Guest blog: Deputy PM Nick Clegg backs the Mirror's Open Goal campaign for racial
equality in football
When it comes to racial equality, football's progress is very similar to Britain's. Like the
country, the game has come a long way in Âtackling racism in the last 30 years.
It's nearly the end of 2011 (already!), which means its time for leagues and/or associations to
bestow some shiny medal to a few of footy's fiercest faces and bodies. Personally, we can't say we
have a storied past of winning things and thus, know how it feels since most of the plaques stored
beneath our desks say "Dirty Tackle" on them, but we (like most girls) have practised our beauty
queen waves all the same.
