Originally posted by Purple:
Thanks for that. One topic obviously wasn`t enough.

Originally posted by Gershwin:
This is sadly inevitable   given the nature of the GAA.
When anything "foreign" is looked down, this sort of incident is predictable  .

I play soccer in Dublin and in most matches now we play against people from other nations and with different skin colours. They are well treated and they really enjoy themselves.

It is sad that a family has come to Ireland, taken the brave step of trying to playing to play GAA, even though the organisations outlook may be hostile to them and this is what they get in return.

This message has been edited - 24-jul-2008 @ 11:25

Originally posted by Gershwin:
This is sadly inevitable  given the nature of the GAA.
When anything "foreign" is looked down, this sort of incident is predictable  .

I play soccer in Dublin and in most matches now we play against people from other nations and with different skin colours. They are well treated and they really enjoy themselves.

Originally posted by Gershwin:
This is sadly inevitable   given the nature of the GAA.
When anything "foreign" is looked down, this sort of incident is predictable  .

I play soccer in Dublin and in most matches now we play against people from other nations and with different skin colours. They are well treated and they really enjoy themselves.

It is sad that a family has come to Ireland, taken the brave step of trying to playing to play GAA, even though the organisations outlook may be hostile to them and this is what they get in return.

Originally posted by Gershwin:
This is sadly inevitable    given the nature of the GAA.
When anything "foreign" is looked down, this sort of incident is predictable   .

I play soccer in Dublin and in most matches now we play against people from other nations and with different skin colours. They are well treated and they really enjoy themselves.

It is sad that a family has come to Ireland, taken the brave step of trying to playing to play GAA, even though the organisations outlook may be hostile to them and this is what they get in return.

This message has been edited - 24-jul-2008 @ 11:34

Originally posted by Purple:


Every sport in Ireland should strive to be like Dublin junior soccer. A shining light to everyone.

Originally posted by ABC123:
There is two young lads from Nigeria playing with St. John`s   (primary school that is in O` Loughlin`s territory  )  , the guy   (Wallace is his name, I think  )   that plays full back will play for Kilkenny some day - he is a mix between Noel Hickey & Tommy Walsh   (all the good bits  )  , an absolute gem - his cousin plays half-forward / full forward and reminds me of Setanta O` hAlpin, a bit awkward but has a killer instinct.

I`ve seen them 3/4 times and I`ve never heard any rascist abuse towards them but a young lad from my club   (was reported  )   as calling a `Latin` looking lad on a another team   (U16  )   a `nigger` - I wanted to throw the book at him but as the only witness was from the opposing team and he strongly denied it nothing happenend. I know he said it though as he is a `nasty, sneaky` young lad.

Originally posted by cluaindiuic:


Yeah my brother is on Cumann na mBunscoil   (spelling?  )   down there and he reckons there is a Nigerian guy that is the best he has ever seen at that level. Didn`t catch the name. Might be Wallace.

Proper ignorance out of the kids. The adults need to be neutered, tarred and feathered.

Originally posted by cluaindiuic:


Yeah my brother is on Cumann na mBunscoil   (spelling?  )   down there and he reckons there is a Nigerian guy that is the best he has ever seen at that level. Didn`t catch the name. Might be Wallace.

Proper ignorance out of the kids. The adults need to be neutered, tarred and feathered.

Originally posted by Menapian.:


Having played junior soccer for years myself in Dublin, I have witnessed first hand racist abuse doled out to foreigners including, shamefully, by my own team. So, your assertion that this kind of thing doesn`t happen in soccer circles in the capital is of the cloud-cuckoo variety or a barefaced lie.

BTW, say hello to the other boys on the SRFC Ultras forum for us, George. You`ve been lurking on AFR for long enough to know what I`m talking about.

Originally posted by Gershwin:
CLAIMS that a young Nigerian footballer had to endure a torrent of racist abuse from spectators at an underage game in Carlow have prompted strong criticism from the state’s racism watchdog.

Teboga Sebala, who moved to Carlow town with his family six years ago, was allegedly subjected to racist comments as he played for the Éire Óg club in an U14 semi-final against O’Hanrahans last Monday night.

A complaint by the father of one of his teammates is set to be investigated by the county’s underage GAA board.


The claims have also prompted an angry response from the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism    (NCCRI   )   .

Adrian Tomlin and his wife were watching their son, Joe, play in goal for Éire Óg from the stand at Dr Cullen Park and he described how a group of young girls, encouraged by a group of adults nearby, shouted obscene and racial abuse at Teboga throughout the game.

“There were obscene racial comments like ‘kill the f***ing n***er’ and the like. It was ongoing throughout the match and Teboga was visibly upset,” said Mr Tomlin.

He said he pulled his wife away when she asked them to stop, because the group turned on her and she was in tears.

“I am beside myself, I am thinking of pulling my son from the sport,” he said, adding: “I come from the north of England where racial tension is a big problem and I bring up my children to be against this kind of behaviour.”

Teboga’s team manager Willie Quinlan said the player and his family did not want to talk about the matter, but revealed he had heard a lot of it on Monday night.

“When I asked him [Teboga] about it, he said ‘it’s just the usual, people are racist against my colour’. He knew where it was coming from but he doesn’t know who was saying it, he just said ‘it happens’.”

This message has been edited - 24-jul-2008 @ 18:03