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Posted on 4th November 2020
Despite making up around 7% of the UK population, currently only 0.3% of professional footballers are of British Asian origin. In a new survey, we are looking to get fans’ views on why they think this is, and what can and should be done to improve representation from the British Asian community.
Working in partnership with athlete life management company Beyond Entertainment, we’re asking questions around the perceived barriers to entry for British Asians into the professional game, and why they haven’t prospered to the same extent as Black British athletes over the past 30 years.
Are there cultural barriers in place? Does the lack of role models dissuade participation? Are there structural biases that prevent the identification and nurturing of young British Asian talent?
Are players like Leicester City and England under-21 international Hamza Choudhury (picture above) the first in a new generation, or still destined to be outliers?
For Mental Health Awareness Week and as part of our ongoing mental health campaign – #TerraceTalk – we spoke to two of our supporter representatives, Bik Singh from Blues4All and Gemma Teale from Brentford Independent Association of Supporters & LGBeeT’s about why supporters groups might consider setting up a mental health project within their communities.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll have noticed England crashed out of the World Cup, with Harry Kane spurning the chance to equalise from the spot. Queue internet sleuths discovering an old advert which might just explain what went wrong.
Those who hold the power in football argue that the creation of an independent regulator is “state control” – but it’s a misleading argument and entirely cynical in its attempts to weaponise the lack of trust in politics to avoid reform.
To mark this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, both the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Football Supporters and for Global LGBT+ Rights invites FSA members to a joint panel on LGBT+ representation, and combatting discrimination, in football.
