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Didn't know that and its a very fair point. Not many Jewish folk in this country without the horrors of WW2 very close to them.

He's an ambitious politician,so he's by nature a "hey! look at me!" person. If he had SAFC's best interests at heart then he would've just walked off quietly. But he had his own career to thnk of. So fuck the club who have paid him well for doing what precisely?....am not sure what his role was, but there was a very good drink in it for him. So much for gratitude. He's not alone in that attitude, but he put himself first rather than anyone else, a former New Labour cabinet minister doing that, who'd have thought?...

Agreed. But seemingly not bad enough for Sunderland to take them into consideration. Like Woodgate and Bowyer when Newcastle signed them. Signed by a man reveared for his good nature to all.

Holding these opinions isn't against the law in this country, and stating them in public wasn't when Di Canio said it. It is against employment law though. And that was down to Swindon Town to sort out. Milliband could've walked away without fingering Di Canio, he could've waited to the end of the season and said he was leaving as it would be difficult to help the football club from New York.

If there was a case to answer it would be the same wherever he worked though. There may have been, but without all the facts I'm as clueless about what went on as anyone else. His former chairman spoke glowingly of him the other day, is Nigel Wray a fascist sympathiser too?...

If Milliband hadn't taken that job in New York than I doubt we'd still be talking about this. He's fucked Sunderland over good and proper iyam. Is County Durham more deserving of racial harmony than Wiltshire? Who knew Di Canio was accused of racism at Swindon on here?.....not that many I'd wager, and even fewer commented at the time. A nice round figure am guessing, but feel free to correct me. He seems to be a very distasteful person, and not too bright after living in the multi racial UK for most of the last two decades. If he's abused a lad at Swindon then that's against employment law and he should've been disciplined by that club. He wasn't, I don't know why, perhaps they brushed it under the carpet and waited for the (seemingly very local) storm to calm down. I'm not defending what he may or may not have done in any way, but this wouldn't have been much of a story without Millibands urge to cut all ties with the UK for a sharp exit. I do sympathise with the families of those who died fighting fascism in the 20th century but this is one man with seemingly some very foolish and warped opinions, not a dictator murdering millions.Tthe Durham miners make a very valid point, but I think theyre a bit caught in the middle, victims of history if anything, not of anything SAFC may now stand for with this appointment. Sunderland are no doubt "taking as they find" and seeing as he's never been disciplined in any way for racially abusing anyone then they probably feel that they have no need to justify their appointment. Would Sunderland get away with appointing Nick Griffin or the leader of the EDL?..no, they've both got convictions. Di Canio hasn't, and the accusations are just that, accusations which it looks like he's not had to answer fully. If he abuses anyone at Sunderland then they'll have to deal with it then.

1988 Luton Town (h) 4-0 (2-0) Division One O'Neill 3, Goddard 20,565 "Kenny, Kenny sit on the ball" sang the fans, and our diminutive midfielder battler Wharton did just that, much to the annoyance of the Hatters, particularly headband-wearing Steve Foster who chased Kenny into the portakabins.... 25 years ago today....

This would appear to be the most coverage they've had since 1973 Dont think they got the same attantion post cup final 92 or even after getting beat of Charlton in the play off final....

Is this Facism?.... Fascism (pron.: /ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism[1][2] that came to prominence in mid-20th century Europe. Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that seeks the mass mobilization of the national community,[3][4] relying on a vanguard party to initiate a revolution to organize the nation on fascist principles.[5] Hostile to liberal democracy, socialism, and communism, fascist movements share certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism, ethnocentrism, and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation[3][6][7][8] and asserts that "superior" nations and races should attain living space by displacing weak and inferior ones.[9] Fascist ideology consistently invoked the primacy of the state. Strong and charismatic leaders such as Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany embodied the state and claimed indisputable power. Fascism borrowed theories and terminology from socialism but applied them to what it saw as the more significant conflict between nations and races rather than to class conflict, and focused on ending the divisions between classes within the nation.[10] It advocates a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky to secure national self-sufficiency and independence through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.[11] Fascism opposed socialist and communist ideology but was also critical of some aspects of capitalism, arguing for what is sometimes called a Third Position between capitalism and Marxist socialism.[12] Fascist movements emphasized a belligerent, virulent form of nationalism (chauvinism) and a fear of foreign people (xenophobia), which they frequently linked to an exaggerated ethnocentrism. The typical fascist state also embraced militarism, a belief in the rigors and virtues of military life as an individual and national ideal, meaning much of public life is organized along military lines and an emphasis is put on uniforms, parades, and monumental architecture.

