john68 wrote:The Wasp issue is one I have long considered Mate. Not just WASP, as both UeFA and the ECA are Europewide bodies. Even as City supporting cab driver who meets many diffrent fans from many different places, I have been confronted (affronted) by the definition of City's owners as "the fucking Arabs" or comments as "City are owned by fuckin Pakis". We would be very naive to think that in many less enlightened countries that attitudes would be any better, even at the highest level.
It may not be as obvious as the street level racism we encounter but I think it exists and does define certain attitudes towards us.
Sir John,
I do apoplogize, cuz I missed this separate reply.
It's my fault for expressing my thoughts in a dodgy language. If You browse back my posts You will find that I expressed the very same opinion several times. It's not as obvious as the street level racism, but plain enough and it also explains why the media painting of the "moneybag ruining football" tale has passed so deeply through the English Fans, who used to be very sympathetic and respectful towards City ante take-over.
The improper use of the acronym was to express it in a humourous way, based on the fact that anyway the Sports governing Bodies are indeed global nowadays, but they also are all founded onto a huge heritage of Anglosaxon tradition: which is a great benefit 99% of times, bar a slight tendency to snobbery...:-)
