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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Kick It Out: we deserve better than being Rio Ferdinands punchbag

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Kick It Out, footballs leading anti-racism organisation, has told the Guardian it deserves better than to be turned into Rio Ferdinands punchbag after discovering he has attacked it as useless in his latest autobiography for allegedly not supporting his family enough during the race trial involving his younger brother, Anton, and John Terry.


Herman Ouseley, the chairman, decided to speak out after the serialisation of Ferdinands book, #2sides, said the former England internationals decision not to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt in defiance of Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United was taken out of principle because the group had refused to come to the courtroom with us, so I wasnt willing to go through the charade my parents probably wouldnt have spoken to me if I had.


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