No doubt Swindon put that one down to "cultural differences".....as I say, whatever the truth is about his opinions and attitudes then it will come out. Not looking good for him or SAFC.

So who was he doing it to Tom?....

The old "some of my best friends are black" defence Tbf, he's entitled to his opinions and if he at any time in his career has been racially abusive towards black folk then we'll hear about it soon enough. Not many people are stupid or intolerant enough to bring a full set racial prejudice's into the work place. He doesn't strike me as that stupid tbh. He's damned by those pictures though, the silly fucker.

Different thing really, doubt if either of them are life long followers of facism. If they are they've got the good sense to keep it private.

Agreed. But it could also be asked why has Collymore chosen now to goad football supporters about selective outrage?....where was Collymore's own "Keep Di Canio out of Witlshire" campaign when he was appointed manager of Swindon? Its the same thing iyam. Facism is as legitimate as the BNP or the EDL. If people feel so strongly that theyre making a post on twitter about it then I think they're no that bothered, Collymore included.

Has Stan got a radio programme to promote or something?

Faux outrage as always on twitter . No Italian ex footballer every called me Nigger. Just plenty from the wonderful UK shires. Where were you anti fascists at Swindon? Where we're you when he was st WHU/Sheff Wed. Pick and chose your outrage.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/31/liberal-conservative-coalition-conservatives April 2013; a "brave" new world, brought to you by a bunch who make Thatcher look like a benevolent reformer. This is just the start of it folks.....

Union or league?......league is declining in general, union is watched by more people than at any time in its history. Sky has been good for one, bad for the other. A lot of top divison football clubs are now watched by their biggest regular gates ever. The rest of the football league clubs however are muddling along in various states of health. Brighton on the up, Coventry very much on a downer. So its difficult to make any sort of accurate comparison iyam.

Steve McLaren has achieved the same as O'Neil in the game, including a league cup win, go figure...

Fuckin hell, is that opposite Harvey Nicks?....we created a state of the art dentists surgery there around the time Ketsbaia was putting us into the champions league in Zagreb.....it looks very much like its not there now will try and read article later

Didn't he sell sofa's out the back of a van or something?....hey, am not knocking it, we've all got to earn a crust etc etc....

Well theres probably delegation, and obviously goalkeepers get specialist training and always have done. Wenger certainly used to take all sessions at Arsenal, don't know if that's the case now.The likes of Mourinho, Rogers and AVB are "tracksuit" coaches as well, its how they got ahead in the game in the first place having not amounted to much as players. Theyre unlikely to delegate much, in fact Wenger has been criticised for it and that's why I mentioned Bould. Ferguson has delegated for a long time, but I doubt RVP could learn much from Mike Phelan tbh. Don't know about Laudrup,I Martinez strikes me as in the "tracksuit" mould, I know Les Ferdinand works with the strikers at Spurs, is that the sort of thing you'd be looking for?

And then turn up at every game for the rest of the season too, possibly ending in relegation..... I honestly fail to understand how some people think nowadays. Perspective is sadly lacking. Maybe am just getting older and the fire is dimming a bit, but if that were completely the case I'd have lost interest by now.....14-18 degrees in Lisbon last week and superbock for a couple of euros a throw....if that's what is involved in following NUFC in 2013 as well as shitty results as yesterday then I'm definetly in

All fair points, but how many clubs actually have "dedicated" coaches for specific areas?....does Steve Bould only do the defence at Arsenal?...doesn't reflect that well on him if he does tbh. What in effect you're saying here is Pardew isn't good enough in certain aspects of his work, and that's fair comment too. But then we'll go out and get good results at the likes of Anzhi and Metalist largely because of his tactics. He is overall ok, about as good as we'll get for the money. Complaints on a postcard to Mr. M Ashley of Hertfordshire.

Harsh on Bez that last bit iyam. Did we offer Enrique a contract btw?....