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For football fans in the UK (or elsewhere in the World, including where they call it β€œsoccer”):

Long time to #KickItOut ⚽️
There is no place for racism nor sexism in The Beautiful Game (nor anywhere else in life)

Sharing a link to the iOS app, and below that a link to the interview with #EmileHeskey by #TheAthletic

#FootballSafetyApp
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/football-safety-app/id6754022854

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6961094/2026/01/23/emile-heskey-racist-abuse/?source=lxs

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the related interview with #EmileHeskey by #TheAthletic

#FootballSafetyApp

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6961094/2026/01/23/emile-heskey-racist-abuse/?source=lxs

Emile Heskey interview: β€˜Abuse is deemed acceptable. We must hold people to account’

The former Liverpool and England striker was a regular target for racist abuse – now he wants to fight it head on

The Athletic
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A recent news story on this very topic - with a police case closed & punishment administered = a football ban imposed on the offender

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6992045/2026/01/22/rodrigo-muniz-racist-abuse-fulham-liverpool/?source=lxs

Man given three-year football ban for racially abusing Rodrigo Muniz after goals vs. Liverpool

The abuse happened on social media after Muniz scored against Liverpool in December 2024 and April 2025.

The Athletic