Campaigners urge football associations to take ‘robust approach’ to anti-Irish abuse

Campaigners have urged the English and Scottish football associations to tackle anti-Irish racism after James McClean and Neil Lennon were targeted by supporters. Both McClean and Lennon have recently claimed they are being targeted and treated differently because they are Irish Catholics. Stoke City midfielder McClean received a warning from the English Football Association on... Read More

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