5 Worst Moments of Racism in Football

#4 Malky Mackay

Friendly match'Scotland v The Netherlands'

Excusing discrimination is equally condemnable as practising it. May it be a crowd picking on a player or authorities passing snide remarks under sleight of hand, it all qualifies as racism.

Mackay was a common fixture in news headlines when his anti-semitic, fatphobic and sexist sentiments came to light. The former premiership manager was under investigation on account of a series of texts between himself and Iain Moody.

He has been known to use phrases such as ‘fat Jew’ and ‘chinks’ and in another text with a colleague said, “'Go on, fat Phil. Nothing like a Jew that sees money slipping through his fingers.”

The more troubling aspect of the situation, however, is the silence that surrounds it as those in power keep their lips pursed.