Originally Posted by nomadking

And white, heterosexual players have never been abused? Or have they simply had to put up with it.
Howard Gayle, a black ex-Liverpool player, said in a documentary that abuse was given to him by Bayern Munich fans, and his response to it was that it spurred him on.

Originally Posted by Chris

The fact Gayle felt spurred on by receiving racist abuse is neither here nor there. To imply that an abuse victim is somehow at fault for not being able to shrug it off or learn from the experience is really ignorant.