skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
When will an Asian footballer play for England? - BBC Three
Interesting question from the BBC. I’ve never been able to work out why more British players of Asian heritage don’t play professionally let alone for England. With the exception of one friend of Indian heritage every Asian I know is football mad and many of them played grass roots football when younger. When you consider that they arrived in large numbers at the same time as other ethnic groups from the commonwealth after the war you would have thought that Asian players would have been coming into the game at the same time as black players but it’s never happened. As someone who celebrates diversity I’d love to see a British Asian player pull on an England shirt.
Interesting question from the BBC. I’ve never been able to work out why more British players of Asian heritage don’t play professionally let alone for England. With the exception of one friend of Indian heritage every Asian I know is football mad and many of them played grass roots football when younger. When you consider that they arrived in large numbers at the same time as other ethnic groups from the commonwealth after the war you would have thought that Asian players would have been coming into the game at the same time as black players but it’s never happened. As someone who celebrates diversity I’d love to see a British Asian player pull on an England shirt.