Gary Neville calls for ‘disruptive response’ to support players suffering racism

Gary Neville said a “disruptive response” was called for across football with players continuing to suffer incidences of racist abuse.

The new season has been marred by a number of episodes of reported racism directed at players, most notably when Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo was allegedly abused by a Liverpool supporter during the first half at Anfield on the Premier League’s opening weekend.

On that occasion, the game was paused whilst the incident was reported to match officials but resumed shortly afterwards. A 47-year-old man was subsequently arrested by Merseyside Police and bailed.

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