I was talking about racist abuse of players, ‘hun’, which I’ve never seen reported in media during the years I lived abroad.
I wonder where you have lived abroad @Puppysharness.
Spanish football deemed to be 25 years behind on racism according to the black players who play in Spain reported on 7th April 2021. This came after an incident at Valencia on 4th April 2021 where the team walked off the pitch due to the racial abuse of one of their players.
Here's a few other recent incidents for you:
Italy:
In August 2019, Romelu Lukaku was racially abused by Calgiari opposition fans. He later said that the sport was "going backwards" on racism. An Inter fan group called Curva Nord later said that the monkey chants from opposition fans were a sign of respect towards Lukaku. Italian TV pundit Luciano Passirani was later banned for making racist comments about Lukaku. On 15 September 2019, Franck Kessie was reportedly racially abused by Hellas Verona fans during a match with AC Milan. On 16 September 2019, Hellas Verona released a statement on their Twitter account and denied the happening. Later that month, Piara Powar of anti-discriminatory body Fare said that "the rot is deep" when discussing racism in Italian football.
In October 2019, Lazio were punished with a fine and a closed stadium after fans had been racist. In the same month, Sampdoria and England Under-21s midfielder Ronaldo Vieira was the target of alleged monkey chants from Roma fans in the 0-0 draw between the two sides.
In November 2019, Mario Balotelli was racially abused by opposition fans from Hellas Verona; he kicked the ball into the crowd and threatened to walk off the pitch. Balotelli later described the fans as "small minded". Hellas Verona banned the club's ultra leader from its games until June 2030, after a subsequent interview with him in which he openly called Balotelli racial slurs.
In December 2019 the Corriere dello Sport newspaper was criticised by AS Roma for using a 'Black Friday' headline accompanied by photographs of black players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling. Later that month Serie A launched an anti-racism campaign featuring cartoon monkeys, which was criticised, with club AC Milan distancing itself from the campaign. Serie A later apologised.
Bulgaria:
In 2018 Levski Sofia were fined after fans, including children, were seen making Nazi salutes
Portugal:
On 16 February 2020, Porto footballer Moussa Marega left the pitch after he was subjected to racists insults in a 2-1 victory over Vitoria Guimaraes
Russia:
In a friendly match between Russia and France in Saint Petersburg on 17 April 2018, monkey chants were directed at members of the French team. The noises were picked up by television cameras and reported by photographers at the side of the pitch. As a result, "disciplinary actions have been opened against the Russian Football Union (RFU) for this incident", a FIFA statement read.
In March 2019 Pavel Pogrebnyak was accused of racism after saying it was "laughable" for black players to represent the Russian national team.
Serbia:
In 2017, a group of fans at a game between FK Rad and Partizan Belgrade held up a racist banner and directed monkey sounds towards Everton Luiz, a Brazilian player. Efforts to stop the taunts failed and the opposing team joined in the racist actions, leaving Luiz in tears.
In November 2019 Partizan Belgrade manager Savo Milosevic said there was no racism problem in Serbia after his team were punished for racist actions by fans.
On 18 February 2021, AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic was subjected to racist abuse by an individual seated in the VIP box during a Europa League match against Red Star Belgrade.
Scotland:
In November 2018 Dennon Lewis spoke out about the racist abuse he has received from his club's (Falkirk's) own fans.
In October 2019 Rangers player Alfredo Morelos was allegedly racially abused by Hearts fans during a match between the two sides. Later that month Celtic manager Neil Lennon described racism in the sport as a "stain" and that players needed to be protected. In February 2020, a 12-year-old boy was charged with racist abuse aimed at Morelos.
Kilmarnock received a letter in December 2020 after a Boxing Day defeat, which contained racist abuse aimed at manager Alex Dyer.[4 In January 2021, Dundee striker Jonathan Afolabi received racist messages following a victory in the Scottish Cup second round, which Dundee “utterly condemn”.
Racism is abhorrent wherever and whenever it takes place, racists are absolute scum. However, racism in and around football or generally is not the preserve of the English no matter how hard some people try to make it. Racists and racism should be kicked out of all sport and should be rightly seen for the despicable people they are whatever country they come from or are in.