Angelcynn said:
Sunderland having a really black team is strange because Sunderland as a city is like 95% white (one of the whitest in the country) and the rest mainly being South Asian.
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<div>Angelcynn - This demonstrates that the people are willing to support anyone or anything provided it's wearing the correct shirt. The pressure to "blacken" teams has been omnipresent for a long time. </div>
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<div>Back in the early to mid-1990s when Blackburn Rovers were at their Jack Walker-funded height the club endured criticism that the team was all-White, which didn't reflect the "diverse" ethnicity of the area. Mind You, I don't know where they intended to find the sufficiently-skilled Paki players required to "redress this evil"
 - but, of course, the critics had blacks in mind...</div>
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<div>Europe - As both Peterborough United and my other favourite clubs (Carlisle United, Bristol Rovers, and Southampton) all find themselves in the Third Division (oops, sorry - League One) this season, I find it even easier to keep tabs on their White-black ratios. Here's the breakdown of starting elevens from the last round.</div>
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Carlisle United:</div>
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<div>9 Whites</div>
<div>1 black (Ivorian)</div>
<div>1 "mixed" Ryan Giggs-style case (but still, of course, black
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<div>Midfielder Tom Taiwo's paternal grandfather is Nigerian, so the "tar brush" effect is evident, if not immediately apparent (the name is a dead giveaway)...</div>
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<div>A black substitute replaced one of the blacks with three minutes remaining.</div>
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Bristol Rovers:</div>
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<div>8 Whites</div>
<div>3 blacks</div>
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Southampton:</div>
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<div>9 Whites</div>
<div>2 blacks</div>
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<div>A black Brazilian (groan...) substitute came on for one of the blacks in the final minute.</div>
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