I’ve suffered abuse for 15 years and nothing is EVER done

DESPITE BLACK LIVES MATTER, STAR DOUBTS GAME WILL CHANGE..

DANNY ROSE has opened up about his battle with racism and revealed he has been suffering discrimination half of his life.

The England and Tottenham star admits he first experienced racism on a football pitch at the age of 15 – and that it became so common it felt like the norm.

In an emotional interview, the 30-year-old admits he fears the problem might never be eradicated from society.

Rose said: “It first happened to me and my good friend Fabian Delph when we were playing for Leeds and only 15.

“He had been called a ‘black b ***** d’ on the pitch and, since then, that’s what we know. I’m used to it. That’s not saying it doesn’t still hurt, but I then go about my day after it’s happened – I move on and it’s

‘Who do we play next?’.

“It’s still happening now

I’m 30. So 15 years of this – on and off the field

– and there’s no change whatsoever.”

Rose was the victim of racist abuse during an England game in

Montenegro in 2019, leading him to admit afterwards he could not wait to retire so he no longer had to put up with it.

Football has supported the Black Lives Matter movement this season, with players and officials taking the knee, as the sport looks to play a huge role in the campaign to end racism.

But Rose is not sure if it will have a lasting impact, not only in society but on the game itself. He reckons football is still inherently racist without even realising it. He said: “There is so, so, so much more that needs to be done.

“I have played at Sunderland, Tottenham, Newcastle, Bristol City, Peterborough, Watford and Leeds United, and I don’t remember a black person working upstairs at these clubs.

“There has to be a change and you just

need to look at the amount of black managers that are in football.”

Rose was the victim of more discrimination during a recent train journey. He told the Second Captains podcast: “I got on with my bags and the attendant said, ‘Do you know this is first class?’ – I say, ‘Yeah, so what?’.

“She asks to see my ticket and this is no word of a lie – two white people walk on the train after me and she says nothing. I asked, ‘Are you not going to ask for their tickets?’ and she just said, ‘Er no, I don’t need to’.

“That’s racism. These are the things I have to put up with – being stopped all the time and being asked if I know this is first class and to show my ticket.

“This is everyday life for me and I just give up hoping things will change.”