Equal opportunities within football in particular but also applicable to society in general,. So for instance in football, their are few black managers and probably less with the FA hierarchy. Curtis Fleming says he doesn't get replies to applying for managers jobs?

Football gives the impression of being a classless sport and without a need for a high level of academic education, which can be a hurdle to opportunities for people from a broadly speaking working class background of any origin. Football management doesn't appear to rely on any academic qualification apart from a willingness to do coaching badges

It may have changed recently but not that long ago there were only 13 BAME coaches with the UEAFA B license. The problem is the lack of qualified coaches the FA and the PFA need to deepen and broaden the talent pool.

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Some players said what's the point we won't be offered a job anyway. However that is life if you want any job with a professional qualification the first thing you have to do is pass the qualification or as Mrs Beaton says "first catch your hare".

I believe that FA appointed a former striker to encourage more BAME players to take up coaching when they retired. I think he was a West Brom striker anyway he has his work cut out.

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Not getting replies from potential employers is hardly an indication of anything - it's quite common practice.

While it may on the surface appear that football doesn't require academic qualifications we are talking management here.

Once your playing career is finished, coaching and management involve dealing with bureaucracy and most importantly man management of many different personality types....often dealing with immature personalities and managing young lives.

Unless you want to do that and are very good at it, you aren't going anywhere.

Rather than racism be assumed I'd prefer to know just how man black ex players are actually applying....then how many pass these coaching courses in proportion to whites and also the information on qualified black management applications.

As a proportion are blacks applying for these positions at a similar level?

Are those applying for the same starting out positions receiving significantly higher rejections with the same qualifications?

That data is required first before anything else.

Palace recently had Richard Shaw and personally from what I saw I'm sad he moved on.....much of what he publicly said seemed to be accurate.

Edited by Stirlingsays (19 Jun 2020 12.19pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Wasn’t Chris Powell quite good? What about that caretaker manager at Wolves when they were destined for relegation?

Btw, I agree with looking into it in more depth rather than shouting racism.

COYP