Ethnicity should have nothing to do with football identity

Hirsh, David. 2013. Ethnicity should have nothing to do with football identity. Left Foot Forward, p. 1. [Article]

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In London football there is a myth that Spurs is the Jewish team. Opposing fans have long sung antisemitic chants against Tottenham, and Spurs fans have long embraced the identity, singing ‘Yid Army’.

The FA has said that the word ‘Yid’ ‘is likely to be considered offensive by the reasonable observer’ and is ‘inappropriate in a football setting’.

The Community Security Trust, the Jewish body which fights antisemitism and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, has backed up this position. Clarke Carlisle, the chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, agrees. Kick it Out, the campaign against racism in football, has published a video made by Ivor and David Baddiel which calls for an end to this ‘Yiddo’ stuff.

Item Type:

Article

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Sociology

Dates:

DateEvent
18 September 2013Published

Item ID:

9944

Date Deposited:

17 Mar 2014 13:14

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 15:58

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/9944

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