Pitch Talk Podcast

In this episode of the Straight Shootin' View, as part of Black History Month SSLJA discusses the football documentary Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and me that aired on BBC One back in November 2020. SSLJA gives his thoughts on subjects brought up in the documentary including Racism in football, how the FA and Kick It Out handled the situation between Ferdinand & John Terry and much more including asking if anything has changed in the year since the documentary was aired.Programme synopsis - Former professional footballer Anton Ferdinand explores the issue of racial abuse in the game from a personal perspective. Following a sharp rise in reported incidents of racial abuse in football, Anton talks for the first time about his own highly publicised 2011 incident with the former England captain John Terry. Anton wants to understand his own story and find out what needs to be done to address the problem of racism in the game today. He also confronts the online abuse he has experienced since, which has af