FL4ZGN
22-02-2007, 03:18 PM
Less than 1% of senior coaching staff at the 92 league clubs are black - even though more than 20% of players are.
Only three managers - Macclesfield's Paul Ince ,Torquay's Keith Curle and Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson - are not white.
Just two of the nine most highly-qualified black coaches in the country - all of whom have better qualifications than Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate - currently have jobs in the league.
Since its inception in 1992, there has never been a black English manager in the Premiership - even though about 25% of its players are not white. Jean Tigana managed Fulham and Ruud Gullit was in charge at Chelsea and Newcastle, but there has not been an English black manager in the top flight.
Garth Crooks, the BBC broadcaster, former Tottenham striker and football adviser to the Commission for Racial Equality, describes the situation as "appalling".
English Football should be ashamed of itself.
Only three managers - Macclesfield's Paul Ince ,Torquay's Keith Curle and Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson - are not white.
Just two of the nine most highly-qualified black coaches in the country - all of whom have better qualifications than Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate - currently have jobs in the league.
Since its inception in 1992, there has never been a black English manager in the Premiership - even though about 25% of its players are not white. Jean Tigana managed Fulham and Ruud Gullit was in charge at Chelsea and Newcastle, but there has not been an English black manager in the top flight.
Garth Crooks, the BBC broadcaster, former Tottenham striker and football adviser to the Commission for Racial Equality, describes the situation as "appalling".
English Football should be ashamed of itself.