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In an FA Cup tie at Goodison Park in 2004, Norwich fans chanted 'you fat bastard' at Wayne Rooney. Ian Ross, the Everton Director of Communications decided that we'd chanted 'you black bastard' at Joseph Yobo (Yobo was in the process of being booked, and Rooney charged over to have a pop at the referee).

The BBC footage was examined, there was no evidence of racist chanting, and the police took no action, much like they are taking no action against Everton. But s**t sticks.

Ross is now demanding an apology from Diouf, saying 'That is a wholly false allegation and I really would like him to retract that allegation and apologise to the supporters and staff of this football club... I don't think there's a worse allegation in modern sport than racism... The police will tell you that is completely untrue and in such circumstances we would expect him to apologise and retract his allegations.'

Wise words, but he still won't give an apology to Norwich, five years after his groundless allegations.

One other Norwich fan emailed him this week to point out his hypocrisy, to which he replied 'Enjoy Division One [sic]'. That says all you need to know about the man.

El Hadji, if you're reading this and are thinking about adding another spitting incident to your collection, please direct it at Mr. Ross.

Posted By: Barclay_Regular on November 26th 2012 at 09:55:02

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