England's Danny Rose: racists threw stones at my head. Serbia have to be banned - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport...
Oct 17, 2012
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"Rose endured a nightmare evening as the England under-21s secured qualification for Euro 2013 on a night marred by sickening chants and a mass brawl after the final whistle, revealing he had also been pelted with stones during the second half. The Tottenham midfielder, on loan at Sunderland, was dismissed at the end for kicking the ball into the stands, his second bookable offence, and made gestures with his hands under in his armpits in a response to the disgraceful abuse as he left the field. The 22 year-old was also confronted by Serbian players, resulting in an ugly brawl involving players and staff from both sides. Steve Wigley, Pearce's assistant, was attacked as he attempted to retreat to the tunnel while goalkeeping coach Martin Thomas also appeared to be headbutted. England goalkeeper Jack Butland had a seat thrown at him. Rose has revealed he and his team-mates had heard monkey chants before the game had even kicked off and insists the Serbian Football Association must be punished by Uefa. RELATED ARTICLES 1pm: Henry Winter international football webchat 17 Oct 2012 'Serbia have nothing to apologise for' 17 Oct 2012 England U21s run gauntlet of Serbian race hate 16 Oct 2012 Rose subjected to monkey chants 17 Oct 2012 Henry Winter: Uefa must take villains to task 16 Oct 2012 England players abused and headbutted 16 Oct 2012 He said: "The monkey chants started when we went out for the warm-up. I asked the lads if they could hear it and they said they could. I went to see 'Wigs' [Steve Wigley] and I told him what was happening and he just said 'try your best to get through it' and people would deal with it after the game. "In the first half I went to get the ball for a throw-in and the fans started with the monkey chanting again. But the first half was nowhere near as bad as the second. Two stones hit me in the head when I went to get the ball for a throw-in and whenever I touched the ball there was monkey chanting. "After 60 minutes my mind wasn't really on the game, I was just so angry. It was just so hard to concentrate and I could have cost the lads the game because I made a few mistakes through not concentrating. My mind wasn't on the game. "After 90 minutes of abuse I expressed my emotions as soon as we scored. The next thing I know I've turned around and the Serbian players had all run over and surrounded me, pushing me and a brawl broke out. "I remember getting slapped twice and then I got ushered away – that's when I kicked the ball and the referee sent me off. I don't understand it, the game had finished. "They have to be banned. I don't understand what else they can learn from it, they have to be banned." The FA have already demanded action from Uefa, while the Professional Footballers Association and Kick It Out have also called on Serbia to be banned. In 2007 the Serbian Football Federation was fined £16,000 at the Under-21 European Championship in Netherlands after their supporters racially abused England's Nedum Onouha."
- Winckel
I find this utterly disgraceful - these serb fans who used or condone racist abuse need to just crawl back into their hole. They have no role in sport.
- Winckel