Whether it be on the playing fields in your local park, or surrounded by thousands of people at a top-flight game – discrimination has no place in football and if you witness it, we want to you to report it.
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Thurnby Nirvana booked their place in the last 32 of the FA Vase for the first time with a hard-earned victory over Bromsgrove Sporting. Read more
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[Taken from a Leicester Mercury article]
One grassroots club making an impact is Leicester Nirvana. Within our county, the club nurtures the talents of young footballers between the ages of five through to under-18s.
However, staff from Nirvana have also looked to make a difference on an entirely different continent, with club representatives travelling to Gambia earlier this year to deliver equipment to villages and towns in the West African country.
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Figures contrast with percentages of players
The research data and analysis produced by Dr. Steven Bradbury of Loughborough University, a leading expert in the field, cites institutional discrimination, the lack of open recruitment procedures and the negative experiences of ethnic minorities on coaching courses among the factors that are blocking the progress of ethnic minorities.
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