Boycotting social media to score anti-racism goal
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There will be no goal clips, lineup announcements, banter between clubs or even title celebrations.
Four days of silence across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by soccer leagues, clubs and players in England began on Friday in a protest against racist abuse that has been adopted more widely.
Such is the anger across the game, it means that if Manchester City clinches the Premier League trophy on Sunday it will not celebrate the title on social media.
There was initially a joint boycott announcement by the English Football Association, Premier League, English Football League, Women’s Super League, Women’s Championship as well as player, manager and referee bodies, anti-discrimination group Kick It Out and the Women In Football group. Ahead of the boycott other English sports including cricket, rugby, tennis and horse racing said they would fall silent on social media. FIFA, UEFA and the P
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LFC supports ReFspect campaign This weekend, May 1-2, is the ReFspect Awareness Weekend.
Along with the Football Association, the Professional Footballers Association and other professional bodies, Liverpool FC is supporting the ReFspect campaign this weekend.
It aims to raise awareness of the true impact of anti-social behaviour aimed at match officials and strives to improve the behaviour of parents and spectators, particularly at grassroots level.
By reducing the number of incidents of poor touchline behaviour, the campaign also aims to maintain the current number of referees and help attract many new ones to the beautiful game.
Remember – no referee, no game.
Thierry Henry removed himself from social media last month (Martin Bourke/CNN)
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Thierry Henry has called football’s social media boycott this weekend a “start” in the fight against racism and discrimination.
But the former Arsenal striker wants supporters to channel the same energy into combatting abuse as they did when they stood up to the proposed European Super League last week.
A coalition of English football’s largest governing bodies and organisations, including the Football Association, Premier League and EFL, are to go silent on social media in a show of solidarity against racism.
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