of a five-match minimum ban for racist abuse has the support of England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA). Chelsea skipper John Terry was given only a four-match ban for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand while Liverpool’s Luis Suarez received an eight-match suspension for his abuse of Patrice Evra. “It has not gone through yet but we are not opposed to it,” said PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor. “We want there to be some consistency and to illustrate the seriousness of our approach to this issue.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 13^th, 2012.