Strathclyde Police are reviewing CCTV footage to determine which Rangers fans racially abused Maurice Edu after the Unirea Urizceni match.

A spokesman said last night: "It occurred at 10pm following the match. A man, accompanied by another man, shouted racial abuse at the player within the school car park in Hinshelwood Drive, Ibrox.

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Just so bigoted.

Maurice Edu who played so well in his first season with the Gers was the target of racial abuse by his own club supporters as he exited the stadium after the match against Unirea Urziceni.

Edu did not even play as Rangers imploded under a barrage of own goals in a 4-1 loss to Unirea in a CL group stage match.

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Racism is a disgusting thing, whether in Football or outside of Football. It seems all the more personal and horrifying when a guy reveals he's been a victim of racism on a social networking site. It really brings it to life. Maurice Edu, Rangers and USMNT, revealed that he was subject of some racial abuse from [. Click to continue reading...

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Last season, Juventus were forced to play a game behind closed doors after fans racially abused Inter's Mario Balotelli. On Saturday, Balotelli was abused again this time by Cagliari fans and the match went on, a decision criticised after by both Massimo Moratti, President of Inter, and by Italian Footballers Association president Sergio Campana.

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England striker Emile Heskey has said that he had no reason to complain if Fabio Capello chose to start with Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe in the crucial World Cup qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday. Heskey started alongside Wayne Rooney in attack against Slovenia on Saturday, but wasn't really able to make an impact on the game. Click to continue reading...

Is football hooliganism in the U.K. more prevalent than ever?

In an age of astronomical transfer fees, CCTV, better policing methods, higher ticket prices & all-stadium seating, one would think not. Aren't we always led to believe that football in the U.K. has emerged triumphantly out of the dark ages of the 70's & 80's?

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Morning everyone.

The fallout has begun. For years and years Wenger has been subjected to the vilest of chants, as serious as any racial abuse, whenever we have made the trip to Old Trafford (and certain other grounds, too). The mainstream media occasionally give it a casual reference, but until yesterday it had never been properly addressed.

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1. Alleged racial abuse meltdown
2. Violence in Europe League
3. Journo spitting on player?
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This probably should have happened a long time ago. But it's finally happening now. Standard Liege's American defender Oguchi Onyewu (pictured) is suing Anderlecht's Jelle van Damme for (allegedly) racially abusing him, during the first leg of the Belgian title playoff. Onyweu claims van Damme called him a "dirty monkey", which the Belgian defender denies. Click to continue reading...

The head of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) visited on Thursday a Turkish stadium ahead of UEFA Cup final.
UEFA President Michel Platini visited the Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, which will host the UEFA Cup final, in May.
Platini will later attend a ceremony at the Esma Sultan Mansion in which representatives of the Zenit team of Russia, which won the cup last year, will hand over the trophy to Turkish executives. Click to continue reading...

With a full matchday around the world in the books, lets take a look at what people have to say after the dust has settled:

• Juventus forced to play a match behind closed doors after racial abuse towards Balotelli [SkySports]

• Wembley pitch:Â Unsuitable to play on, or more excuses from Wenger and Fergie?

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Sol Campbell has an interesting idea to combat racism: If fans give out racist abuse, then their club should be docked three points. Before we argue about that, here's his complete quote from The Guardian: "I think that they [the game's authorities] are going to have to do more," said Campbell. "My situation is a small part. Click to continue reading...

Did Spurs fans go to far? The issues raised at Portsmouth on Saturday, regarding the vile song sung by ‘supporters' of Tottenham Hotspur have opened up a can of worms that has quite frankly been sealed too long. Sol Campbell was subjected to a song that was racist (hanging from a tree), homophobic (HIV reference)), personal (lunacy reference) and offensive on almost every other level. Click to continue reading...